12 Cosplays of Christmas - 12 Bells A-Jingling (Santa uniform)

Day 12! ^^ This is it, people! The last recipe of 12 Cosplays of Christmas 2013! Now, for you big and small kids out there, who's coming down the chimney tonight? Santa, of course! ^^ Why do I bring this up? Because to send this sleigh back to the North Pole until next year, I'm doing the second part to my recipe of Mai from 'Itsudatte! My Santa!' Since I already posted her uniform yesterday, today I'm posting a recipe of her Santa suit along with her friends'.

Here's a cover of the Funimation dub of the OVA. ^^ We'll cover the other girls, too!

 

Here's the other Santa girl, Sharry! ^^ Many thanks to the Love Hina Wiki for letting me use this!

 

Here's the younger Santa girl, MaiMai! ^^ Ain't she cute? This can be the kids' suit. Again, many thanks to the Love Hina Wiki for letting me use this!

 

There's several ways to make this type of costume, so feel free to do whatever style you want. Here's what you need to assemble the girls:

• A red strapless dress *Mai*
• A pink belt *Mai*
• Red boots *Mai*
• A red strapless bra *Sharry*
• A red skirt *Sharry*
• Long white socks *Sharry*
• Red Mary Jane heels *Sharry*
• A white sheet *Sharry*
• White ribbon *Sharry*
• A long pink dress *MaiMai*
• Large white pom-poms (sold at craft stores like Michael's, JoAnn, WalMart, etc.)
• Long red gloves
• White faux fur
• A red or pink Santa hat (sold in most stores during this season)
• Fabric glue

Much like the 'Homestuck' Trolls, we'll focus on the uniform stuff. Here's how to assemble them:

1. Have somebody line the dress or bra and skirt with the fur and pin it on. They can sew it on or you can sew it on yourself. Do the same for the gloves, hem and cuffs (if you're doing MaiMai).
2. Afterwards, glue on the pom-poms onto the dress and wait until the glue dries. You can sew these on too, but it's best sewn by hand.
3. If you're doing Sharry, draw a zigzag shape onto the sheet, cut it out, line the top with ribbon and sew it on. Tie the cape around your neck once you're done. This works better if you drape it over your shoulders and measure it first before drawing the shape.
4. For Sharry's hair, simply tie your hair into pigtails with strips of ribbon and entwine them in your hair.
5. For MaiMai's hair, part your hair and tie the bottom part of the pigtails using a close-to-hair-color hairband. Braid the bottom and finish with a beaded hair tie.
6. Get the rest of the costume on (belt for Mai, socks and heels for Sharry), grab your Santa hat and now you're done!

Sadly, I don't have a recipe for New Year's... However, I will make another post when I return next year for Valentine's Day. Hope you've enjoyed this and 12 Cosplays of Christmas 2013! Oh, one more thing before I'm gone for a month...

 

Have a Merry Christmas 2013 and a Happy New Year 2014!!! *<^(w)^ .o*