Welcome to dress-up days at Lasso the Moon! We have devoted the entire month to dress-up and costumes that you can make yourself. Check back often for tutorials, tips, and ideas for making your own disguises for your kids.
Hello dress-up fans! I'm so happy to bring you this guest post by Sara from The Costume Cafe on Etsy. Sara lives in Austin with her husband and little girl. She made an adorable bug costume for her daughter, and is here to tell you how to make one for your own little one. It uses a hoodie--one of my favorite costume bases! --Anna
Materials:
1 Hoodie
1 Pair of Leggings
1 Pair of Tights
1 Pair of Socks
2 Large Pipe Cleaners
2 8" Circles of White Felt
1 14" Circle of Felt- maybe larger
Stuffing or Tissue Paper
Buttons
Rick Rack
The first thing I did was to make the extra set of legs for the bug. I
took a pair of tights that don't fit anymore, snipped the crotch area
and then stretched that out a bit so it would go over my daughter's
head. Make sure you leave the waistband intact. I put stuffing in the
legs- you could use tissue paper scrunched up. Once stuffed, I pulled on
some socks to give the legs feet. Easy.
Next, I moved onto the wings. I cut the 14" felt circle in half. You
could reinforce the half circles with poster board or cardboard to make
them stiff. I just overlapped the points and stitched them near the tag
in the back of the hoodie. I added a large button on top of that. Since I
left my wings floppy, I attached them at the shoulders with a needle
and thread just so that they would stay in place. You could use glue for
this.
You can really get creative with the wings. I just glued on some large
rick rack but you could do felt polka dots, use pom poms, or add buttons.
Now for the eyes-- I did a gathering stitch along the edge of the 8"
circles and pulled the threads tight to make stuffable eyes. I added
button pupils before hot gluing them to the center front of the hood. In
between the eyes, I stuck 2 large fuzzy pipe cleaners. The hot glue
works really fast and easy for this- it also helps the pipe cleaners
stick up. You can do this step with a needle and thread, but it's a
little more work.
Thanks so much to Sara for sharing this great costume idea! Whether or not you are the DIY costume type, take a minute to stop into The Costume Cafe and check out her darling handmade dress-ups. (She even has costumes for adults and dollies!) Keep in mind that it is already October, so she'll stop taking custom orders for Halloween by October 5th!
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