Materials:

• One green kids outfit
• One pair kids red boots (we used the Furry High Top from Ten Little)
• Green felt
• White felt
• Red felt
• White opaque tights, child size
• Stuffing
• White craft foam sheet
• Black craft foam sheet
• Red craft foam sheet
• Green baseball cap
• Black marker
• Velcro or safety pins
• Cardboard sheet
  

Tools:

• Hot glue gun & sticks
• Scissors
  

Instructions:

Create the headpiece:

• Make the bulbous snout with a rectangle of green felt and two large teardrop felt shapes for the sides.

• Glue the rectangle piece along the top and front curve of the teardrop pieces. Turn this glued snout inside out so that the seams are on the inside.

• Glue the snout to the front of a baseball cap and stuff it as you glue. The bottom edge of the felt can overhang the bill of the cap a bit, and you can trim it away when finished.

• Glue two small black felt nostrils to the snout.

• Cut the eyes from a sheet of white craft foam.

• Glue green felt to the back and green eyelids to the front.

• Use black and white craft foam for the eyes and glue in place.

• Use a black marker to draw a straight line between the eyes. 

• Cut three rounded red craft foam scales and glue them sticking up to the back of the cap. 

Make the body and tail:

• Cut a panel of green felt that fits over the front of the child’s torso.

• Glue a panel of white felt down the center of this piece for the belly. 

• Cut a panel of green felt that fits over the back of the child’s torso with a long pointed tail.

• Cut two wide, curved, banana shaped pieces from green felt for the sides of the tail, and an elongated triangle from white felt for the bottom of the tail.

• Hot glue these pieces together with the seams on the inside, and stuff it before closing it up. 

• Glue one shoulder seam and one side seam together.

• Glue velcro to attach the opposite shoulder seam and side seams together.

Create the shell:

• Cut a circle from cardboard for the base of the shell. 

• Cut a circle from red felt that is several inches larger than the cardboard circle.

• Glue about 1” of the red felt edge around the cardboard. Stuff the red shell before closing it up. 

• Cut one leg off a pair of child size opaque white tights and stuff it.

• Glue the end together. Stretch and glue this piece around the red shell. 

Pro-Tips

• Looking for other Mario inspired costumes? Check out our Mario Villian Group. Mario Kid Costume. and our Princess Peach Kid Costume!