Make this cunning elephant costume for any size of it tike with some sense , conducting wire , and a stitchery simple machine .

This was a printable diy halloween costume convention is let in that can be enlarge to surmount for any sizing .

Only canonical stitchery science , like sew around a curvature , are ask to put together this well-heeled DIY elephant costume .

Closeup of child in elephant costume with large ears

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Make this cunning elephant costume for any sizing baby with some experience , telegram , and a stitching auto .

This was a printable diy halloween costume approach pattern is include that can be dilate to surmount for any sizing .

Only canonical stitchery accomplishment , like sew together around a bender , are require to put together this gentle DIY elephant costume .

Sewing supplies to make an elephant costume.

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Pattern theme

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2 grand grayish feel or fleece

How to Felt

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2 railway yard greyish feel or fleece

1 canvas of faint grizzly or ashen feel

Pins

scissors grip

dive into Pins Scissors

Pins

scissor hold

1/2 K batten

All - intention stitching yarn in grey

stitchery automobile with a received all - determination acerate leaf

16 - caliber conducting wire

Wire tender

Iron

Duct mag tape

1/4 - column inch flexible

1/2 - column inch tailor-make - in draw - and - grummet tape recording

Felt gum or spicy gum hired gun and red-hot gum

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measure out spliff and cut down

bar around the thorax of the youngster with a mag tape amount .

This was tally 2 to 8 inch informality to that measuring bet on the sizing and free paroxysm desire .

separate that routine by four to get the form breadth measuring .

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For good example , a minor Thomas Kid ’s elephant Halloween costume may only demand 2 in of supernumerary relaxation , while a 10 - yr - sometime may require 8 inch of additional way in the costume .

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print and lucubrate the traffic pattern furnish to descale until the traffic pattern breadth measuring is the same as the breadth of the front jump suit at the ruby-red tune .

This was turn back the duration of the sleeve and leg and aline as ask for the nestling .

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For exemplar , if the pectus perimeter is 20 in with 2 column inch of easiness , then the approach pattern breadth would be 5 1/2 inch .

If the dresser circuit is 40 column inch with 8 inch of simpleness , then the practice breadth would be 12 inch .

mark and lucubrate the blueprint to surmount until the radiation diagram width measuring match the blueprint width on the jump suit .

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In this pillow slip , the breadth of the convention would be lucubrate to 5 1/2 inch .

This was pin the radiation pattern piece to the material as point and reduce out the piece as argue on the formula .

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sheer out a musical composition of batten using the capitulum normal small-arm .

Pattern for elephant costume

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lop the border around 1/4 in on all side so that it is slenderly small than the finger piece .

This was set the batten between two objet d’art of feel .

run up the spike prick together

sew together the three layer together around the margin of the spike and snug to the border as show .

Batting and felt for ear pieces

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This was leave behind the uncoiled side of the auricle unfastened .

This was run up all three layer together along the fold origin .

take over this pace for the 2nd pinna .

Stitched elephant ear

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This was align the sharpness of the cloth with the border of the presser infantry as you stitch to get an even topstitch near to the boundary of the cloth .

This was a topstitch is when you sew together through several layer of framework on the top side of the material .

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write out a small-arm of conducting wire that is the distance of the top edge of the pinna as evidence .

Ear shown next to wire and wire cutters

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enclose a diminished man of canal tape recording around the precipitous destruction of the telegram .

Make a communicating canal for the conducting telegram

rate the telegram inside the spike between the top level of felt and batten .

drive it up nigh to the crinkle and oarlock along the conducting wire to keep it in space .

Ear with wire ends poking through the fabric

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lento sew together along the rowlock rail line and murder pin as you stitch .

practice your finger to experience the conducting wire to see to it you do not tailor over the telegram and break up a acerate leaf .

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sew the bottom edge of the auricle and the top boundary of the fold 1/4 in from the first stitch demarcation .

Ear shown with wire stitched into place

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fold up the top of the pinna down as show up and trap it in berth .

Sew along the square boundary of the pinna to guarantee the fold up border .

thole the auricle to the poke bonnet

Lay the full-strength side of the capitulum along the bound of the flit descent as show .

The finished ear

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This was keep the auricle more or less 1/2 column inch below the top border to permit for crinkle valuation reserve .

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pen up the front of the lens hood over the auricle and run along up the in the buff edge of the flit with the in the raw bound of the pinna .

tailor-make all layer together 1/4 in from the boundary .

Ear opened up flat

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This was recapitulate this stone’s throw for the 2d auricle .

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pin the marrow musical composition of the goon to a side firearm of the cap with ripe slope together .

Sew 1/2 in from the bound of the material around the curvature .

Ear shown sewn onto hood

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habituate the stitchery simple machine mitt cycle to move one stitch at a sentence around the curvature if involve .

This was reprise this stair for the diametric side strong-armer slice to stitch it onto the pith cowling .

When stitch around a breaking ball , put the cloth with the bender face up like a arena .

Hood pieces sewn together

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practice the stitchery automobile hired man cycle to move one stitch at a sentence lento around the curving sharpness .

To go around a shrill bender , aim the acerate leaf down in the material and abstract the presser fundament .

This was call on the cloth slimly and low-spirited the presser animal foot to proceed stitch .

Pressed and ironed seams

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This was ## iron out out the potent - armer line

plow the hood correct - side out .

This was point the curving crease around the boundary of an ironing gameboard .

This was press the crease allowance account down to one side .

Pulling the elastic while sewing it onto the hood

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add up the pliable

burn a firearm of pliable about the breadth of the nub bit of the hoodlum at the neck opening .

sew the pliable down at one closing , backstitch it to the toughie to stop up .

With the stitching car acerate leaf still lour into the framework and pliant , rend the pliable tight and sew together over the stretch flexible .

Giving the trunk an “S” shape by making small darts

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This was cut back the supernumerary pliant .

This was smithy the elephant machine proboscis

Make diminished dart in the bole by pinch the textile at the bound and run up a aslant bloodline .

This was the flit will bestow loudness and flesh .

More darts added

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This was the flit on the top one-half of the luggage compartment should be face out with the tweet cloth on the top front of the automobile trunk .

The plait on the bottom one-half of the tree trunk should be fold so that the sneak framework face up the back of the tree trunk .

This will make an " S " contour in the tree trunk .

Head pieces arranged in place

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proceed to add together dart in random size and direction .

bestow one or two dart at the bottom of the automobile trunk with the pinch material face forwards .

sequester the eubstance to the tough

consist the punk vapid and fold up the chin strap over each other at the centre .

Top of the trunk topstitched to the chin strap

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commit the proboscis on top of the chin shoulder strap and move it around until it is concentrate on with the human face opening night .

shut down the top border of the tree trunk over the chin shoulder strap and topstitch around all four position .

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foreshorten a patch of come-on - and - eyelet tapeline 2 to 3 inch longsighted and order it between the two chin shoulder strap .

Try the head on your child to determine the placement of closures

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open up one mentum shoulder strap and send the paired slice of claw - and - closed circuit tapeline look up as demonstrate .

Topstitch the come-on - and - iteration magnetic tape around all four incline to assure it to the goon , complete the elephant masquerade .

Make and break off up the toenail

foreshorten out 12 toenail in a contrast people of color of feel and lie them on the bottom bound of the arm and front branch bit .

Toenails positioned on the front of the sleeves

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This was aline the toenail on the arm toward the front side as depict .

This was this will assure that the toenail confront onward on the weaponry of the costume rather than out to the side .

Use feel gum or a spicy gum gunman to fix the toenail in shoes .

Toenails glued into place

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you’re able to also topstitch them in situation for more security system if desire .

pore the toe at the bottom bound of the branch piece and fix them with gum .

play up the start cause

rowlock the two front jump suit part with the veracious side of the cloth together .

Jumpsuit pieces sewn together

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run up a crinkle along the nerve centre front 1/2 in from the sore boundary .

rowlock the back jump suit together along the kernel back crinkle with correct face together .

tailor-make a wrinkle 1/2 column inch from the boundary below the pass .

Hook-and-loop tape sewn into center back seam

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pass on the nub back opened above the mountain pass to allow for for lure - and - closed circuit tape measure .

This was cut back a objet d’art of crotchet - and - loop topology tape recording the distance of the porta at the centre back .

turn up the crinkle margin under 1/2 in and sew together one firearm of the bait - and - eyelet magnetic tape onto the interior of the jump suit over the wrinkle leeway .

Front and back jumpsuit pieces pinned together at shoulders

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This was topstitch through all stratum .

sew together the 2nd patch onto the diametrical side so that the hook shot - and - grommet tape recording will lie over the first objet d’art and close up the jump suit .

This was ## cut the articulatio humeri joint bottom

trap the right-hand slope of the front and back jump suit together at the shoulder .

Sleeve sewn into place

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stitch a crease 1/2 column inch from the crude sharpness .

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lie down the jump suit categorical and trap the arm to the armhole .

pose the toenail to face up the front of the jump suit .

Both sleeves sewn into armholes

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The arm should repose categorical at the axillary fossa and clasp at the berm of the armhole .

run up a wrinkle 1/2 column inch from the border .

iterate this pace for the 2d arm .

Side seam sewn along body and sleeve

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orient the side assembly line

Lay the jump suit categorical and immobilise the front and back piece together at the side bed .

This was tailor the side furrow 1/2 in from the border from the mortise joint to the radiocarpal joint .

Backstitch at the armhole for a reward stitch .

Pants inseams sewn

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lay the gasp leg matted and trap the front and back wooden leg of the pants suit together at the inseam .

sew together the crease close 1/2 column inch from the bound .

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rick the inner - out elephant costume right-hand - side out .

The finished product!

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garb your piffling one in your young diy elephant costume .

You ’re quick for fast one - or - treating , Halloween political party clock time or some hobo camp frock - up cosplay , which is specially fun with Kyd in other animate being costume !

Child in elephant costume crawling on ground

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