Pirate Costume you can make yourself.

Since I had requests for a boy's costume idea, here it is! Why not make your little boy into a Pirate for Halloween? It can be simple and easy and you can use things you already have. For the shirt use a long sleeved white t-shirt. Take some black fabric paint and paint some stipes on it going around the body and around the sleeves. Or you could sew on or use wonder under to attach some big black stips of fabric or ribbon to the t-shirt to make the stripes. Next take a black pair of pants, (you know the ones for church that are too short now) cut them at the bottom making points all the way around the legs. If they are brother's and the waist is too big get a piece of rope or twine and use it as a belt. Invest in some red & white striped fabric and rip a piece long enough to tye a round your child's waist like a sash, make sure to have it long enough to hang down a little. Then Take a stip of the striped fabric wide enough to cover your child's head and tye it down in the back. You can make your own eye patch out of black felt and some black ribbon cutting out a semi circle of felt and sewing the ribbon on either side so you can tye it around the head or you can purchase one. Here is a picture of a sword & eye patch I found on line. Ahoy matey!

Pictures of the past, Costumes to remember!

Digging thru old pictures I ran across this one of a costume I made for one of my daughters. She just had to be Rainbow Brite. Now if you are old enough to know who she was you probably loved watching the cartoon. She was the biggest deal for girls around 1988 or so. This costume was a true labor of love and work of art. From the wig to the boots. My daughter was in heaven that halloween night. Just look at her face! I have tried to install the love of sewing with my girls but a lass to no avail. I asked my daughter, "What are you going to say when your little girl says, Mommy I want to be a princess for Halloween?" She laughingly said, "Call up Grandma! She loves making those kinds of things!" Ha Ha! Well it is true! I have already decided that my soon to be 1 yr old Granddaughter is going to be Dorothy for this Halloween. I have the fabric and a little basket that will hold all her candy. I am just looking for a stuffed dog that looks like Toto.

The nice thing about hand made costumes is that they last a lot longer and you can pass them down to younger family members. The elementary school my children went to did not celebrate halloween a couple years, they decided to have a book parade. Each child was to pick their favorite book and bring it to school and dress like their favorite character. It was really fun and everyone got pretty creative on the costumes. That was the year my other daughter loved the book Snow White. The hardback book of Snow White had her dressed in a greenish yellow dress with blue top and the sleeves had pink little insets, quite different than the red and yellow one that is now so popular. I made the dress to match the book. That dress was worn for several years and then we handed it down to a family that had 6 girls and they loved it too. Costumes are really fun to make and wear. Think about a head about what you want to be for this Halloween, instead of making that mad dash to the store at the last minute and spending $30-40.00 on a cheap costume.