soc_puppet | How to Make a Momo Costume! (Reply)

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"Actually, I think a Momo costume might be easier to make than a Katara costume. Besides that, it would probably be warm enough to walk around outside in on Hallowe'en--at least around here; most of the time, Hallowe'en night is pretty chilly in Iowa.

Anyway, since Momo is furry all over, you can probably just start with a white sweatshirt/long-sleeved t-shirt and white sweat/cotton pants (depending on how cold it gets where you are; I know it's farther south).

For the brown markings over that, I'd reccomend getting brown cloth or a brown long-sleeved t-shirt, cutting it out in the right patterns and then hot gluing it on (possibly with a few stitches in brown thread here and there to make it stick better). Another option is brown fabric paint (or some other sort of brown paint, depending on whether you want to wash the costume or not/fumes/that sort of thing).

I'd probably go with the long-sleeved t-shirt option myself, because you'd get basically the right amount of cloth to start with without having to guess at yards. Plus, that whit section on Momo's chest looks very convenient; after you cut that out, you can probably cut that in half and glue the sections over the front/outside of the thighs of the white pants. The brown on Momo's arms looks like it's only on the underside and over the shoulders, so the shirt aspect would also help there; you wouldn't have to sew sleeves or even a vest-like thing.

For Momo's ears/head, I'd buy a white knit cap and some felt - maybe a yard of white, maybe half a yard, and probably just little squares of pink and violet. Cut the white felt into two shapes about like this, and cut stripes of pink and violet out to fit into these, alternating. There's about five or six stripes in each ear, and they end in the darker color. Glue the stripes in, wait for it to cool/dry, and then fold the ear over partially; the bottom should form a v/u shape. Glue or staple the edges onto the top of the knit cap. For the fuzz in Momo's ears, I'd say either cotton balls or, if you feel like it, extra fuzzy fake fur cloth, and glue those in where appropriate.

For Momo's hands, I'd go with white cotton work gloves with brown fabric paint on the palms. You can attach them to the sleeves or not, as you prefer. For his feet, I'd probably go with simple white cloth slip-on shoes; you can use some of the fabric paint to draw in toes if you have any left, or probably just use a permanant marker if you don't.

For Momo's tail, you can probably find a long brown furry tail at some store or other; or you can use a really long brown sock, and maybe stuff it a little; or you can probably make your own by sewing some brown (possibly fuzzy, since it's stiffer/looks like it has more volume) cloth into a tube shape. For the stripes, depending on how cheap you are, you can use white masking tape over it, white fabric paint, or strips of white cloth.

As far as Momo's face goes, I'd suggest either making a mask, or just a little bit of dark brown facepaint around the eyes, on the nose, and down to the lips; probably brown lipstic to make a mouth, as well. There's minor PC issues with painting one's whole face brown that we don't neccessarily want to get into ^^a On the other hand, it is doable with a lighter shade of brown.