In total took about 2 days to get all the peices to fit properly. The tail was a wire hanger with card board at the ends for no poke accidents haha.As for shoes we covered old slip ons with brown felt. The pants and shirt were seperate to make bathroom use easy.
#ZAZU COSTUME LION KING MOVIE#
We painted it to match the colors to be true to the movie as well as added some hair to the chin area. We purchased a baboon mask online and made changes to resemble Rafiki more. The holiday medal nuts we attached to the end of the stick were bells which gave it a similar sound like rafikis stick has in the movie. We bought Rafiki’s stick at a craft store and painted brown and well as the hanging decorations. We took orange paint and painted shoes we no longer used took about a day to complete. In total Zazu took about 1-2 hours for wings and head piece to dry. We made the beak from a thick cirlcle of felt and cut it to size.įor the beanie we used smaller pieces of felt and cut to size to make eyes and small hairs. Zazu is made out of different color felts from a craft store and clothing articles we already had. If you watched any of the how-to videos or found any of the information on this site helpful, please consider making a donation to help keep the site going.It took about 2-3 days to make these Zazu and Rafiki costumes. I had the actor wear bright orange socks and I dyed a pair of white canvas shoes orange.įor his makeup, I basically did the same makeup that they used for the Broadway production, but also added an orange beak. I used a darker blue feather boa for around the neck for extra flair! To complete the look, I made simple elastic waist pants out of some brightly colored African print material. Lastly, I used plain white ribbon to trim around the edges of the poncho and the bottoms of the tail feathers. I attached a small elastic “loop” on each side of the “wing” so that actor could put his fingers through the loops and have something to hold on to when he spread his wings. I sewed all the regular sized feathers around the poncho and sewed the 3 larger feathers in the back for the tail. I also made 3 larger feathers for the tail.
I surged the two sides of the feathers together (you could use a zig-zag stitch if you don’t have a serger). Next I cut out approximately 64 feather shapes out of two different contrasting materials a front material that you’ll mostly see and a back side of the feather that you will only get glimpses of when he moves or flaps his wings. I found the center and cut out a small hole for the head. the Timon puppet attached to Casella, shadowed by him Hoyle with Zazu on his head. I then used white, gray and black felt to cut out the eyes and eyebrow shapes and I hot glued those onto the cap on each side of the beak.įor Zazu’s costume, I cut out a large poncho, roughly in the shape of a square. Vickery was in a lion costume that was sort of like Cats, he said.
I centered it on the front of the cap and sewed it on. Next, I cut out a beak shape out of orange fleece, sewed it and stuffed it with ordinary polyester stuffing. I serged the bottom of the cap so that it wouldn’t roll up or under, and I sewed the top of the cap.
I started by making a generic “skull cap” out of blue fleece, to fit my actor’s head (it’s about 22 inches around). Zazu’s headpiece was made entirely out of material. One dark blue feather boa Enough plain white ribbon to go around your poncho and the tail feathers Material for simple capri-length pants Orange socks, white canvas shoes, orange dye The tail feathers were about twice the size of the regular feathers. Lion King Costume Zazu Mascot Costume Add Storage Bag (+69.00) Material: Cotton/Polyester/PolyFoam/Velvet/ Package Content: Head + Body + Shoes + Hand. My feathers were 8″ long by 4″ wide and the two sides are serged together. My costume used 32 feathers and 3 larger tail feathers. The number of feathers you need will depend on how large your poncho is. What You’ll Need to Create this Costume: Approximately 3 yards of blue fleece, or yardage to fit the size of your actor 1/8 yard of orange fleece for the beak Polyester stuffing to stuff the beak White, gray and black felt for the eyes and eyebrows Material for feathers: you can use the same color front and back or get two different colors of material.
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