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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Make two of these, one for each ear and put to the side for the moment.
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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.
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Now you can place the wire frames inside the ears.
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Fill the ear with stuffing so that it's nice and squishy.
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Use a needle and thread to stitch up the the final edges of the ears.
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Take two jewellery clasps and stitch the ears securely on to the clasps.
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Clip the ears in to your hair and then bend the ears in to a desired shape.
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Posted By:Cat Morley »
November 07, 2007 02:41
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Carli
07 Nov 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 :)
northernstar
07 Nov 19:14
Love them! They look fun :)
Cat Morley
07 Nov 19:26
Yay, I wish I could wear kitty ears everyday.
Tiffany S.
08 Nov 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
08 Nov 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.
12 Dec 04:05
ahhh!
i tried this today & they come out great! thanks !
Courtney Couture
14 Dec 00:27
these are cuuuuuuute!! I lurve them!!!!!
im totally gonna wear 'em to school tomorow!!
Queen.Of.Dorks
06 Feb 09:28
awesome,,
i love all of your projects
they're fantastic!!
Ginger Ginger.
09 Apr 08:55
they look so cute im definetely gonna make them to play with my kitten
xrenax
11 Apr 17:41
love the ears
MissClaws
09 May 19:00
These are so cute. I will do these cat ears ^^ Nyyah~
Kayleigh
09 Jul 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
Wofeh N.
30 Jul 00:08
this is fun, but if you dont use felt and just use fapric, its a pain in the butt
Kafei
10 Aug 16:36
Thanks haha ^__^
I have some Ritsuka ears but they're hard to put on, I will totally be making some of these!
ʎǝuʇɹnoɔ
30 Sep 03:08
hmm, i'll have a go, but i want to attach these to a headband.
might be easier!
nako k.
31 Oct 13:36
hey guyz! i was wondering what would go nice when ur wearing cat ears and a tail lol
courtny l.
02 Jan 20:40
sweet, I've always wanted animal 0 0 ears! -