:: $4 for a buck ::

Have you’ve seen the Ice Age movies?

This is Buck, a weasel.  As Lucas quotes the movie: “My name is Buck. Short for Buckminster. Long for Buuuuuuuuuuck.”

There’s been much talk about their costumes around here.  And finally it was decided that Buck it was for him.  Then, I come in to their conversation.  How are we going to make it.

We’ve never bought a new costume, and it’s not our thing I guess.  We make them with what we have on hand, or try to find pieces at the thrift store, that can work.   So, when I saw this dress, I knew it was the perfect piece to start with.  I figured, for $4, I could give it a try.

I’ve never really worked with ‘stretchy cotton’.

It was a little more work, but it wasn’t too bad.

I had to make it into a suit.  I first drew it to fit Lucas.

Took the elastic out.

But because Lucas was gone that day, I left it as long as the dress went, to cut it once he tried it on.

Sewed it around.

Added elastic on top for the neck, since it was a much bigger dress, we wanted the neck to fit tighter.

Then I added a piece of ‘belly fabric’ that I had in my stash (for times like these…. you know, you never know when you need some belly fabric like this.)

Then the ears.  From the fabric that was left, I made a hood with ears. Because they had to be stiff, I put cardboard underneath, and pipe cleaners all around to make them stick up a little.

And added some fur for the eyebrows.

And I think that was all for this part. We made a “knife with the dinosaur bone”, and the eye patch, and our little Buck, was a happy guy.

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