On Making a Dino Hoodie...

On Making a Dino Hoodie...
Over the past month I’ve gotten a lot of messages regarding my dinosaur costume/hoodie. A lot of people have asked where I got it and I’ve responded to most of you by now...but I just thought I should go ahead and post my dino costume secrets here anyway for all interested parties...

Said costume is the homemade creation of myself and my lovely & crafty girlfriend Faith. We spent a loooong time deciding how to make it; I did consider buying one, but I couldn’t find what I was looking for exactly (plus they’re hella expensive.) So we decided to make it instead (which was, of course, more fun), using... (I put this in extreme detail in case any of you are as craftingly challenged as I...)

1) Stretchy hoodie and leggings (mine are American Apparel)
2) Acrylic paint (i used yellow and green of course)
3) Needle & thread
4) 1 sheet of craft foam, (white) approx. 1/4” thick
5) 2 sheets (1 black, 1 white) of sticky-backed craft foam, approx. 1/8” thick

Faith is responsible for the awesome spikes, which she cut out, painted and sewed along the spine of the hoodie. Then she made a tail out of foam as well (painted,) and this was sewn to the leggings. So basically I made the eyes and nostrils out of the sticky back foam and stuck ‘em on the hood...just cuz I’m lazy like that and when it comes to crafts I like to think of myself more as an “ideas person”...

So there you have it... if/when you make your own dino hoodie all i ask is for you to please please PLEASE send me a picture! Either send a link via myspace or send me an email w/ attachment to dinohoodie[at]haileywojcik[dot]com. I have a dream of making a photo gallery of people in dino costumes and putting on my site...help me make it a reality, will you?

Love Always,
Hailey