Rainbow Brite and Twink

For Rainbow Brite

• One rainbow kids outfit
• One blue kids dress
• Red felt (½ yard)
• Orange felt (1 sheet 9”x12”)
• Yellow felt (1 sheet 9”x12”)
• Green felt (1 sheet 9”x12”)
• Purple ribbon (2” wide)
• Double sided fabric tape
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Scissors

For Twink:

• One red baby top
• One rainbow baby bottom
• Old sheep costume to repurpose or white sherpa fabric (1 yard)
• Turquoise blue felt (2 sheets 9”x12”)
• Red felt (1 sheet 9”x12”)
• Yellow felt (1 sheet 9”x12”)
• Orange felt (1 sheet 9”x12”)
• Purple felt (1 sheet 9”x12”)
• 2 Red pipe cleaners measuring about 4”
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Safety pins
• Scissors

Rainbow Brite

For the dress

• Cut a boxy “U” shape from red felt for the top half of the dress. Cut and glue red felt straps to the sides and top. Cut a rainbow from orange, yellow and green felt and hot glue to the front of the red felt piece. Cut and glue a yellow star to the end of the rainbow. Attach to the dress with double sided fabric tape.

For the hair bow

• Tie a big bow over a ponytail with purple ribbon.

Twink

For the head

• Cut 4 yellow stars (about 3.5”) from the felt. Glue together with pipe cleaners sandwiched in between.
• If using an old sheep costume, remove animal ears & replace with the star antennas using hot glue. If using sherpa fabric, make a hat by cutting two upside down “U” shaped pieces that are about an inch longer than half the circumference of the child’s head.
• Hot glue the hat pieces together along the curved edge and glue the antennas to the hat.

For the body

• If not repurposing a sheep costume, cut two panels from sherpa fabric for the front and back of the body.
• Use a long sleeve babysuit to trace the shape of the body onto the fabric if needed, and cut a couple inches larger than the clothing so it’s easy to get into. Hot glue the shoulder and side seams, leaving openings for the head and arms.

For the belt

• Cut a 2” wide strip of turquoise blue felt for the belt and glue strips of felt together to get the length needed.
• Cut a buckle from red felt, a star from purple felt, and a rectangle from orange felt and glue to the belt.
• Attach around the waist with safety pins.