Unfortunately, my girls seem to have inherited my procrastination gene. They only decided last Friday (under duress) what their Halloween costumes will be. Of course, we cannot buy them. For one, everything good has been sold out for weeks anyway. For another, making them is so much more satisfying. Thankfully, we have three whole days left before the deadline (ha!).
After much debate, our sweet Eleanor decided she wants to be a black bat. She wants the costume to be as simple as simple can be "because my teacher doesn't like Halloween and I don't want my costume to upset her." As thoughtful and sensitive as that reasoning is, I couldn't accept it and insisted she at least look at some grander ideas, still on the simple theme. I want her to like it, not just her teacher. Luckily for me, her friend was over when I pulled up this bat costume tutorial on MADE, and her friend gleefully proclaimed we had found the perfect costume. Ellie scaled it back (wearing a hood or sewing shiny material on the inside were out), but then proudly participated in the making. She helped draw the pattern onto the felt with chalk, cut as carefully as she could and then loved her first experience sitting at the sewing machine with me standing by (rather than her in my lap) as she sewed the detail lines in dark grey.
I added the arm loops and attached bat ears to a headband with a hot glue gun, and voila! Now, I just need to track down a black long-sleeved shirt and pants for her. I have two more days, right?
Stephanie wants to be a tiger. Of course, not only are there no tiger costumes to be found, but there are no tiger costume patterns to be found either! All sold out weeks ago, the sniggering lady at the fabric store assured me. No matter. I'm winging it. I bought some tiger-print fleece from JoAnn's and am sewing a tunic, pants, a hood (similar to the MADE bat hood) and possibly mittens, if I can get it all done in time. The pants are my favorite basic pant from Happy Handmade Vol 2, and the tunic is a basic peasant dress adapted from this tutorial. Everything is cut and the pants are sewn. If I plow through the school day today, I might just get it done!
My favorite part of Stephanie's as-yet-unfinised costume is her creativity applied to the idea. When I brought home fancy fabric hoping to inspire Eleanor to bat wing enhancement, Ellie rejected it...but Stephanie loved it! She immediately declared she wanted to be a flying tiger and promptly drew me a picture. I love love love this. I can't wait to see the result!
Will your family be dressing up for Halloween? What costumes did you choose?
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