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Kitty Cat Ears

Be a purrfect looking cat with clip on kitty ears.
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Bendy clip on cat ears make the perfect last minute costume.

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Start by drawing out a template of your ear, make sure to make it slightly wider so that you can curve it like a real cat ear. The measurements for my ear were 3.5" x 3.5" x 4.5".
Cut out your template. I wrote an F to mark the front.

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Draw around the template on to felt using chalk.
Draw out four more ears, remembering to flip the template over before your draw your last two ears.

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Cut out the felt ears and pin the corresponding fronts and backs of the ears together.
Cut a length of wire (if you're using my measurements, cut it at 12"). Bend the wire, in the middle, at a 90" angle. Lay it on top of the ear and bend the two tails, so that they match the curves of the ear.
Fold the wire tails, at the corners of the ear, inwards at a 90" angle so that they meet along the bottom of the ear. Wrap the two tails around each other, so that the shape is secure.
Make two of these, one for each ear and put to the side for the moment.
Take your ears and stitch around the two shorter sides, leaving the bottom side open. You can use a needle and thread for this but I used a sewing machine to save time.
Now you can place the wire frames inside the ears.
Fill the ear with stuffing so that it's nice and squishy.
Use a needle and thread to stitch up the the final edges of the ears.
Take two jewellery clasps and stitch the ears securely on to the clasps.
Clip the ears in to your hair and then bend the ears in to a desired shape.

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Carli

November 7th, 2007 17:36

I love this!!
My friends from college and I are dressing up as kitties soon, for a night out and maybe for college one day so this will be way better than buying them.
Thanks! Will add comment once I've done it to say how it goes :)

opposites-girl

November 7th, 2007 19:14

Love them! They look fun :)

Cat Morley

November 7th, 2007 19:26

Yay, I wish I could wear kitty ears everyday.

Tiffany S.

November 8th, 2007 20:55

I wish you would have posted this a little earlier. I was a cat for Halloween and had the HARDEST time making some ears.
I wish mine would have came out that darn cute!

Cat Morley

November 8th, 2007 23:07

Aww, I'm sorry. It was a very last minute costume, made within half an hour before I had to leave on Halloween.

kim m.

December 12th, 2007 04:05

ahhh!
i tried this today & they come out great! thanks !

Courtney Couture

December 14th, 2007 00:27

these are cuuuuuuute!! I lurve them!!!!!

im totally gonna wear 'em to school tomorow!!

Queen.Of.Dorks

February 6th, 2008 09:28

awesome,,
i love all of your projects
they're fantastic!!

FIZZY PoPZ.

April 9th, 2008 08:55

they look so cute im definetely gonna make them to play with my kitten

xrenax

April 11th, 2008 17:41

love the ears

MissClaws

May 9th, 2008 19:00

These are so cute. I will do these cat ears ^^ Nyyah~

Kayleigh

July 9th, 2008 20:18

Wow! I love this idea very much =3 how do you keep the ears from dangling or moving? Hair clips and stuff always end up moving or falling out on me v-v