Here are some delicious, fun-to-wear and easy-to-create "edible" costumes

Photography: Chaya Miller

Souped Up

This costume was inspired by my kids’ tendency to beg for Gefen Noodle Soups every Sunday at half past noon. It’s the classic kids’ comfort food, almost a tradition, stemming from my camp days.

You’ll Need:

• yellow felt
• off-white felt
• white U-shaped foam edge protector
• Velcro
• dark fabric iron-on printing paper
• light fabric iron-on printing paper or iron-on vinyl
• wide satin headband
• size 6 (chunky) white yarn
• scissors
• hot glue gun
• hot glue sticks
• icon templates (available below)

Icon Templates:

Nutrition Facts

Bar Code

Geshmak Logo

Soup Bowl Image

Yiddish Cup Name

1. Measure a piece of felt to fit your child’s body, from their neck to their knees. It should comfortably fit around their body in width and should get slightly narrower toward the bottom. Add an extra inch to the width to allow for a Velcro closure to overlap.

2. Secure Velcro along the length in the back.

3. Measure a strip of the U-shaped foam to be the same width as the felt. Hot glue the top of the felt to the inside of the U. It will form the round top of your soup cup.

4. Cut a circle of white felt about 2 to 3 inches wider than the foam circle. Cut a slit in the felt, halfway through the circle, until the center. Cut a hole in the center of the circle large enough for your child’s neck.

5. Line up the slit in the white felt with the back of the costume. Hot glue the white felt to the yellow felt all around, right below the foam.

6. Try the base on your child and mark the spot and size for arm holes. Remove the costume and cut accordingly.

7. Print the downloaded templates and iron them onto the costume. You can also hand cut or use a Cricut or other cutting machine on the iron-on vinyl.

8. Place the satin headband comfortably on your child’s head. Using some yarn, measure the length from the front part of the headband until their eyebrows. Cut lengths of white yarn for bangs. Hot glue one end of each yarn length to the front of the headband. You can do a few together. Be generous; they should form thick bangs.

9. Put the headband back on your child. Using a piece of yarn, measure the length from the back half of the headband until past their shoulders. Again, cut lots of yarn to that length, and hot glue it all to the headband densely.

10. Unravel each piece of yarn by twisting it from the top in the opposite way it’s spun. Help it along with your fingers. This part is quite time consuming, but is pretty mindless as well, so you can do it while on the phone or even have your kids do it.