#BEAKER COSTUME HOW TO#

#BEAKER COSTUME HOW TO#

Some of Beaker's more memorable roles in the specials have been in The Muppets Go to the Movies, in which Beaker plays the role of 'The Angel of Death' in a foreign film, and in The Muppets at Walt Disney World, where he gets a bucket stuck on his head throughout the special.ДЄs seen in Muppets Tonight, Beaker does a mean Little Richard impression in Episode 208, and knows how to beatbox. On a few occasions, such as in The Great Muppet Caper and The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show, Beaker has been electrocuted, causing his eyes to light up. On the show, Beaker has sung ' Feelings' and, accompanied by The Swedish Chef and Animal, ' Danny Boy.' Starting in the third season, Beaker was occasionally seen as an assistant stagehand to Beauregard. He has been shrunk, cloned, punched, deflated, zapped, turned invisible, and blown up, but he always comes back for more, though he appears to exist in a state of constant fear. Honeydew's experiments and inventions always seem to go awry, and Beaker is their perpetual victim. Honeydew appeared in Muppet Labs segments by himself, but the timid assistant added a new level of comedy to the sketches. I found coat, tie and shirt at the thrift shop for under $6 but you could easily use what you already have at home.Prior to Beaker's debut, Dr. I did this same thing for the other eye and nose.ДЁ) Hot glue red felt, cut to size,onto the inside of the mouth. I made sure to place duct tape over the head of the pin just to be sure it didnвЂ™t come out. I then hot glued the pin and the styrofoam ball (eyes) onto the pin. This is used as a stabilizer for the eyes. Black dots for the eyes.Д§) Using the large pins we poked a hole through the poster and felt where the eyes would be from the inside of the poster board. (In the pictures it shows the head with eyes before I get the hair and bowl on.) I remember I couldnвЂ™t decide if I was using the bowl or not but it doesnвЂ™t matter what you do first.Д¦) I painted the egg-shaped paper mache nose orange and the eyes white (even though the styrofoam is already white, the white craft painted just gave it a finished look). Hot glue felt in place.Д¤) I had a dollar store plastic bowl and hot glued it to the top of the poster board edge to make it a rounded head.ДҐ) Hot glue the orange fur (cut to size) onto the bowl at the top for BeakerвЂ™s hair. Leave about 1-2 inches at the top and bottom to wrap over edges.

ItвЂ™s better to start with a smaller mouth and make it bigger as necessary.ДЈ) With the Beaker costume head in a cylinder, we wrapped the light colored felt over the poster board, trimmed to size and hot glued it to the poster. After we took it off and just using scissors, we cut an arch for the mouth and tried it out to make sure my daughter could see. This is used to mark BeakerвЂ™s mouth which opens and where she will see out. I then duct taped it to the exact size of her head.Дў) With the poster board over her head we made marks on the outside of the board where my daughterвЂ™s eyes and nose are. To make the Beaker Costume we used: white poster board, 2 round styrofoam balls, 1 egg shaped paper mache ball, 1 plastic bowl,hot glue, duct tape, small piece of orange fur (from Hobby Lobby), felt (peach color) enough to fit the poster board, small piece of red felt (mouth), 3 large pins (optional), lab coat or large white button up shirt, tie, collared shirt, orange, black and white craft paint.ДЎ) I took 1 white poster board and rolled it into a cylinder so that it was big enough to fit over my daughterвЂ™s head (and she wears glasses). It took me a couple of days but it could easily be done in a few hours if you have all the pieces. Well the costume came out even better than we had planned and it was so easy. We love the Muppets so my daughter, who was undecided for a costume, agreed to be Beaker from the Muppets.