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"  Materials  1/3 yard tan felt tan and yellow thread about 6 ounces polyester fiberfill 1/3 yard fuzzy light tan felt 1/3 yard yellow felt 1/3 yard gold felt 2 yards transparent fishing line (optional)  Tools   patterns   Base Garments  yellow sweatpants yellow hooded zip-up sweatshirt tan one-size-fits-all gloves 1. Using the tail pattern, cut out 2 pieces of tan felt. Pin the 2 pieces together, then sew, using a 1/2-inch seam allowance and being sure to leave holes open as marked on pattern. Remove pins. 2. Stuff the tail with fiberfill, using both holes. Hand sew the side hole closed. Pin the tail to the back of the pants, 1/2 inch below the waistband. Hand sew in place. Remove the pins. 3. Using the tail tip pattern, cut 2 pieces of the fuzzy light tan felt. Pin one piece around the tail, 4 inches up from the bottom end. Pin the second piece overlapping the other so the tail is completely encircled. Hand sew in place. Remove the pins. 4. Using the tail tip fringe pattern, cut out 8 pieces of felt \u2014 2 tan, 2 fuzzy light tan, 2 yellow, and 2 gold. Using the tail tip strip pattern, cut out one piece of tan felt. Lay the strip down flat and place the fringe strips on it perpendicularly, lining them up along the strip. Pin and then sew in place. Remove the pins. Wrap this strip around the top of the lion tail tip with the fringe going toward the tail end and hand sew in place. You may want to put a few tacking stitches into the tail tip itself. 5. Using all the felt colors, cut at least 100 strips 1/2 inch wide by 12 to 15 inches long. Measure around the opening of the sweatshirt hood. Add 4 inches. Cut a strip of tan felt, 2 inches wide by this measurement long. Lay this hood strip down on a flat surface and lay the 1/2-inch strips across it, alternating colors and having differing lengths on each side of the strip. Be sure that there is an even distribution of strips along the hood strip. Pin the strips in place and then sew to hood strip, about 1/4 inch from one edge. Remove the pins. 6. Pin the center of the hood strip to the center front of the outside of the sweatshirt hood. Pin around each side and let the 2 inches at each end dangle down at the neck line. Sew the strip to the hood, being careful to sew only the strip, not the fringe pieces. Remove the pins. 7. Have the child put the sweatshirt on. Trim the strips at the top so his face shows well enough and he can tack any wayward strips to the hood. 8. To make the talons, use the talon pattern to cut out 10 pieces of fuzzy light tan felt and 10 of yellow felt. Hot glue a yellow one to each finger of the gloves on the palm side, 1/2 inch from the tip. Turn the gloves over and repeat with tan on the outer side, then glue the tan and yellow felt together where they touch. 9. If you like, sew or tie fishing line to the tail tip and tie on an elastic loop for the child to wear around his wrist and manipulate the tail like a puppet. Adjust the length of the fishing line, as necessary. This costume originally appeared in Country Living&amp;#039;s Handmade Halloween. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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