Magician

Materials

• One white kids top
• One black kids bottoms
• Black felt
• White felt
• Red felt
• Double sided fusible interfacing
• Black knit fabric
• Black ribbon
• Velcro
• Puffy fabric paint in rainbow colors
• Pinback
• Black drinking straw

Tools

• Iron
• Hot glue gun & sticks
• Scissors

Instructions

Create the cape:

• Cut a large half circle from a knit black fabric.
• Cut a small half circle at the top center of the cape along the straight edge for the neck curve.
• Glue black ribbons to either side of the neck opening to tie the cape together.

Create the vest:

• Trace a t-shirt and omit the sleeves for the vest pattern onto red felt. Cut two matching pieces out and cut a “V” neck for the front piece.
• Glue the shoulder and side seams together, and cut an opening down the front for the vest opening.
• Glue black felt buttons along the vest opening. Glue the scratchy side of velcro behind the buttons so they catch the felt behind it.

Create the bow tie:

• Cut a rectangle from black felt - about 3”x5”.
• Use rainbow colored puffy fabric paint to make rainbow stripes across the felt. 
• Once the paint is dry, wrap and glue a thin piece of black felt around the center of the rectangle to create the bow tie. 
• Glue a pinback to the back of the bow tie. 

Create the wand: 

• Use a wide black straw for the wand.
• Glue a thin strip of white felt to one end of the straw to create the wand.

Create the top hat prop (optional):

• Measure the circumference of the child’s head to figure out the diameter of the circle for the inner hat brim cutout.
• Draw a circle using the above measurement onto black felt using fabric chalk. Draw a larger circle around it (about 3 inches from the circle line) for the outside hat brim. We like to use round plates and bowls to help trace circle shapes. Cut two matching pieces and attach them together for extra strength with an iron on double sided fusible interfacing.
• Cut two matching long rectangles for the top hat portion and attach them together for extra strength with an iron on double sided fusible interfacing. 
• Cut 1 inch long tabs that are 1” apart, along the bottom long edge of the rectangle to help attach around the inside smaller circle opening. Glue the tabs folded under the inside of the smaller circle to form the hat. 
• Apply hot glue along the top hat opening, then place it upside down onto a sheet of black felt. Once the glue is dry, trim the felt away from the top of the hat. 
• Glue a strip of white felt around the base of the hat.