Friday, July 18, 2014

Pikmin Cat DIY

Today I get to share a fun DIY attempt. Damaris and Dani posted the cutest Pikmin Cat Costume over on their blog The cat, you and us. I first found out about Pikmin in a rather weird way, I bought a box of little character toys when I lived in Japan, it wasn't (shamefully) until early this year whilst playing the wii I released my little toys were from a Nintendo game called Pikmin. Just like the characters, the game is also super cute :) 

I must admit I made a few errors in my diy (even though it's super easy to follow) my first big blunder was going with some flimsy felt. I ended up making two layers of felt in each step to compensate.  The next mistake I made was not measuring gremlin's tummy - oops (tuns out he is fatter than I thought) so I had to sew on a little expander piece :p Other than that it was really easy and took me less than 30 minutes. 

After I made it I was worried that getting a photo or even getting Gremlin to wear it might be super tricky. I'd only ever dressed him in a waistcoat for my party so I was biting my nails! Turns out he was totally chillaxed and at the end even went to sleep with it on :) I did make the mistake of putting it on him when he was in feisty play mode and he did take a few chews of the leaf - the design though is super cat friendly so you don't need to worry about any danger! Learn from me though, if you make this for your cat put it on them just before nap time when they're more docile!



Gremlin checking it out! Actually please don't check out my stitching too much, I'm no seamstress :p

I ended up sewing the stem onto the band because my whole diy was a tad flimsy due to my poor felt choices!

Play toy!

A sneak peak at where I take my photos in my room :)

*chomp*

Thanks Damaris and Dani for a super cute DIY. If you have a cat yourself you should definitely turn them into a Pikmin. The materials are super cheap and it doesn't take long - perhaps the only tricky bit is getting a photo :p

24 comments:

  1. that is too cute. not a chance that any of my cats would wear this, but tooooo cute :)

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    1. Hey Petra you never know until you try! lol Or maybe you know :P

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  2. AH so cute! I want to make this

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  3. Eeee! Super cute :) xxx

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    1. Pikmin for Lucy? I think I'd be the Worlds wost mother for wanting to dress my kids up in costume all the time. Although maybe kids are harder to dress up than animals once they can undress themselves and refuse the torture :P

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    2. Hahaha yeah I would love to dress Lucy up more, however she is not about to let me - wont even wear the cute beanies I got her, sadness! Hopefully when shes older she'll embrace the dressing up thing :)

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    3. oh no not denial of a cute beanie - maybe you can get it to stretch for when she does love dressing up :) All her outfits are 100% cute anyway - her Mum definitely has the best cute taste!!

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  4. So friggin cute! I need to find out what Pikmin is. Googling right now!

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    1. It's a really cute game - I've only played a version with my little bro, so I probably know very little though!

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  5. Ohmy! Gremlin looks so cuuuuuute!!! Hahaha, love his pictures playing with the pikmin costume, he is the sweetest guy. Hope you had fun with the DIY Fee! (and so Gremlin playing afterwards) :) Love that you sew the middle details in the leaf it looks great.

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    1. Thanks Damaris - not only is it a cute costume it also doubles as a play toy!! he he he

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  6. In that last picture, your cat has all claws out!

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    1. he does he does, he was in extreme play mode!! Which as someone that was scared of cats that would of freaked me out (a lot!) but now I think I understand cats a little better (hopefully!)

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  7. So cute! Gremlin looks adorable as a Pikmin.

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  8. my heart melts for Gremlin <3
    i would never get away with this thing in my cats ahaha

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    1. aww - maybe you could catch them if they are really really sleepy?? lol

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  9. Oh this is so cute. Also my little brother's and I favorite game!!! I love the "bad guys" you have defeat.
    Juli

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  10. i love that you tried out their diy! it's so adorable :) i wish i can make one for piri. i remember playing the game. yangkyu brought it home after we bought the game cube many years ago :)

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    1. When you get a moment you definitely should for Piri!!!

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