{"id":3790,"date":"2012-10-24T01:37:23","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T17:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=3790"},"modified":"2012-11-01T22:29:01","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T02:29:01","slug":"a-pair-of-breakfast-puns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/a-pair-of-breakfast-puns\/","title":{"rendered":"a pair of breakfast puns"},"content":{"rendered":"

After searching high & low for clever costume ideas<\/a>, Steve & I finally both agreed on breakfast foods with a twist<\/em>.\u00a0 The concept was simple, funny & perfect for a couple’s costume.\u00a0 So may I present to you, Kevin Bacon and his darling deviled egg…<\/p>\n

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Here’s how I made these quirky costumes:<\/p>\n

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I dragged Steve with me to the fabric store to help bring my vision to life (luckily he’s a good sport when it comes to my crazy craft stops)<\/p>\n

We bought: 1.75 yards of maroon felt, 1.25 yards of white felt, .5 yard of pink felt, .25 yard of cream felt, .25 yard of yellow felt, 2 foam core boards and a 2 yards of white ribbon<\/p>\n

Since the maroon felt was already 72″ wide, I left it folded in half so I only had to sew one side and the top of the bacon costume.\u00a0 You could also easily hot glue the seams… just\u00a0 remember to leave room for the arm & head openings (see measurements below)<\/p>\n

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Once you have a giant maroon rectangle, it’s time to dress it up with bacon fat.<\/p>\n

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Fold the pink and cream felt so they are long and narrow & cut wavy strips to resemble bacon fat.\u00a0 Hot glue the strips on the maroon base.\u00a0 Glue 3-4 strips on both sides of the costume.<\/p>\n

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Trip the excess strips so they are even with the bottom of the costume & make a extra large name tag that reads, Kevin.<\/p>\n

Now for the egg… I basically did everything by feel and afterwards realized that maybe my egg costume was a little too large.\u00a0 So I suggest cutting your foam core to a slightly smaller size or wearing it vertically as opposed to horizontally if you plan on eating at your Halloween party :-)\u00a0 (still not sure how I’m going to pull that off since I can’t put my hands together when I wear this costume<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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Cut the foam core, punch holes, string ribbon through and tie (approx 30″ long).\u00a0 Cut the white felt into a large egg shape & glue to foam core.\u00a0 Cut yellow felt in yolk shape & glue to white felt.\u00a0 Do this on both sides.<\/p>\n

You could easily go and buy a devil’s horn headband\u00a0 and tail, but I had extra maroon felt so I just made them.<\/p>\n

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Shape horns out of tin foil and cut felt to hot glue around them.<\/p>\n

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Glue red ribbon at the base of the headband and wrap it around the rest of the headband.\u00a0 Pick up a trident and you’re good to go!<\/p>\n

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Wishing all of you a Happy Halloween with lots of laughs!<\/p>\n

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