Anime Cooks of Thanksgiving - Sanji (One Piece)

Final recipe! ^^ Anybody out there a fan of 'One Piece?' I am. ^^ If you're a fan, today's gonna be a treat because the character of today is the Strawhats' own cook and my favorite character of the series, Sanji.

A random collage I found of Sanji. ^w^

Here's a figure of his post-timeskip form. ^^

Much like the Perona recipe, I'll post his original form as well as his post-timeskip form. Let's set sail! Here's what's needed to make this:

• A blue button-up pinstripe shirt *plain yellow for post-TS* (found at different thrift stores or your closet)
• A black tie *brown for post-TS*
• A black suit
• Black dress shoes
• A black fabric marker (if the blue shirt doesn't have any stripes) 
• A short gold-yellow wig or yellow hair spray
• Black eyeliner pencil (for the brows and facial hair)

How to create it:

1. For those who have the plain blue shirt, put it on over a work shirt and have a parent or friend make the stripes. Make sure to lift your arms and have the stripes be drawn horizontal on the sleeves since Sanji's shirt stripes are vertical. Hang the shirt when you're done, so the ink can dry. If you already have stripes on the shirt or you have the yellow shirt, just put it on.
2. Put on the tie, as well as the rest of the clothing. Check if the ink's dry on the shirt and if so, put it on. Grab a towel or wig cap for the next step.
3. For the wig cap, stretch it out, put it on and tuck in any stray hairs. Adjust your wig until you get it at just the right level. Brush the hairs until it covers your left eye. For post-timeskip, brush it over your right eye.
4. For the spray, drape the towel over your shoulders and have a parent or friend spray your hair with the color spray. Let the spray dry. Like the wig, brush your hair until it covers your left eye, right eye for post-timeskip.
5. Now taking a black eyeliner pencil, cover your brows with it. Instead of curving down at the end, curve upwards and keep going until you get a swirl over your brow. For post-timeskip, curve downward towards your nose and make the swirl.
6. Time for the facial hair! Take the same pencil and just do three lines on your chin. For post-timeskip, just cover the bottom of your chin with the pencil, trace the cleft on your chin and add some lines above your upper lip. Grab a candy cigarette (or lollipop) and you're done!

Hope you enjoyed these recipes! ^^ I'll start working on the ones for next month, so stay tuned, folks.

Have a happy Thanksgiving and good luck on Black Friday! ^6>^

Anime Cooks of Thanksgiving: Uniform Course - 'Yumeiro Pâtissière'

Day 4 and another Uniform Course! ^^ Better bring out your sweet teeth today, folks, because the uniform of the day is from 'Yumeiro Pâtissière!'

Here's everybody in their uniforms! ^w^ Those sweets look yummy, don't you think? <3

Another shot of everybody!

Wanna know how to make this very sweet uniform? Here are the ingredients:

• A white long-sleeved shirt (make sure the sleeves are rollable!)
• A red dress or apron
• White pants (for the boys)
• Red ribbon
• Black fabric marker
• Red marker

 How to make it:

1. Get a work shirt and the long-sleeved shirt on. Have a parent or friend draw the line and some circles on it, just like the previous costume recipes. Hang it up, so the ink can dry.
2. Put on the skirt, take some red ribbon and tie it around your waist. For the boys, put on the pants and the apron. Tie more red ribbon around your neck (not too tight!) for the tie.
3. Make a chef's hat out of paper (I suggest using eHow.com for this!), draw the designs onto it and you're ready to make some pie!

Hope you enjoyed! ^^

Next character: You'll see...

Anime Cooks of Thanksgiving - Jun Satou (Working!!)

Day 3! ^^ The character for today, folks, is Jun Satou from a rather-obscure anime called 'Working!!' Sadly, I have no idea what it's about, so feel free to Google it. As for the costume, this one's very, very simple, except an apron and the color spray may be a bit hard to find aside from online.

Here's a picture of Satou. Doesn't he remind you of another character? ^w^

Here's how to make his costume:

• A white turtleneck shirt
• White pants
• Gray or white shoes
• A plain apron
• Yellow color hair spray or a short blonde wig (Optional if your hair's already short, blonde or both)
• Black fabric marker

How to do it:

1. Get a work shirt and the turtleneck on. Have a parent or friend draw a line and circles on it, so it'll look like a chef's coat. When it's done, hang it up, so the ink can dry. Leave the work shirt on and grab a towel if you want your hair to be sprayed.
2. Time to put on your pants and shoes! Roll up the bottom of the pant legs a bit.
3. For the spray, drape the towel over your shoulders and have a parent or friend cover your hair with the color spray. If you prefer the wig, stretch your wig cap, put it on (tuck in any strays!) and put on the wig. After you're done applying the wig or when the spray's dry, take a brush and brush some of the hair over your left eye.
4. Tie the apron around your waist, grab a candy cigarette (or lollipop) and you're done!

Hope you enjoyed! ^^

Next character: 'Yumeiro Pâtissière' uniform

Anime Cooks of Thanksgiving: Uniform Courses - 'Yakitate! Japan'

Day 2 of 'Anime Cooks of Thanksgiving!' ^^ Hope you're all hungry for rolls because the costume recipe for the day is from a little-known anime called 'Yakitate! Japan.' What's it about you ask?

It's about this kid named Kazuma Azuma who wishes for Japan to have its own bread (like French bread or German sourdough) dubbed 'Ja-Pan,' so he decides to work at a bakery and enter different contests with his co-workers. On the show, he also possesses 'Solar Hands,' in which his hands are warmer than normal, thus making the bread dough ferment faster.

Anyway, the uniforms for the factory of the show are shown below.

Here's a picture of Kazuma. He'll be the model for the boys' uniform.

Here's one of his co-workers, Tsukino Azusagawa. She'll be the model of the girls' uniform.

Here's how to create these freshly-baked costumes:

• A loose-sleeved turtleneck shirt (blue for boys, pink for girls)
• Blue pants (boys)/red skirt (girls)
• Blue and white ribbon (boys)/red ribbon (girls)
• Pink socks (girls)
• White shoes (girls)
• White faux fur (girls) *think Santa fur*
• Blue (boys) or red (girls) fabric markers

How to make them:

1. Grab the turtleneck shirt and some blue or red ribbon, shiny side up. Line the cuffs, collar and bottom of the shirt with it and either sew or iron it on (left for boys, right for girls). For the girls, do the same for the skirt and socks. I highly recommend sewing the ribbon and fur on.
2. Put on a work shirt and the turtleneck and grab a fabric marker (blue for boys, red for girls). Have a friend or parent draw circles on it for the buttons and a 'P' for 'Pantasia,' the bread factory on the show. Take it off, so the work shirt can come off.
3. Time to get dressed! For the boys, any blue pants can work, just no designs. As for the girls, grab any plain white sneakers. Tie on some ribbon (salmon-ish pink for girls, white for boys) and you're done! ^^

Now you're ready to make some bread for the feast~

Next character: Jun Satou (Working!!)

Anime Cooks of Thanksgiving - Brock (Pokémon)

Hey, folks! ^^ Bri here. What usually comes to mind when you hear the word 'Thanksgiving?' Maybe it's the annual MACY*S parade held in New York. Maybe it's playing football amidst a yard of crunchy leaves until the dinner bell. Or maybe it's thinking of what to get for the missus and little Jimmy during the early morning insanity of Black Friday. However, one thing always comes to our minds when we hear the word: the food! The juicy turkey, the creamy mashed potatoes, the deep and sweet pumpkin pie, it's a feast! So in celebration of this yummy holiday, I'll be posting costume recipes of five of anime's finest cooks all the way until Thanksgiving.

Let's start this off with something nostalgic. Anybody remember 'Pokémon' when it was still new? For those who do, then you'll remember who Brock is.

Here's a picture of Brock, just to refresh your memory. ^^

Here's another one! Just thought this was funny. >w< Many thanks to Bulbapedia for letting me use these! 
 

Here are the ingredients needed for this:

• An orange short-sleeved shirt
• A green vest
• A black belt (the pants kind!)
• Brown pants
• A short dark brown wig (Optional if your hair's brown and long enough to be made into spikes)
• Hair gel
• Black fabric marker

How to make it:

1. Get a work shirt and the vest on. Have a parent or friend draw some pockets on the vest using the marker. Hang the vest up, so the ink can dry and take off the work shirt.
2. Get dressed. For the boxes on the sides of Brock's belt, just take some small boxes (think bracelet boxes), wrap them up with brown duct tape, tape a couple carabiners to the back and click them onto the side belt loops.
3. Take a wig cap, stretch it and put it over your regular hair. Tuck in any strays! You can skip this if your hair is already brown but long enough to be made into spikes.
4. Have a parent or a friend make your wig spiky (think Lisa Simpson spiky) using the hair gel and a blow dryer to help it dry faster. Be sure to grab a towel and drape it over your shoulders for any drippings before this.
5. Once the gel's nice and dry, grab an Onix or Vulpix plush and you're done! ^^

Now you're ready to pick up girls and cook for your friends. ^^ Hope you enjoyed!

Next character: 'Yakitate! Japan' Uniform!

Julia Chang (Tekken)

Haw and osiyo, everybody! ^^ Part 2 of my NAHM costume recipes! Today, we'll be looking at Julia Chang, who, like her mom Michelle, is from 'Tekken.'

A picture of Julia. Many thanks to CreativeUncut for letting me use this!

Here's what's needed (NOTE: Most of the materials needed are from the Michelle cosplay, so use any leftovers):

• A green tank top or sports bra
• A brown bra
• Feathers *from the Michelle costume* (found at any craft store, i.e. Michael's, Walmart, JoAnn Fabrics, etc.)
• A blue headband
• A denim skirt
• Brown fingerless gloves
• Black string or a black shoelace
• A brown belt
• White socks
• Brown cowboy boots
• Scissors
• Red fabric marker
• Black marker

How to do it:

1. Put on the two bras. Have a friend or a parent cut out holes for the shoelace. Afterwards, feed the lace through the holes to make an X shape. Tie it and hide the bow inside the brown bra.
2. Put on the skirt. If it's too long, have a friend or a parent mark it at the upper thigh and have them cut it. Make sure you don't show any butt! Put on the belt afterwards.
3. Put on the socks and boots. The socks should at least be seen a little.
4. Now for the headband! Do the same thing you did for the Michelle costume; draw the arrows and dots onto the band with the red marker, but only color the outside of them. Tip a large feather and a smaller feather using the black marker and lightly sandwich them between your hair and the headband. Think stereotypical Native headgear.
5. For her band, just paint some cardboard silver, hot-glue it to a long strip of cloth and leave it to dry and cool.
6. For the necklace and the earrings, you can use any Native American-inspired jewelry.
7. For the hair, just do a pair of braided pigtails and tie them with some colorful hair ties. Put on your gloves, tie the band around your arm (not too tight!) and you're done! ^^

That's it for my costume recipes honoring 'Native American Heritage Month!' On Nov. 18-22, I'll do recipes for five cooks of the anime world in celebration of Thanksgiving, so stay tuned. Nu' tus payni ('Goodbye' in Hopi), folks! ^^

Michelle Chang (Tekken)

Haw and osiyo, everybody! ^^ Wonder why I said those two words instead of 'hello?' Because November is 'Native American Heritage Month.' Those words are actually Cherokee (Osiyo = 'How are you') and Hopi (Haw = 'Hello'). I myself have these roots and I honor them both, so I cherish this month even more than the big parade and feast at Thanksgiving or the lethal shopping insanity at Black Friday.

Anyway, in honor of 'NAHM,' I thought I could post some costume recipes for Michelle and Julia Chang of 'Tekken.' Why would I pick these two, you ask? Aren't they just Chinese, you might add? Well, that, mi amigos, is a big 'no.' Michelle and Julia are half Indian as well as half Chinese. Let's start this off with Miss Michelle Chang.

Here's a picture of her. Many thanks to the Tekken Wiki for letting me use this!

Here's what's needed to make her costume:

• Zebra-print scarf
• Matching zebra jacket
• Dark blue spaghetti-strap top
• White belt (the pants kind!)
• Old jeans
• Cowboy boots
• Feathers (found at any craft store, like Michael's, Walmart, JoAnn Fabrics, etc.)
• Fabric markers
• White headband (not too thick!)
• Red elastic wristbands (found at Hot Topic or Spencer's as well as any fitness store, like Big 5, Dick's, etc.)
• Brown fingerless gloves
• Scissors

How to make it:

1. Put on a work shirt, then put on the top. Have a friend or a parent draw the marking on it using fabric markers. Once it's done, take off the top and work shirt and hang the top, so the ink can dry.
2. Take some old jeans or denim shorts and cut them to the upper thigh, almost like Daisy Dukes. Set them aside for later.
3. Take the white belt and draw a thin line and diamonds on it using a red fabric marker. If the belt is leather instead of cloth, use a regular red Sharpie and do the designs with it. Make sure the diamonds are far apart from each other.
4. Take the headband and draw some dots and arrows on it using the same fabric marker. Don't color them in! Color in the area around them instead, so it's white arrows and dots on a red background. Make sure to leave some white above and below the red.
5. Get a white feather, color the tip using a black marker and carefully slip it in-between the headband and your head. Think a stereotypical Native feather when coloring the tip.
6. Using brown and green fabric markers, make additional stripes on the wristbands. If they're white, use a red fabric marker first before using the brown and green ones. Leave them to dry afterwards.
7. Once everything's dry, time to get dressed! Put on the gloves before putting on the wristbands, as well as the jacket before the scarf.
8. For the hair, just do a simple braid, get some bangles for your right hand and you're done!

I'll post Julia's next Thursday, as well as ones for different cook characters during Thanksgiving week, so stay tuned! ^^