Installing Indoor Cat Tree

[chocchick]

Does anyone have any ideas for how to make a chicken* fancy dress costume (for me) for a party on Saturday.....

preferably cheaply?

 

 

*or other farmyard animal, but it IS supposed to be your favourite

I like horses too though

[chocchick]

Oh, and I'm not an expert at sewing, so simple to assemble/make

[Louise]

Go to your local DIY shop and get a white disposable overall and draw black splodges over it - instant cow

[The Dogmother]

That sounds like the voice of experience Louise

[Louise]

Oh yes I have turned one of those into a mummy as well

[chocchick]

Cow sounds simple I will see if anyone comes up with a chicken idea.

 

I could decorate my lab coat instead of diy coat as technically writing up and want to leave

[xraylady]

How about you go as the 'Free Ranger' ? (Hi ho Tonto, away!)

 

Black eye mask + cowboy hat+ bandana. Get a strip of artficial turf from DIY or garden centre - the plastic stuff some people put on a patio etc - cut out 'O' shape, stick or safety pin on brim & some on crown of hat. Add assorted plastic toy chickens (eg Corgis, or those little fluffy chicks they sell at Easter) to happily 'free range' on your hat.

You could add a BHWT T-shirt to the ensemble, or make a collecting tin with the same, and "stick-em up!" for contributions, with your plastic Colt 45 & holster. . .

Hi ho Tonto, away!!!!

[jess]

 

do u have a yellow hoodie or something? this one is just a furry waistcoat and u could wear yellow tights and yellow shorts!!!!

[chocchick]

How about you go as the 'Free Ranger' ? (Hi ho Tonto, away!)

 

Black eye mask + cowboy hat+ bandana. Get a strip of artficial turf from DIY or garden centre - the plastic stuff some people put on a patio etc - cut out 'O' shape, stick or safety pin on brim & some on crown of hat. Add assorted plastic toy chickens (eg Corgis, or those little fluffy chicks they sell at Easter) to happily 'free range' on your hat.

You could add a BHWT T-shirt to the ensemble, or make a collecting tin with the same, and "stick-em up!" for contributions, with your plastic Colt 45 & holster. . .

Hi ho Tonto, away!!!!

 

it took me until halfway through to work it out, clever

 

Like the fuzzy waistcoat too, could buy fur fabric maybe or hoodie

Ooh actually have reddish hoodie covered in paint

 

Will weigh up suggestions...

[Cinnamon]

This is what I would do.......

Red long sleeved top

Yellow leggings or tights (be brave!)

2 oval flaps covered in reddish bits & s"Ooops, word censored!"s of fabric attatched to your arms as wings

A few more feathery things for your bum

Use a red rubber glove for the comb..................

 

TA-DAH!!!

instant chicken

[chocchick]

Use a red rubber glove for the comb..................

 

[Cinnamon]

Exactly

[chelsea]

what about copying the style of something like this -

 

http://www.partydomain.co.uk/d-commerce/fancy_dress_chicken.html

[Egluntyne]

Yellow rubber gloves on feet!

 

Large feathers attached to posterior!

[The Dogmother]

You've done this before!

[Egluntyne]

 

Son was a rooster in a school nativity play when he was 7. Scrumptious!!

 

I can't remember who played the lobster!!

[Looney]

I once got paid to dress as a chicken and hand out flyers in Birmingham. I had delightful yellow tights and a big, fat body suit and head. Great fun - though very hot inside the costume I only made one child cry - that was when I took my head off - poor thing was scared half to death

 

I like the cow costume idea. A friend of mine dressed as a cow for a party. She painted white blotches all over her legs and face (she's got dark skin), wore one black sock and one white sock and black skirt and black and white top. She looked really cool.

[feemcg]

The cow sounds a bit easier than the chicken - and add apink rubber glove for udders!

[Egluntyne]

There are 101 uses for rbber gloves aren't there.

 

I wonder what I could use my blue ones for.

 

Suggestions on a postcard please.

[chocchick]

Chicken with circulation problems?

er not sure.

Peacock? Bluebird?

[Popcorn]

Choccy - I went to a fancy dress as a horse once. I made my costume with a bit of a twist and it was really easy.

 

I actually went as the horse AND rider all in one.

 

I painted a horse body onto a card board box, stepped into it and made holes for my legs to go through.

 

I then attatched string to the four corners of the box to wear over my shoulders so the box would hang in the right place around my waistline

 

I stuffed some tights and stuck them to the cardboard box to act as my own legs as though I was sitting on a horse. Add some shoes.

 

On my own legs I wore brown tights and made some hooves from card board over my feet (I was only a two legged horse, but could make a couple extra!)

 

Add yourself a cardboard horses head to the front of the box ( I made mine flat but painted a horsey face both sides) and a tail to the back, and pop at Stetson on your own head and your're away!!

 

TaDar

[theherd123]

Oh Gina you will be a whizz when Stephan has a part in the Christmas production at school!!!

[Mel (& Paul)]

No teatowels on the head for him

[Popcorn]

heee heeee heeee!! Tea-towels with a black tight leg to secure it!!! heee hee heeeee - that's really made me laugh. I was a wise man once too!

 

Darren was once Ghandi and they made him wear a flesh coloured swimming cap!!

[theherd123]

Darren was once Ghandi and they made him wear a flesh coloured swimming cap!!

 

You have really cheered me up with this!!!

 

 

That is a classic!!!