I had fun this week creating a DIY Anger Inside Out costume. The boys and I watched a screening of the movie on Tuesday and one of their favorite characters from Inside Out is Anger.
They also loved Sadness, Fear and Bing Bong too! Don’t miss Elliot’s DIY FEAR costume or my DIY Bing Bong costume!
I was surprised by how easy the costume came together and using fairly basic materials. I only spend $5 total and that included buying a shirt! This costume is fairly easy to put together with a few basic materials. You could even skip the outfit and just make the mask as a fun craft idea!
Anger Costume Materials:
- white short sleeve button down shirt
- dark slacks
- red felt
- grey ribbon
- glue gun
- paper clip
- cardboard
- red duct tape
- Anger face template
- tie template
- red, orange and yellow construction paper
- large craft stick or elastic (if you want to wear the mask)
I love costumes that start with basic clothes, preferably clothes you already own or clothes that you can easily obtain and reuse!
How to make an Anger Inside Out Costume
Quinn already had a pair of slacks to use but didn’t have a white button down shirt. I hit up our local consignment store and found a long sleeve one for $4. I easily converted it to a short sleeve shirt by cutting off the sleeves and using fabric fusion to hem up the cuffs.
How To Make An Inside Out Anger Tie
Anger’s tie is very distinct, red with grey zig zags. Luckily the design is simple enough to recreate with red felt and grey ribbon. I had plenty of red felt leftover from my Prince Charming costume, so I made use of that.
I used one of the boys’ existing ties as a template. It cut the shape out of red felt which means no need to hem or worry about fraying. The shape is pretty basic but I’ve included my template here in case you need it too!
Download Inside Out Anger Tie Template
I used 5/8″ wide grey ribbon (from my local dollar store) and hot glued it onto the felt in a zig zag pattern. Just glue one section at a time and it’s fairly easily. I used hot glue to attach a paper clip to back to create the “tie clip”.
DIY Anger Mask for Inside Out Costume
I LOVED how the mask turned out and it was quite easy to make. All you need is red duct tape, an ANGER face printable template(see below), and cardboard. I recommend using a soda box because the cardboard is thinner and easier to cut.
Start by printing an enlarged copy of the ANGER face ( 165% worked great for me). Then cut out the general shape of his face to use as a template for the cardboard. I kept the shape a rounded rectangle as you can see in the picture below.
Download Anger Face Printable Template
Once you cut the face out of cardboard, cover it with red duct tape. Then cut the eyes and mouth out of the print out and attach it to the cardboard with double-sided tape.
My flames are a variety of triangles cut from red, orange and yellow construction paper. I attached them to the back of the mask using more red duct tape.
I wavered back and forth on whether to attach elastic to wear the mask or just tape on a large craft stick. In the end I kept it simple and went with the craft stick.
If you do wear it as a mask, you’ll want to cut out eye holes out and add black mesh so you can see through it.
Inside Out Anger Costume
Inside out is a super cute family Halloween costume idea and this Inside Out Anger costume idea is super simple to make for kids and adults.
Materials
- Red Duct Tape
- Thin Cardboard
- Red, Yellow, and Orange Construction Paper
- Large Craft Stick
- Red Felt
- Paper Clip
- Gray Ribbon
Tools
- Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun
- Anger Face Template
- Tie Template
Instructions
Add an Anger mask and special tie to a white button down shirt and black slacks to create this super simple costume.
Inside Out Anger Tie
- If you own or can find a red tie cheap, then all you need to do is add the grey ribbon detail. If you don't have a red tie, then simply cut a basic tie shape out of red felt. I used a tie my son already owned to get the size right.
- Then hot glue grey ribbon in a zig zag pattern on the tie. Use a paperclip to clip the tie to the shirt
Inside Out Anger Mask
- Enlarge the Anger face template to at least 150% and print it out. Use it to cut the shape of Anger's face out of thin cardboard.
- Cover the entire face in red duct tape.
- Cut out the mouth and eyes from the template and add them to your mask with double sided tape.
- Cut out triangles from the red, orange and yellow construction paper and tape it to the back of the mask to create 'flames'.
- Add the large craft stick or elastic to hold/wear the mask depending upon your preference.
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What do you think? Pretty easy, huh? Two simple crafts to make, the mask and tie, and then just add a white button down shirt and dark pants. Done.
I think making the mask by itself would be a fun Inside Out party idea too! Speaking of fun Inside Out ideas, don’t miss these posts:
More Inside Out Ideas
- Fear Inside Out Costume
- Bing Bong Costume
- Inside Out Family Costumes including I would Die for Riley boyfriend Idea
- More Inside Out Costumes
- Inside Out Coloring Pages
- Inside Out 2 Coloring Pages
- Bing Bong Cupcakes
This post was originally published June 19, 2015.
Einat says
Thank you! Your explanations were excellent and the outcome super cute.
My boy insisted on having the face in a box format instead of a mask which turned out really nice. I used your image template and printed it in A3 (Black & white) and colored the face. I can share with you some photos if you like.
Thank you 🙂
Karen says
I’d love to see them! You can send them to karenheffren@gmail.com or simply share them on my Facebook page! I’d love to share them with my readers as well!
Holly says
Yes. Share please
Ashraf says
Thanks for sharing your ideas, very easy to do.
Karen says
Your welcome!