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How to make a cardboard mustache

October 08, 2012 in Boxes, Corrugated Cardboard, Costumes, Make

In case you need a cardboard mustache to go with your cardboard lederhosen...

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This is pretty straight forward, but I just wanted to remind you to make sure that your cardboard corrugation channels run in the direction that you are cutting your whiskers. I scrunched up the mustache a bit and glued it down to give it a fuller shape, but you can also just glue on more cardboard whiskers one piece at a time to fill in any gaps.

Last I glued a square of cardboard to the back and strung a sturdy rubber band through the corrugation channels, painted my mustache with basic tempera, (you could even use watercolors) and....Voila. Cardboard mustache.

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Tags: box, cardboard, carton, costume, DIY, Halloween, mustache, recycled, tutorial
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