Love to Craft! Challenge Blog - Halloween Costume

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here today with my post for Love to Craft! Challenge Blog.  A challenge blog that let's you be creative with more than paper crafts.

Being a mom of 4 boys I have made some costumes in my time.  They don't always want me to make them, because they might find a "cool" store bought one, that ALL the kids want.  I've made Dracula, wizard, robot, creepers, reaper, and somethings I'm unsure of, but this year, my baby wants to be a mummy.  

 I bought just a regular sweat suit in his size (so I thought).  Due to the bright lettering on the front, I turned the sweatshirt in side out.  This way it didn't show through the fabric I was using.

The fabric was cut into different sizes of lengths.  I also used 3 different fabrics.  Instead of sewing it together by hand or machine, I found this wonderful fabric bonding tape.  Just cut want I needed and IRONED the fabric on the suit.  How easy is that?!  Don't pull the fabric tight around the suit, just let it rest on top.

Here's the front of the top.  I let several pieces hang.  Around the face opening of the hoodie, I bonded some fabric in front.  Cut a few extra pieces to wrap more around the face and some to cover up the shoes.

the back

The front of the pants.  Just wrap gently around the pant legs.  I did the crotch area first, by bonding material upward, creating underpants like.

Back of pants.  Also leave some material trailing behind as they walk.

This is when I found out the suit was bigger than my little guy.  Even though it's the size he normally wears, this suit ran much bigger.  I will have to take the shirt up some.

If it's cold where you live, this costume will keep your kid warm, because it is heavy.  Happy October Friends!!


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