Muppets Animal Costume

Looking for a Muppets Animal Costume? I would choose Animal as my Muppet character if I were to wear a Muppet Halloween costume this year because he is my favorite Muppets character.

He is the most fun, exciting and wild of all the Muppet characters. Not to mention he is as cute as can be – so I want a Muppets Animal Costume for Halloween.

Here are a few tips if I were to make my own Animal Muppets  Costume. First I would sew a tight fitting cap from plain white cotton material that I could tie under my neck. Then I would cut long pieces of orange and pink yarn, about ten or eleven inches long and sew them to the cap to imitate animal’s long crazy hair. I would also cut out a strip of the same cotton material about four inches by one inch in size and sew yarn approximately two inches long to it and use costume paste to glue it above my top lip for added facial hair.

Many items for a Muppets Animal Costume can be purchased from a costume store too if you wanted to do this. Big bushy black eyebrows could be purchased and pasted in place with costume glue. Vampire teeth would be perfect to create the illusion of that awesome under bite that animal so proudly sports by using the top of the vampire teeth on my bottom teeth. You could even purchase a Muppets Animal mask if you wanted and ignore all of these steps!

A pair of bulging eyes eye glasses from a gag shop would give this Animal halloween costume that authentic Muppets look and a simple, big, red clown nose made from a sponge would make a perfect match for Animal’s big, bulbous nose.

For clothing, an old black t-shirt with a heavy metal band from about 20 years ago, cut off at the waist and a pair of jeans, shredded all over and at the ankles too. I would also add a few holes here and there in the shirt and jeans and of course, my Animal Muppet outfit wouldn’t be complete without animal’s signature rope belt around the waist of his pants. This could be picked up at any local hardware or home store.

I would also color my arms, legs, mid-section, and any part of my face that wasn’t covered with orange body paint or a dried drink mix, like kool-aid. Now Kool-aid is cheaper and easier to find than body paint, but it is also much harder to remove. To use kool-aid, I would simply moisten the dry mix and rub it on my skin with a soft cloth or sponge. Otherwise follow the directions on the makeup you buy.

I would then add a large spiked dog collar around the neck with a broken chain about one and a half foot long hanging down the front of the shirt. A couple of black leather studded bracelets and maybe one around the ankle would add a nice touch to my Muppet Animal costume.

Animal is always barefoot, so a couple pieces of yarn, about one inch strands of dark yarn, would be an awesome addition glued to each big toe with costume glue and maybe even on a couple of fingers. Then to top it all off, I would add a couple of drumsticks or maybe even an inflatable bongo drum to carry around for the evening, and my Muppets Animal costume would be complete!

“AN-I-MAL, AN-I-MAL, AN-I-MAL!  …PLAY-DRUMS! AGGGHHHHH!”

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