Homemade Puppy Costume

I guess I didn't get the note back in February that told parents their preschool child must have an animal costume for the end of the year program in MAY! So when I realized I had 24 hours to come up with an animal costume, and my son insisted he wanted to be a puppy, here it is. I thought I would share because it really wasn't that hard. First I started with black shorts and a white T-shirt. I glued with a glue gun (much better than that fabric glue that takes forever to dry), black spots that I cut out of felt on the shirt. I had a white baseball hat which my son wore backwards with a spot covering the front hole. I cut out two ears from some fluffy fabric I got at the fabric store and sewed the fronts to the backs (this is optional, glue would also work fine). I sewed the ears onto the side of the hat. Black socks on his hands and feet for paws, and oh yes, I did sew a tail on the back of the t shirt. I drew a nose and freckles on his face with black eye liner. Now this would actually look a heck of a lot better and be easier with a black or white jogging suit in which case you could use the hood of the sweatshirt to sew the ears too....however, it's May, and all the stores are now selling summer clothes, not sweats, so I had to deal with what we already had on hand. So there ya go. A homemade costume that looks adorable and costs maybe 5 bucks (if you have to buy a shirt and fabric which I did). Cheers!