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Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Group)
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Materials
For Will Smith:
- One rainbow kids top (order a size up for a baggier fit)
- One gray kids bottom
- Pink baseball cap
- Blue felt (2x4 inch piece)
- Red felt (2 inch square piece)
- Yellow felt (1 inch square piece)
- Black yarn or string
- Small amount of stuffing (felt scraps, polyfil, or tissue)
- Black make-up pencil
- Hot glue gun and sticks
- Scissors
For Carlton Banks:
- One white kids top
- One blue kids top
- One brown kids bottom
- Black make-up pencil
For Hilary Banks:
- One red kids top
- One black kids dress
- Red hat
- Red felt (1 sheet 9x12 inches)
- Black felt (1 sheet 9x12 inches)
- Stuffing (polyfil)
- Hot glue gun and sticks
- Double sided fabric tape
- Safety pins
- Scissors
For Ashley Banks:
- One rainbow baby top This comes in a 2 pack, so use the rainbow stripe one.
- One black baby bottom
- Purple beret
- Black wavy wig with bangs
Instructions
Will Smith
For the globe necklace:
- Cut two matching circles from blue felt.
- Cut a long piece of black string or yarn for the necklace and knot the ends together.
- Glue the string sandwiched between the blue felt and glue together along the edges, stuffing the middle as you glue.
- Cut and glue red and yellow continent shapes onto the blue felt to complete the globe necklace.
Styling:
- Wear the tee untucked with the baseball cap backwards and slightly skewed to one side.
- Use a black make-up pencil to draw in a mustache, and you’re set!
Carlton Banks
Styling:
- Wear the oxford tucked into the pants.
- Drape the crewneck sweater over the shoulders and loosely tie the sleeves together in front.
- Use a black make-up pencil to draw in a mustache.
- Do your best awkward Carlton dance moves, and you’re set!
Hilary Banks
For the “jacket lapels”:
- Cut two jacket lapel pieces from red felt that are about ⅔ the length of the cardi sweater.
- Cut a strip of black felt and fringe cut one of the long edges.
- Roll the straight edge of the black felt together so that you have a fringed flower.
- Hot glue the end together and glue to one of the lapels.
- Attach to the front edges of the cardi with double sided fabric tape.
For the shoulder pads:
- Cut two matching sets of long “D” shaped shoulder pads from black felt.
- Glue and stuff each shoulder pad with polyfil.
- Safety pin them to the shoulders of the drop waist dress and wear the red cardi overtop.
- Add a red hat and you’re set!
Ashley Banks
- Safety pin the beret to the wig if necessary to keep it on! And if the wig is itchy for baby, add a baby beanie underneath.