Showing posts with label costumes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label costumes. Show all posts
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!
i can sew. well kind of...
i can make pillow case dresses out of bandanas
(half the seams are done for you!)
and i can make leg warmers out of knee socks.
so i thought... hey i could make a "real" costume this year.
like use a pattern and everything!
stay tuned to see how that turned out...
but first, here are the finished products:
of course she wanted to be jessie
(see why here)
and after a year free of princess costumes,
she begged me for this one
it's so pretty how can you say no?
(& he got stuck as her side kick)
princess & the frog
princess tiana
i felt bad that i was spending so much time on the
other costumes and all she got was a dress
but then i found this hat here on etsy.
i think it's hilarious! and she loves it!
the jessie costume:
i made a braid out of red yarn and hot glued it to the hat.
she is very detail oriented and also requested
a "pull string". of course! (she's just like me)
i used a strofoam ring i found in the floral department at joanns
and wrapped it with ribbon.
then i hot glued the end of the ribbon to the shirt.
for the shirt, i bought a white dress shirt.
i made a template out of paper then traced it out onto the yellow fabric.
i cut it out, used that liquid seam stuff and then
stuck it on with iron on transfer or whatever you call it.
(can you tell i'm an expert yet?)
the i looped some ric ric and hot glued it on.
for the sleeves, i ironed on the the fabric again.
i just sliced the fabric with a craft knife so the button can get through.
i added the ric rac and little yellow loops of ribbon to match jessie's.
heaven forbid, my daughter would have to wear pants,
PANTS!?
so i said i would make a skirt. we had this jean skirt
that was a little too "western" for every day so it was perfect!
the cowprint is a bandana (remember what i said about the seams).
i did have to cut and sew 2 pieces together.
but i decided to leave the top "rough"
you know that deconstructed look is really trendy right now!
i learned how to make a ruffle from My Backyard Eden
then i hot glued it onto the skirt.
finally, the belt is just made out of felt.
they had this nice felt with a design on it too.
the belt is hot glued together,
but i added velcro circles to "buckle"it.
frog:
here is where the story of the pattern comes in.
i looked everywhere for something I could use
for his costume. ( i knew i wanted to use this hat)
but finally i broke down and bought the $10 pattern
(which by the way was 99 cents 2 weeks later...
after my receipt was long gone!)
it was actually for a duck...but i could work with that.
anyway, after pinning/cutting out 8 pieces
and reading that i would have to pin/cut about 12 more,
i decide to veer off the pattern.
i had the shell done,
so i just cut out a piece of fleece and hot glued it to the inside of the shell.
then i stuffed it with polyfill and hot glued the last side shut.
i did the same thing on the back side.
the bottom was supposed to be elastic, but that involved
a lot more sewing and stringing through the elastic...
plus i thought it kind of looked like a dress.
so i decided to make it more like a onesie.
i trimmed it down on the sides
and cut the shape for the leg holes.
then i hot glued the flaps together.
by this time, i have no idea what i was supposed to
do according to the pattern.
i put velcro circles on the the shoulder straps
(reinforced with hot glue).
and here is the finished product!
onto the feet.
i cut out this shape two times for each foot.
i also cut it out of cardstock.
then i glued them all together (cardstock
in the middle for structure)
i added a ring of elastic to go around his leg
and the velcro on his shoe goes through
the ribbon to keep the foot in place.
i'm so excited with how it all turned out!
i think i learned that i'm not a "pattern" person.
i just don't like all the rules!
i would like to point out that i don't expect that this costume will
last and be passed down to his children like the rainbow bright
costume my mom must have spent
thousands of hours sewing.
but i'm okay with that.
i hope that this inspires other people who don't necessarily have
sewing "skills" to go ahead and try to create
something. sewing machines are great,
but so are glue guns!!
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