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Tea Bag Costume

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Time: About 2 hours, including leaf gathering
Effort: Easy - some sewing required
Materials:

  • White, sheer material
  • White cardboard for shoulders
  • Leaves or crunched up brown paper bags
  • Hat
  • Twine
  • Construction paper
  • Poster board (optional)
  • Headband (optional)
  • Instructions: Sew a tube out of the sheer material, and fold up on both ends to create a pocket on either side. Fill both pockets with the leaves or brown paper bags. Cut a whole in the middle for your child's head. Measure white cardboard to fit on shoulders, glue to fabric. Attach a length of twine to hat. Write a tagline or fortune on square of construction paper and attach it to the end of the twine.

    Other Details: Cut a small teapot out of poster board and attached it to a headband.

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