How To Make A Diy Gumball Machine Costume

Last year alice was a gumball machine.

How to make a diy gumball machine costume. Pin the right sides together of the gumball stuffed top and the front piece of the red skirt that has the crank and flap. It was super easy to make and she loved wearing a costume that she helped to make. You can write and draw the wheel the cost of the gumballs etc. I couldn t find a skirt that fit well or wasn t really short so i decided to sew up a knit.

First we took a white t shirt and cut the sleeves off to make it a tank top. A big black semi circle for the gumball hole. We didn t start with a white tank top because we wanted the collar to come up higher than a regular tank top. Circle coin slot on white felt plus the 5 on black felt.

A red dress from forever 21 a sheet of duct tape cricut machine to cut the letters and numbers a hot glue gun a red headband a few hundred pom poms red heels 2 wilton silver cake bases black ribbon a paint marker a black read more. Cut a piece of foil. If you re top is stretchy we recommend putting a piece of cardboard inside while you make the costume to stretch the. Homemade gumball machine costume for this gumball machine costume i used.

Sew along the waistline sewing the two pieces together. Glue on the pom poms. For the back attach the top to the skirt right sides together and sew across the waistline to attach the top to the bottom. Four small black and gray circles for the plate screws.

With a black sharpie marker. A big rectangle with rounded corners on gray felt for the base plate. To create the bottom of the gumball machine cut out a square piece of gray felt and hot glue it to the dress. How to make a gumball machine costume step 1 create the 25 cents symbol for your t shirt.

To make this easy glue around half of the bowl and attach it to the center of the shirt then place the balls inside and hot glue the rest of the bowl s edge. I was able to complete this costume in about six hours but i bet it will only. Cut the numbers 2 and 5 from their iron on backgrounds if necessary. Diy gumball machine costume 1.

Gumball machine costume step 1. Continue gluing ping pong balls all the way along the shirt until it s covered or if you ll be tucking the shirt into. Use a small piece of white felt for the dispenser as you please.