Large Dog Costume: Dog Rescue Team!

Looking for a large dog costume from stuff you can find lying around the house?
Well, here it is, the Dog Rescue Team! Your dog carries the brandy; you wear the T-shirt with the red cross and maybe a first aid kit.

Large Dog Costume-The Keg

Materials needed:

• A tall empty aluminum can
• Newspaper or padding material (plastic bags, fiber stuffing, foam)
• Brown paper bag or brown paper
• Masking or other tape
• Electrical tape or other colored tape or colored marker (optional)
• Scissors
• Glue
• Cord, string or ribbon
• A knitting needle or skewer

1. Make a hole in the opposite end of the can, in about the same place (be careful not to hurt yourself)
2. Take 2 sheets of newspaper and fold them together, lengthwise, about 2 inches [50mm] wide. You should have a thick, narrow strip
3. Glue the strip around the middle of the can. After you've gone once around, keep winding, gluing the strip to itself. Tape the end down with masking tape

4. Take another 2 sheets of newspaper, and fold them a little wider, about 3.5 inches [90mm]. Center the strip you have made over the one on the can and glue, wind and tape the end as before
5. Now take just one sheet and fold it lengthwise to a width of 5.5 inches [140mm]. Follow the same procedure as above. You will notice that now there is some extra space between the can and this strip of newspaper along the edges. Fold these edges in little V's and tape them down so that there are no more gaps
6. For the final layer, take one sheet and fold it so it ends up being 6.5 inches [165mm] wide. Follow step 5. Your padded can should now resemble a barrel.

1. Put your skewer through both holes in the can. Tape the cord or ribbon to the end that doesn't have a knob on it. Pull the cord through the holes and tape in place with about 6 inches [150mm] sticking out each hole
Glue lengthwise strips of brown paper over the barrel
2. Fold the ends over the ends and tape them down
3. Use black, masking or other colored tape to tape over the strips at regular intervals as shown in the top photo
4. Make brown paper circles and put holes in them for the cord
5. Thread the cord or ribbon through and glue the circles onto the ends of the barrel

Large Dog Costume-First Aid Outfit

Sorry, no photos for this one, but we don't think it
will be hard to figure out.

Materials needed:

• Plain white or light colored T-shirt
• Red paint, red marker or red colored tape
• Other colored marker
• Masking tape
• Glue (optional)
• First aid kit (optional)

1. If you're using paint or the marker, use masking tape to make an outline of a Red Cross-type cross on your shirt
2. Spray or brush paint inside the masking tape lines
3. If you're using colored tape, make the design of a cross with the tape on the shirt. Add a little glue to the tape if it doesn't stick well
4. If you like, use a marker to write the words "Dog Rescue Team" or "Avalance Rescue Team" or "Dog First Aid" on the front or back of the shirt
5. Optional: When you and your dog go out in your outfits, carry a first aid kit