Beaker Muppet Costume
We love this Beaker Muppet Costume! A person cannot help but laugh when looking at this mask. Seriously, it cracks me up every time! There is just something about the hapless Beaker character from the Muppets that’s hilarious.
Yield: 1
Materials
- 1 piece of thin cardboard 14″x24″
- Peach colored felt/fleece material 12″x26″
- Orange “hair” material 6″x26″ affiliate link
- 1 piece red felt material 8.5×11″
- 1 piece orange felt material 8.5×11″
- 2 styrofoam balls 3″ in diameter
- 1 styrofoam oval 4.5″ in diameter
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun and lots of glue
Instructions
- 1. Cut the cardboard to size. Cut a mouth shape in the center toward the bottom.
- 2. Glue the peach fabric to the cardboard, wrapping it slightly around three edges. Leave a couple inches at the top of the cardboard free for gluing on the hair.
- 3. Carefully cut the mouth out of the fabric and glue to the inside of the cardboard.
- 4. Cut red felt into a mouth shape and glue to the inside of the mouth.
- 5. Glue the orange hair to the top of the head. It will overlap and be taller than the cardboard.
- 6. Wrap the styrofoam oval in orange felt and glue to the face. Draw pupils on the round styrofoam balls and glue them above the nose.
- 7. Finally create a cylinder with the cardboard and glue (or velcro) the ends together.