After a few days of on-again, off-again sewing and a fair amount of indecisiveness, I FINALLY finished Big Boy's shark costume and Bitty Boy's Toothless (from How to Train Your Dragon) costume. Woo HOO! Just check out these cool parts and pieces!
Halloween costumes, unfortunately, are a bit like wedding dresses -- relatively expensive or troublesome garments intended to be worn only once. And if you've read about my costume psychosis, you know that I'm not going to make the kids wear costume hand-me-downs. On the other hand, I know lots of little kids who want to wear their costumes CONSTANTLY for a few weeks after the big night. (Most new brides would probably do this too, if they weren't afraid of being committed.) ;)
With that in mind, I tried to make the costumes as comfy and wearable as possible, in case the kids want to keep playing in them. For example, I constructed the tails separate from the hoodies, so the kids can play in just the tails or wear the hoodies without going in full costume.
Big Boy's shark fin is removable, so he can wear his hoodie without worrying about the protruding fin keeping him from sitting down (or buckling up). His sweatshirt zips right up the back when the fin is removed! And Bitty's more expensive lined hoodie was carefully deconstructed and put back together so the professional seams stayed that way, and the added embellishments didn't scratch his tender head.
Check back tomorrow to see how they really looked on the kids! (Tutorial here!)
