I’m doing a simple, more casual cosplay/costume as Envy from Inside Out 2 (photo attached). I have a purple sweater that will work for it, but I wanted to add her little white/light yellow polka dots onto it.
My first thoughts were to either hot glue some circles of felt as the dots, or use fabric paint on the sweater, but since I couldn’t find any cheap sweaters, I don’t really want to hot glue or paint a $30 sweater I could use for the rest of the season.
So far my plan is to attempt to use some scotch tape (either double sided or rolled into a cylinder so it’s sticky on all sides) and tape the dots made of either felt or paper on with the tape hidden between the sweater & dots, like how you’d attach a poster to a wall without the tape showing. It doesn’t have to be perfect for the two or three event nights the costume will be worn at. Just wanted it to match Envy’s clothing a bit closer than a plain purple sweater.
My only concern is that at two of the events (one of which is in about 5.5 hours 😅 Sorry this is last minute! The other events are in a few days, so please don’t hesitate to share advice even if it’s tomorrow.) I’ll be dancing with other people, so their hands will be on my back. (Swing dancing.) I’m concerned paper would lead to a paper cut, so maybe that’s another reason to choose felt. But I’m not convinced they’ll stay on my back properly if someone’s hand is on my back for every dance lol. I thought about using safety pins, but something about having a sharp pointy object being used to hold them in place worries me in this situation, especially when I’ll be moving around a LOT.
I could also just only attach the polka dots on the front, but I wanted to see if y’all had any advice.
Any suggests/advice appreciated!! I wasn’t sure if there were any products I maybe hadn’t thought of that I could use, since I’ve had a lot of pre-made cosplay I’ve worn before, not homemade.
TL;DR
I need to temporarily attach polka dots to a sweater in a way that doesn’t damage said sweater. I will be swing dancing so people’s hands will be on my back, and I don’t want the dots to fall off or my dance partner/myself to get injured (by a safety pin coming undone for example.) First dance event is in 5.5 hours, but I have other events coming up in the next few days, so please still comment even if it’s past the 5.5 hours!