![]() Place your first patch on your jacket or slacks. Cut your fabric into squares and size them as you wish to make patches. We used scissors that cut with a zig-zag design, but normal scissors will do just fine. Gather your fabric scraps or quilting squares (we used quilting squares - available at most craft stores), Liquid Stitch or any quick-drying fabric glue (available at craft stores and Wal-Mart), and scissors. Place them anywhere you want, sometimes the more haphazard the patch placement seems, the better it will look. Some logical places would be those which would be the first to wear-down for example, the knees and elbows. Start thinking about where you’re going to place your “patches” (quilting squares or fabric scraps). ![]() Materials needed for this step: Suit Jacket Slacks Patches Scissors Liquid Stitch *Thread and Needle Lay out your jacket and dress slacks. Continue on and we’ll start putting it all together.Īside from gathering the materials, this is probably the most time consuming step, taking up to an hour to complete. Large boxer shorts (optional as your slacks will be considerably large, you may want some larger unmentionables to cover up your… unmentionables) - Bandanna (optional you may want to make a hobo suitcase!) So you’ve gone shopping (or rummaging) and you’ve got your hobo gear. My tie was actually a boy’s clip-on.) - Suspenders (these actually need to be functional and fit they'll need to hold up your pants!) - Knit or wool gloves - Quilting squares - Liquid Stitch - A top or derby hat - Clown nose - Fake flower - Inexpensive makeup kit - Triangle makeup sponges - Duct tape - Thread and needle (optional you can actually make this entire costume without a stitch if you can find all the right materials). To make a hobo clown costume in the same fashion as we did, you’ll need to get your hands on the following: - Suit jacket - Dress slacks - The largest dress shoes you can find - Button-down shirt (either dress or flannel) - Tie or bowtie (an exception to the rule, ties are sometimes funnier when they are excessively small. The bigger the jacket, the baggier the pants, the floppier the shoes, the better your costume will be. When it comes to articles of clothing, you typically DO NOT want to color coordinate. There are a few things you’ll want to keep in mind while gathering the pieces of your costume. If you’re still down, continue on and we’ll get started by gathering the materials. That being said, this is definitely a costume that can be completed in a day. It took about two nights to make the costumes and less than an hour to do the makeup. Your cost could be significantly less, depending on what you have lying around your home. The good news: that figure is on the high-end. The overall cost for our costumes was about $70 each. About 5%, we gathered from a craft store, and the remaining 5% we got from a local Wal-Mart. Before we get started, here are some notes: - About 90% of the materials my fiancé and I used, we found at thrift stores. So, you’ve done some research, read a pretty terrible haiku, and you want to make your own hobo clown costume. ![]() A little research could go a long way in helping you flesh-out your costume. To learn more about Emmett Kelly and Weary Willie, do a quick Google search. Kelly, in the role of “Weary Willie,” first introduced the hobo clown to American audiences, who found his underdog antics to be instantly lovable, and sometimes, even relatable. ![]() Anyway, hobo clowns, comedic caricatures of downtrodden tramps and hobos, were popularized in the depression era United States by the late Emmet Kelly. A Hobo Clown is: a sad and lovable tramp. You might say, "What is a 'Hobo Clown,’ anyway?" Well. ![]()
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