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Nyan Cat Costume with EL Rainbow
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Nyan Cat costume, with personal soundtrack and EL wire pants.
- Author: Mar Williams
- Time required: 8 - 15 hours
- Difficulty: Moderate
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Relevant parts
- EL wire (6), 5' red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
- Sequencer/battery pack
- phone or mp3 player
- Amplifier, mini, portable
- plastic flexible beading thread
- Tapestry needle
- Hot Glue gun & hot glue
Relevant parts (continued)
- papier-mâché (newspaper, flour, water)
- Sewing materials fabric - tan, pink, hot pink, gray, and black
- old T-shirt
- pair of black pants
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Edit Step 1
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Nyan Cat Costume with EL Rainbow
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Wrap a balloon in papier-mâché, let dry, and craft ears with rolled-up newspaper. Get a kitten to help you.
Cut a hole for your melon to fit through and some eye holes in Nyan cat's mouth.
Stuff the inside of the head with material or newspaper so your head fits securely/comfortably inside.
Edit Step 2 ¶
Sew a big tan rectangle for the pop tart, leaving holes for arms, head and the entire bottom portion open like a T-shirt.
Sew a T-shirt or sweatshirt inside the pop tart, closing up around the arm and neck holes - this makes it so you can add stuffing to the shoulders.
Add your frosting and sprinkles (felt) with hot glue. Easy.
The head is made by stretching and hot-gluing felt over the papier-mâché.
Edit Step 3 ¶
Get some flexible beading thread. It's clear plastic and has some give so it wont hurt your EL as you move around. Whip-stitch it around the EL going all the way down the length of the pants.
You can be a super cool maker and use an Ardruino to create your sequencer. OR you can be a lazy, last-minute costume maker like me and buy a sequencer ready-made. :/
The 9v battery ran out in about an hour, so I put together a pack of 6 AA batteries to replace it.
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