No-Sew WordGirl Costume

If you have a little WordGirl fan on your hands, this no-sew costume is perfect for you! Just wear some red tights or leggings to complete the look, along with the elements you will make here today, and your little WordGirl is ready to go find her favorite word! Word Up!

Directions

Start with the 1/2 yard of gold felt. Cut a curve at the bottom. Cut a strip off the top of the fabric, about 2 inches wide, and then reduce the length of the strip to about 24 inches.

Cut slits in the top of the fabric, about 1 inch from the edge and 2 inches long, all the way across the top. Add Velcro to the ends of the strip you cut off, then thread it through the slits.

Scrunch the top of the cape as you pull the strip with Velcro through, and you've made the cape! The strip will connect around your child's neck.

Cut out a shield from the gold felt and a star shape from the red felt. Glue the red star to the shield. Glue or tape (with double-sided tape) the shield to your long-sleeved red shirt.

Cut a long strip of gold fabric for the belt, and 2 brown strips a little narrower than the gold. Cut out a large brown circle, a smaller gold circle, and then an even smaller brown circle (3 circles total).

Glue the brown strips on top of the gold strip. Glue the circles in the center, one on top of the other in this order: large brown, medium gold, small brown. Glue Velcro to the ends and connect around the back over the shirt.

To get your child dressed in the costume: first put on red tights or leggings. Pull on the hooded red shirt, then put the long-sleeved red shirt on top. Put on the hood, then connect the Velcro on the strip for the cape around the shoulder and neck area. Add red gloves, and she is ready to go find her favorite word!