 How to Make an Adult Smurf Costume
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Make a costume out of footies and you get to use the footies all year long. Do-it-yourself costumes are always better than those purcahsed from the mall.
Making your adult Smurf costume:
Start with a pair of blue footed pajamas
(If you're not a DIY kinda guy then click here to buy a white Smurf hat or click here to buy a red Smurf hat)
Make a Smurf Hat
Use white or red fleece or felt
Cut a half circle, fold it in half, sew down the side. (see C below)
Turn it inside out & fold it under. Stuff it with tissue. (see D below)
Make a Pair of Smurf Pants
Use white felt (available 6 foot wide for about $5 a yard from fabric stores)
(see photo & detailed instructions below).
Make a Smurf Complexion
We've been told to use women's blue eye shadow if you don't want to use face paint.
The photo on the right is a real smurf - so he didn't have to use face paint.
 
How to Make a Pair of Costume Pants
Use 6 foot wide felt (available at fabric stores)
First, start with a 4 foot section. Cut it in half and fold the two pieces in half.
Then lay your footed pajamas (or a pair of jeans if you're making pants for a non-footy costume - then buy footies later because you love us).
Fold them in half and lay the outside of the leg on the fold
and mark a dotted line about 2 inches from the edge.
Cut on the dotted line.
See how to sew them below...
Start at the crotch and sew each leg closed.
Then sew the two legs together (starting at the crotch, sew up the front side, then go back to the crotch and sew up the back side)
Try them on over your footies. If they're too big just sew down the outside of the pants - don't sew between the legs (unless you really know what you're doing!)
See how to make the feet below...
How to make the Smurf Feet:
Put the Smurf Pants on, pin them to your footies, cut around the back of the heels (where the pants touch the floor) then up around over the feet.
Cut "Shield-Shaped" pieces of felt, pin to feet.
Safety-pin them to your footies. See photo at the top of the page. They look pretty good for being made by an amateur.
(Yes, this is a VERY low-budget Smurf Costume!!!)
Or skip the pants, make the hat (use a stapler), and go to the Halloween party as a "Naked Smurf"!
Smurfcrazy? Did you know there's a Smurf Font (free)?
Click here after you buy your footies!
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