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Zeldaness — How to Make Costume Elf Ears
Published: 2009-08-28 18:42:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 161646; Favourites: 861; Downloads: 5878
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Hooray! My first tutorial!Inspiration: I was looking to buy elf ears, saw the prices and Bam! Inspiration. In my first attempt I used aluminum foil, double stick tape, and plastic wrap. Later, as I got addicted to craft foam by making armor, I came to this method. I just had to make this tutorial for the good of my fellow deviants (and for fame and fortu...well, fame.)
But enough of my silliness, here's the link to my patterns: [link]
I hope this tutorial is helpful, and if you have any questions, just comment or note me.
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Craft foam. If you look closely, you can see it on the second panel.
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Brilliant xD
Soon as I get my hands on some o' that foam, I'm giving this a shot~
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Thank u for making this tutorial, now i can proceed to Lady Arwen Plan ^w^
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This is amazing! It's the first time I've seen a not-overly-complicated way to make elf ears.. ^.^
I was already thinking of a costume idea for next halloween, and I thought being Link would be pretty interesting but I had no idea how to do the ears.... so once I have money for the materials I'm definitely going to do this!
Thanks so much!
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I'm doing a Zelda costume too 
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You have saved my rin Costume. thank you so very very very much
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I love it ! You solve my problem from my Link costume ! <3 !
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thats amazing you made your own elf ears! i had to buy mine from aradni.com
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aradni.com, do not exist.
the website is called "Aradani" [link]
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I said for people who do not know this site. ^^
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this is just two days I know this website.
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yay! i can now complete my Midna cosplay without buying ears! another thing to add to the insanely long list...
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very nice tutorial. Thank you vewry much :3
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thank you thank you thank you!!! i am doing a saria cosplay, and i've been going insane trying to find an ear tutorial.
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That is just weird. I am also doing a Saria cosplay and was also looking like crazy for an ear tutorial(ears are too expensive these days
I hope this one works!!
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how much might this cost???
money has become a big thing lately
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Um, well it really depends on what supplies you do and don't have. My family is craft-oriented, so we had everything on hand. The fun foam costs $1 for a sheet, super glue is about $3-$5, double stick tape is anywhere from $3-$10
So, the craft foam is cheap, but craft supplies can be pricey, if you don't have craft supplies, store-bought might be the way to go. (however, you might be able to use elmers glue and regular tape.)
If you want really cheap, you can crimp aluminum foil over your ear, and tape colored paper to it.)
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Its okey now I found a place that is extremly correct, so I'll be buying from there.
or at lease put it on my christmas list.
this is the website.
My pair is...
[link]
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Thank you so much for this tutorial. I needed a special set of elf ears that couldn't easily be found at a costume store and within a reasonable budget. Low and behold, I found this! It was just what I needed, and I got the right ear size from your templates. ^^
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this is really helpful, nvr thought of this way before. Thanks! ^^
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yes! this just saved me from having to buy a super expensive pair online (actually i'd have to buy 2 pairs. my brother is toon link & I'm tetra). I've always liked making my own cosplay items better than buying anyways!
ps: i like the idea of craft foam as armor as well. I might do that also!
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Great! I'm glad you found it useful.
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i found a rather easy tutorial with latex...but if it fails, then I shall certainly use your tutorial n_n
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very helpful & friendly~ thanks so much for this!
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This is awesome! thanks for making this! I didn`t want to pay so uch to ship some elf ears for the link cosplay I`m going to be doing. This is so much cheaper!
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ah, this is really helpful and easy to do. (not to mention actually affordable XD) Thanks so much ^^
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awesome! gonna give this a try 
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Oh, that's great! This will be perfect for my Kisshu costume! 8D
Thank youuu~~
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OMG~! ur a life saver... 
buying a pair of elven ears will cost me about 2500 bucks... YOU REALLY SAVE MY LIFE>>
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That's a really awesome way to use craft foam.
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The tan color of the craft foam is kind of a "one color fits all skin types," sort of thing. It's about the color of someone who is half black, and it lacks the yellow and red tints of most skin colors. So, you could go without coloring it, but it wouldn't look quite right.
Oh, and as far as using craft foam colors other than beige, craft foam doesn't re-color well if you get a brighter color than your final intended color. When I made armor, I used yellow craft foam (instead of beige), and even though I painted it with gold rub n' buff, I can still see traces of the bright yellow foam through the paint.
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this is so gonna help!
I'm planing to cosplay link soon this is awesome thankyou ^w^
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sweet you are a life saver. i was gunna make my link outfit i have my pattern memerized and then i go t to thinking how do i make his ears aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh then i found this page and was like yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayy
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I'm glad my tutorial came in so handy.
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It did i'm gunna go buy the stuff and try it ^^ thanks for the lamma badge!
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