Hamilton

• One white kids outfit
• Royal blue felt (1-2 yards)
• Off white felt (½ yard)
• White felt (½ yard)
• Light brown felt (1 sheet 9x12 inches)
• White ruffled lace

Tools

• Hot glue gun & sticks
• Scissors
• Safety pin
• Double sided fabric tape
• Fabric chalk

Transform your little revolutionary into one of America's most iconic founding fathers with our DIY Hamilton! Your little one may fight for independence everyday, but for this Halloween with our Primary essentials, and your DIY magic, they'll finally be able to look the part too!

For the vest:

• Use the white top to trace the width, shoulders, and arm hole curves for the front panel of the vest onto off white felt.
• Cut a “V” shape from the top center, and a less pronounced upside down “V” shape from the bottom center of the vest.
• Cut and glue circle “buttons” down the center of the vest using light brown felt.
• Attach this vest panel to the front of the white top with double sided fabric tape.

For the cravat:

• Cut a wide strip of white felt for the neckband of the cravat.
• Glue a rectangle of white felt to the bottom center of the neckband and glue layers of ruffled white lace onto it.
• Attach the cravat around the collar with a safety pin.

For the jacket:

• Measure the length:
• Measure the length from the child's shoulder down to the knees. This will be the length of the jacket. 
• Trace the tee onto felt:

• Lay out a long sleeve tee shirt onto the blue felt, leaving enough room below it to make the full length of the jacket.
• Fold the sleeves to the back of the tee, being sure to fold the sleeves along the curve of the sleeve seam. Now you have a sleeveless top shape.
• Use fabric chalk to trace this sleeveless tee onto the felt, but don't trace the bottom edge because you'll be extending this length for the full jacket. Trace the sleeveless tee shape about 1/2" wider to give room for the seams and make the jacket slightly larger to fit another layer underneath. Draw straight lines from the bottom of the tee to the bottom of the felt edge. 
• Cut out the jacket panels:

• Remove the tee and cut out the traced shape.
• Place this cutout on top of another panel of blue felt and cut out another matching jacket panel. One panel will be for the back, and one for the front.
• Trace and cut out the necklines:

• For the front jacket neckline, place the tee underneath this felt panel and press the felt to feel the curve of the neckline. Use fabric chalk to trace this curve and cut it out.
• For the back of the jacket neckline, place the tee on top of the back panel and trace and cut out the back neckline curve. 
• Sew the shoulder seams: 

• Line up the front and back panels and sew the shoulder seams together with about ⅝” seam allowance.
• Cut the front jacket opening
• Cut a straight line down the center of the front jacket panel.
• Trace the sleeves:

• Fold a panel of blue felt in half a little bigger than the sleeves of the tee.
• Place the sleeve part of the long sleeve tee onto the folded felt and cut out the long straight edges and bottom of the sleeve. Leave extra room for the top curve of the sleeve.
• Use the shoulder seam curve from the felt jacket cutout to trace the top curve of the sleeve. You’ll be making a puzzle piece essentially so that the top curve of the sleeve fits the curve of the jacket arm opening. 
• Sew the sleeves onto the jacket:

• The jacket should still be inside out. Pin the curved edge of the sleeve to the curved edge of the jacket and sew with a ⅝” seam allowance just along the curves. Leave the straight edge of the sleeve and the long straight edge of the jacket open for now. 
• Sew the rest of the sleeves and jacket:

• With the jacket still inside out, pin the jacket together along the long straight side edges and the long straight edge of the sleeves, being careful to line up the armpit area together.
• Sew this edge together starting from the bottom of the sleeve and ending at the bottom of the jacket. 
• Turn the jacket inside out and follow the rest of the instructions for the lapels. 

Pro-Tips

• For an alternate way of creating the beard, check out our easy DIY No-Sew Beard video tutorial!
• For a DIY baby Hamilton, use one white baby outfit!
• Create an easy DIY George Washington by following these same instructions and adding some white hair! Use a white beanie as a base, cover with white felt, and leave a ponytail at the base. Tie the ponytail with a black ribbon. For the curls, roll and glue 4 white felt tubes and glue two felt curls onto each side of the wig.