You’re little one will look good enough to eat with this easy donut costume DIY. With a few simple and inexpensive materials you can make this costume. The free pattern makes it was to whip up this costume in under an hour.
The pattern measures approximately 20″ across and is drafted to fit toddlers who wear size 2T-4T, but it can easily be enlarged with a photocopier or printer for larger children or adults. Exchange the fleece scraps for felt or glitter fabric scraps to add interest and variety. Also make sure to wear with a black or dark shirt to let the donut pop!
Materials Needed for Donut Costume DIY:
1 yard tan fleece
1/2 yard dark brown fleece
1/2 yard batting (I used 8 oz high loft polyester batting – if you have some large fleece scraps you could use a couple layers of fleece as an alternative)
scraps of fleece of various colors for the sprinkles
fabric glue (optional)
Donut Costume DIY Tutorial:
Donut Costume DIY Tutorial:Step 1 – Cut out the following of the Donut Costume
out of tan fleece:
1 back
2 fronts
brown fleece:
1 ‘icing’
colored fleece:
around 20 ‘sprinkles’ of various colors
batting:
1 front
Step 2 – Prep the donut costume for sewing
Glue batting to the wrong side of one of the ‘fronts’. Set aside.
Sew or glue sprinkles on the right side of the brown ‘icing’.
To sew on the doughnut costume sprinkles just zig zag around the edges.
Step 4 – bring the donut costume together
Center ‘icing’ on the right side of the remaining ‘front’.
Pin and stitch in place along the outside and inside edges.
Clip two fronts together, with batting sandwiched in between.
Gently push batting slightly inside the seam line so that none sticks out. Stitch around outside and inside edges.
Step 5 – add the back to the donut costume
Pin back to the doughnut and stitch in place.
Additional ideas: Use glitter or spray glitter to add a little sparkle to your doughnut costume. Have multiple kiddos dress as donuts and help decorate to personalize each one! Felt is a fabric that would also work for this pattern and can often be a more affordable alternative. In addition there are many specialty felt squares that you can use for the sprinkles for your donut,
Download
You can get a free copy of Adobe reader here– it is the ONLY reader I recommend. By downloading you are agreeing to pattern terms of use. Click the picture below to download the free .pdf pattern !
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