Created with fiberfill, foam, and fabric, this ice-cream cone costume is truly soft-serve -- and very comfy.

Materials

• Electric knife or scissors
• Large sheet of 2-inch-thick white foam (available at fabric shops)
• 2 yards of beige marine vinyl (available at fabric shops)
• Brown marker
• Hot glue
• Legs cut from 2 pairs of women's white opaque stockings
• 20-ounce bag of fiberfill

• String l Colored straws
• Heavy-duty adhesive-backed Velcro
• 2 (1-yard) lengths of 1-inch grosgrain ribbon
• Green pipe cleaner
• 3-inch Styrofoam ball
• Red acrylic paint and brush
• Plastic headband

Instructions

1. CONE: With the electric knife or scissors, cut the foam into a doughnut shape that will fit comfortably around your child's waist with a few inches to spare all around. Cut the vinyl into 2 matching shapes as shown (diagram 1).

2. Draw diagonal crisscrossing lines on them with the brown marker. Hot-glue these pieces to the ring (diagram 2).
   Fill 2 stocking legs with the fiberfill and tie the ends closed with string. Stuff a third one to the knee, tie it, and trim the excess. With the hot glue, coil the stockings onto the ring. Glue on 2-inch-long sections of straw for sprinkles. (We also glued sprinkles on our T-shirt.)

3. For the straps, attach corresponding Velcro strips to the ring and ribbons (diagram 3). Trim any excess ribbon.

4. HAT: Loosely fill the remaining stocking leg with fiberfill, tie it with string, and shape it into a coil. Apply hot glue as needed to assemble the hat's parts (diagram 4) and to add sprinkles.

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