la moustache (on a stick)

James Bond, Peter Parker or any competent six-year old can tell you that disguises are very important. You never know when you’re going to encounter monsters, evil masterminds or your mother calling you in for your bath. It’s critical never to be caught unprepared.

Also, you may have to be one person one moment, then turn around and be someone else five seconds later, so it’s important to have a disguise that, while brilliantly concealing, can be quickly removed and stashed behind your back.

And some of you will be familiar with Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler’s insistence that everything is better on a stick.

All this must certainly be the reasoning behind the sudden popularity of the moustache on a stick. Really, it is a crucial accessory that one should not leave the house without. Here is probably the easiest and nearly cheapest way to make yourself one.

What You’ll Need:

felt in a moustache colour of your choice
stiff felt or cardboard (like, for example, a piece of cereal box)
bamboo kabab skewer
superglue
pen
scissors

1) Draw your moustache onto the cardboard or stiff felt. You can draw it onto a piece of paper first, if you like. If you want it to be exactly the same on both sides, draw it on a piece of paper, fold the paper down the middle of the moustache and cut it out. Like cutting out a paper heart. Except that it’s a moustache.

2) Cut out the cardboard/stiff felt moustache.

3) Trace this onto your moustache-coloured felt, and cut that out.

4) Glue the cardboard/stiff felt moustache onto the back of the soft felt moustache.

5) Put a glob of glue on one side of the back of the moustache and place one end of the bamboo skewer in the glue.

6) Cut a small rectangle of felt and glue it overtop of the skewer to help keep it in place. You’ll want to hold it tightly down for a moment till the glue sets.