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DIY Coffee Cup Costume: 20-Min Build With a Lid Hat

DIY coffee cup costume built from white trash bag or white sheet, cardboard tube or large cylinder, and brown paper or felt
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Time20 minEffortEasySteps12

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A white trash bag over a cardboard tube with a brown lid hat. The takeout cup, human-sized. Twenty minutes, easy: a white trash bag or white sheet, a cardboard tube or large cylinder, and brown paper or felt for the lid. The lid hat should sit tilted; straight lids look like helmets.

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Tip: cut a cardboard sleeve, write a coffee-shop pun on it, and tape it around the torso.

Steps

  1. Cut the arm holes first.
  2. Then cut the head hole small.
  3. Hold the bag up to test the size. Never pull it over the head.
  4. Cut the holes in the white trash bag for head and arms.
  5. Safety: Cut the head hole wide enough. The wearer must see and breathe with ease. Wear the bag over clothes, never on bare skin. Use a white sheet for kids under 8. Take it off if you feel hot.
  6. This is the cup.
  7. A head hole cut too big slides off the shoulders.
  8. Draw a coffee shop logo on the front with brown marker.
  9. Make the lid: cut a brown paper circle bigger than your head, with a sip hole.
  10. Wear the bag.
  11. Put the lid hat on top.
  12. Optional pro finish: cut a cardboard sleeve, write a coffee-shop pun on it, and tape it around the torso.

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Common questions

How do you keep a trash-bag costume from looking like a trash bag?

The lid and the logo do all the work. A brown lid hat plus a big drawn logo reads as coffee cup; without them it reads as trash bag.

Is a trash bag safe to wear?

Cut generous head and arm holes before putting it on, never pull it over the face, and keep it away from very small children. A white sheet is the safer alternative for toddlers.

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