woodland creature costumes

when i saw the idea for this costume on pinterest,

i knew my oldest daughter would love it.

her beloved 1st grade teacher was partial to owls,

so they have become a close 2nd to elephants here.

unlike my sister who makes half of her kids' clothing herself,

i do not get a long with my sewing machine.

we have a fight and almost breakup every time i use it.

my glue gun on the other hand is the love of my life!

i made this costume entirely with hot glue!

here's how i did it...

i bought a few yards of felt for 50 % off so it was super cheap

{like maybe $6 total}

i chose 3 coordinating colors.

next, i cut a feather out of card stock

and then traced it over and over on the felt.

cut out all the feathers and warm up the glue gun.

 i used a hand-me-down dress that was the shape i wanted

i forgot to take a picture after the first row, but basically just

glue down the top half of each feather, doing one row

{all the way around - front and back} at a time.

i didn't stick to a set pattern with the colors, just

tried to keep a color from bunching together too much.

once the dress was finished, i was so excited to show her.

i made her try it on the second she got off the bus.

first words out of her mouth: "where's the wings?"

my inspiration picture didn't have wings....

but i came up with the shape above,

cut it out and glued it inside the shoulder strap of the dress.

if you look closely, you can see a black jelly bracelet

{pinned for now..will stitch in place soon}

this keeps the wings attached to her arms,

but if they are annoying her she can take off the bracelet

and let them flap behind her!

{the hat}

i saw this hat on pinterest and pretty much copied it.

we bought a woman's hat

(i recommend this because you lose a lot of the

hat height when creating the owl head shape)

okay, for this "i" did sew.  when i say "i", i mean

my mother-in-law sewed the hat.

we traced a half circle onto the inside of the hat,

cut and sewed it back together.

check out the link for much better instructions!

button + circle + circle with slits + hot glue = owl eye

ta da!

fly away owl!

my other daughter loves bunnies, i honestly

don't know how we haven't had a bunny costume before.

the costume all started with this

ADORABLE hat

i purchased it from babamoon on etsy

it is so cute and very soft.  she was so fast too!

we bought a tutu skirt from target and then my mother-in-law

sewed the fur boa to the edge.

i took a pink shirt and added a couple layers

of white fur with the glue gun.

instead of adding fur to the sleeves,

i wrapped more of the fur around jelly bracelets.

this way, if she has to wear a sweatshirt for trick or treating

the fur will not be covered.

bunny tail!