How to make an Ernie from Sesame Street costume
One half of the loveable Sesame Street Muppet duo of Bert and Ernie, Ernie is the fun-loving, goofy pal to his buddy Bert's straight-laced, irritable persona. For almost 40 years, Bert and Ernie have been entertaining children on Sesame Street and teaching them that you can be best friends with someone different from you.
Things You'll Need
- Yellow turtleneck
- Striped shirt (in blue, red, and yellow)
- blue pants (or jeans)
- orange cream makeup
- white cream makeup (optional)
- small red clown nose (rubber or foam}
- black eyeliner/eyebrow pencil
- A short black wig
- orange gloves
- Rubber Duckie*
Putting together your Ernie from Sesame Street costume
Step 1: Get dressed up in your Ernie costume. Layer the yellow ribbed turtleneck underneath your striped shirt. Leave them untucked over your jeans or pants.
Step 2: Start applying your orange cream makeup to your face. If you want, leave room around your eyes to apply white makeup to simulate Ernie's googly eyes.
Step 3: Accentuate your eyebrows by going over them or extending them further with a black eyeliner/eyebrow pencil.
Step 4: Put on your small red clown nose, similar to Ernie's round, red nose.
Step 5: Plop on your messy, short black wig.
Step 6: Put on a pair of orange knit gloves to look like Ernie's hands.
Step 7: Grab your faithful Rubber Ducky and ask for directions to Sesame Street!
