No-Sew DIY Donut Costume

Cardboard (the size you’d like your donut)

1 yard of pink felt (depending on size of donut)

1 yard of brown felt (depending on size of donut)

1 yard batting, cut into strips

Aleene’s Fabric Fusion

ribbon or elastic

scissors, string, nail, pencil

First, cut a circle out of your fabric.  To make a perfect circle, use a string half as long as you’d like your donut.  Tie one end to a nail and one end to a pencil.  Poke the nail into the center of the cardboard, and while holding the nail in place, pull the string tight and slowing draw with the pencil end to draw a circle, as shown.  Repeat for a smaller circle (the hole of the donut).  Cut along the lines using scissors.

Lay your cardboard donut on top of the brown felt and use it as a template.  Cut the brown felt approx 2 inches larger than the cardboard, alll the way around.  Repeat for the hole of the donut.

Using carboard donut, trace around it for a template on the pink felt.  Cut out along line.  Then trim the pink felt edges so that they are “wavy”, like frosting.

Wrap batting strips around the cardboard as shown. Place on top of brown felt.

Fold the excess felt over the edge and staple into place. At the opposite side from the first staple, fold over edge and staple into place.  Then repeat for top and bottom.

Continue moving around the edge, staping into place – you’ll need lots of tack-downs!  Repeat with donut hole in the same manner.  Optional: glue down another piece of brown felt to cover the batting and stapled area.

Flip donut over to the top side and glue pink frosting onto donut.

This is the fun part!  Cut felt sheets into strips and trim the strips into shorter rectangles, to resemble sprinkles.

Attach the sprinkle felt using Aleene’s Fabric Fusion.

 

Attach ribbon or elastic to the back for arm straps to be able to wear the donut.

Voila!!  That’s all there is to it!

If you love no-sew costumes, I have a few others you’ll want to check out:

Simple Costume Ideas from Others:

Cat, Easy Costumes, Beeker Muppet, Game Boy, Mike Wazowski, Flower Basket, Bee, Jellyfish, Monsters Inc, Moana