This costume works well for children of any age. No sewing required. All you need is:
Directions:
The black leggings and sweater will be what your child wears under the main part of the costume to act as the black legs of the woolly lamb.
Using the old hooded sweater simply cut off the sleeves and set them aside. Place cotton alls allover the hood and seater using craft glue or a hot glue gun. Make sure you cover the whole thing, including the hood so that no color is seen underneath the white balls.
Next, cut two long triangles from the sleeves you cut off earlier and cover those in white cotton balls too. Attach the triangles to the hood of the costume. Once your child is wearing they\'re black sweater and leggings, slide the hooded, sleeveless sweater over top and put up the hood. Voila! A woolly lamb is born and the great thing is they'll keep warm in this costume as well.
This one is great for all the new mom''s out there who are celebrating their baby's first Halloween! It all starts with a simple white sleeper. On top of a white sleeper all you will need is colored felt, a pair of scissors and a hot glue gun.
Start by tracing out some sushi shapes onto your felt. You can choose whatever you like best decorative green grass, orange salmon, black seaweed are just a few ideas.
Once you have chosen your sushi shapes, simply cut them out with a pair of scissors. Using hot glue, attach your sushi shapes to the white sleeper. For presentation, it helps if you think of the white sleeper as a rice bed.
Glue your green grass to the side of the sleeper and your salmon and seaweed to the front. Some felts also are available in a self-adhesive form if you don't feel like using a hot glue gun.
Once everything is safe and dry, go ahead and try it on your baby. I guarantee you'll just want to eat them all up!
Some sewing required
Another great costume idea for those with young infants is the baby octopus. You can use any color you like but dark colors like purple work really well for this one.
Dress your baby in the color of choice in leggings and shirt, including socks. Taking 6 tube socks in different shades of the same color, stuff them with newspaper, tissue or even cotton, and sew the tops closed.
You should now have 6 long tubes resembling legs or arms. Before you put your leggings on your baby, sew each of these octopus arms to the waist of the leggings.
Once you put the leggings on, your baby will magically transform into a creature of the sea! Top it all off with a beanie in a matching color, and you're ready to go!
Find a sweat suit in a color of your choice for your child. Be sure that the sweater has a hood the make your scaly monster costume.
The other materials you will need are craft foam in multiple colors (including white), scissors, and a hot glue gun.
This particular costume is very easy and if they are old enough, your child can help make it as well just make sure that Mom is the only one using the hot glue gun.
Simply cut several different size circles out of the craft foam, and be sure to cut a lot of them!
Once you think you have plenty of large, medium and small circles, start gluing them together in batches of two or three, starting with a larger circle on the bottom, working up to a small circle on top.
Glue these circles all over the front of the hooded sweater. Using white craft foam, cut out a row of sharp monster teeth which will then be glued around the rim of the hood.
Cut out some eyes and ears too which you can glue to the top of the hood. Once dry, let your child put on the monster suit, making sure to wear the hood up. Now they are ready to scare all the trick or treaters in their scaly monster suit!
Last but not least
Requires some sewing skills
Measure child from neck to ankle double it buy that length material
Wash material before you sew it in case of shrinkage
Refold so that it is the same way it was when you bought it and iron to make straight edges
Open material out flat and fold in half so that it is equal and the length required.( thats your childs length) allow an inch at the bottom for a hem.
Lay your child on the material and with tailors chalk or marking pencil draw
along the material about 12 " down from the fold draw under the childs
arms and then straight down to the bottom of the material.
pin along this marked line and straighten it up with a ruler if needed.
Make sure that the garment is very loose so the child has plenty of movement and so that they can wear warm clothing underneath.
Once that has been double-checked (i made mine about 6" bigger on each side of my child) sew along the line you drew.
After sewing the sides fold the material in half along the folded edge side to side. then from the centerfold measure 1/4" down and from that point cut diagonally to a point 3" from teh center fold. you now have a neck opening. this can be adjusted as required.
Try the garment on your child before you cut any matrial from the side or under arm. to make adjustments if it is not loose enough restitch as nessecary to allow for more room.
Once you are satisfied that it is roomy enough to allow movement and thick clothing then cut excess materail from sides and under arms. (this is what you will make the goodie bag from)
For a better fit just tie a belt around it.
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