Banana split costume-

**sunshine** · 09-23-2003, 08:33 PM

Banana Split Costume
Slip on a tempting banana split costume.

Pants

What You Need:

Show up as a cool dessert for a
freaky party.

Yellow leggings or pants
Six 12 x 18-inch yellow craft foam sheets
6 floral wire stems

Instructions:
1. For banana peels, rim the yellow foam sheets into ovals with one flat
end. Hot-glue the flat ends of three pieces one inch below the inside of
the waistband -- one on each side of the front panel and one across the
back.

2. Glue two floral wires down the length of each banana piece. Glue the
remaining banana pieces over the first three -- sandwiching the wires in
between the layers -- one inch below the outside of the waistband.

Sweatshirt

What You Need:
White sweatshirt
1 bag of quilt batting
Green and pink chenille stems and pom-poms
1 spool of iridescent ribbon

Instructions:
1. Hot-glue strips of batting around the outside of the sweatshirt to make
the whipped cream. Glue 8-inch batting strips around the base of the
sweatshirt. As you move up the shirt, gradually decrease the width of the
batting pieces to only 3 inches wide around the neck.

2. Wrap iridescent ribbon between the layers of batting. Hot-glue the
ribbon in place every 6 inches.

3. To make sprinkles, fold chenille stems in thirds. Hot-glue the chenille
sprinkles and pom-poms on the front and back of the shirt.

Hat

What You Need:
White hat
1 large plastic foam ball
1 bag red Crayola Model Magic
1 large red chenille stem

Instructions:
1. Make the bottom of the cherry by cutting a 1/2-inch section off the
plastic foam ball. At the top, push a hole into the center of the ball. Use
your fingertips to compress the plastic foam around the top hole into a
cherry shape.

2. Cover the plastic foam ball with a thin layer of red Model Magic. Leave
the flat bottom uncovered. Smooth any bumps in the compound with your
fingertips.

3. Bend the red chenille stem in half. Push the ends of the stem into the
center hole while the compound is wet. Let dry. Glue the bottom of the
cherry to the top of the hat.

4. Wrap batting, ribbon, chenille stems, and pom-pom leftovers around the
hat's brim and hot-glue them in place.