Supplies
- Hot glue Gun
- 1 sheet white felt
- 1 sheet pink felt
- Headband
- Wire (I used floral arrangement wire)
- Exacto knife (or scissors, which I couldn't find..)
- Pen and paper
Sketch out your ear shape on paper and cut it out once you've got it perfect. I used the same template for both ears.
Trace the pattern on your white felt so that you have 4 ears. Two fronts, two backs. Cut out the ears.
Using your paper template, figure out how big you want the pink centers to be. Once you have them at a size you like, cut them out from the ear.
Trace two centers onto the pink felt and cut them out. Make sure to cut them so that there's little to no ink on the pieces you'll use.
Position and glue your pink centers to two of the ears. These will be the "fronts" of the ears. Make sure you glue them to pieces/sides that don't have any ink from tracing. You want some extra space at the bottom because that felt will be glued to the base.
Next, take your wire and make the skeleton inside of the ear. You want the wire skeleton to be just smaller than the felt around the sides, with extra room at the base. This is so you can glue the pieces together, as well as to the headband. I did several loops of wire in my ears and make sure that the ends were tucked in. I wanted to be able to pose the ears as often as I like, so having too much wire wasn't really possible.
Take some wire and wrap it around the headband where you want to attach the ears. You want to make sure the wires extend up to about half the size of your ears, so they'll be plenty stable. Also make sure that there's no stabby bits of metal to poke through the felt, or into your scalp.
Now you're ready to try it on. Find someone else to model it so you can get a better look at it.
After you realize your dog isn't the best model, remember that this is why you bought a styrofoam head.
Now you can sit back and admire your ear goodness.