The kids made these at school recently and wore them for their Thanksgiving feast.
Isn't it adorable. The vests are made from brown paper bags and the dyed pasta necklaces were a pattern activity - the kids had to come up with a pattern of colors as they beaded.
Flynn wanted to be a superhero for Halloween. Specifically Spiderman, however, my skills (or lack thereof) and time available were not quite going to fit in with that plan, so when we had a look at superhero costumes on-line he decided he wanted to have a cape and mask instead. Perfect. I asked him if he would like to be Super Flynn and he was beyond excited.
What you need to make this costume:
To make:
To make the logo on the front of the shirt and back of the cape I began by creating the logo in a word document on the computer, sized it on there and printed it to use as a template. I then cut out two identical pieces from the pleather and glued it all together.
The cape is very simple. I lay the fabric on the ground and started cutting until it looked like the shape of a cape. I made sure it wasn't too long, folded over the top edge, with the lanyard cord threaded through and stitched it in place. No hemming required. I then glued the logo to the back of it.
The second logo was glued to the front of the t-shirt.
Lastly, the mask. I had purchased a black mask with cord which came in a packet with an orange mask as well. I cut the eyes on the orange mask so they were wider and then trimmed the outside of the mask too and lay it over the top of the black mask. Once I was happy with how it looked, I used the newly cut orange mask as a template on the green pleather. Once the pleather was cut into shape, it was glued on too.
And there you have it, a simple superhero costume.
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Are you going handmade or store bought this Halloween?
Follow my tutorial at KidZui to make an easy cat costume.
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Hmm, I think I promised to post the tutorial for the teddy bear ears from the twins birthday party a week ago. Oops.
Without further ado.
Step 1:
Cut out the pieces of felt required:
Step 2:
Stitch the long sides of the sleeve together using an over-edge stitch (either using the sewing machine or by hand). Pull the sleeve over the headband, fold the ends over and stitch by hand.
Step 3:
Stitch the inner ear to the outer ear. Then stitch the back and front of each ear together. Use a couple of strands of embroidery thread.
Step 4:
Put a small amount of stuffing in each ear. This is to help the ears stand up and fill them out a little so they don't flop over when stitched to the headband.
Step 5:
Stitch each ear to the sides of the headband. Stitch as close to the edge of the headband as you can. If you stitch the back and front of the headbands close together the ear will most likely flop.
And there you have it.
I purchased the plain white headbands from Amazon. They are $17 for 50. I found this to be the most cost effective way to do a large number of these, plus I have a lot of headbands left over for future craft projects.
These would make a great Halloween gift for your child to hand out to their classmates at school, or as party hats, which is what we did.
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Our day started with art and craft projects for the twins while daddy was with his study group at school and the teenager was napping.
This mask-arade kit was given to Marisol for her 3rd birthday by my parents when they came to visit. It is a handmade kit by Figtree Hollow Crafts & Homewares in Australia. Unfortunately they don't have a website, but for my Aussie friends here is their location (their kits make fabulous gifts).
While Marisol worked on her mask, Flynn used cookie cutters, foam letters and brushes to make more wrapping paper for our stash ... and did a little creative face painting on himself at the same time.
And yes, I did say cookie cutters. He painted on the top of them with washable paint. They make a great stamp and are very easy to clean.
When daddy came home from school he took them food shopping (that always gives me a couple of hours of peace) while mummy cleaned the paint off the walls and then it was time to dress up for trick or treating.
My hungry little trick or treaters came home with bags full of candy. But, not wanting them to be on a sugar high before bed, this mummy made broccoli and potato soup for them to have with warm dinner rolls before they could indulge in a couple of sugary treats.
Sorry, no photographs of the teenager. He's 'too old' for Halloween apparently. He chose not to partake in dressing up and other family activities, instead deciding to hang out with his new neighborhood friends.
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This year has to be the most exciting so far for all things Halloween. The twins want to wear costumes. They want to trick or treat and they want to do all of the fun things that occur around the Fall and Halloween season from decorating pumpkins and cookies, to attending parties.
Halloween Party day at Preschool:
The treat bags I put together for the twins to hand out to their friends:
They were very easy to make. I put one tub of Halloween Play-Doh and a tool in a medium sized (4.75" x 6.75") transparent archival bag (these can be purchased at craft stores). I measured the top and then allowing approximately 5mm extra on either side of the bag, put together the top of each bag on the computer using free clip-art. These were printed out on card stock. The sides were cut using straight-edged scissors. The card was folded in half and the bottom of the front and back were cut with jagged-edged scissors. Then the top of the bag was placed near the crease in the card and it was stapled together.
And here are the pumpkins they painted:
If I were to go to a children’s store on any normal day I would find purple fairy wings. In fact, I’ve purchased purple fairy wings before … until I painted them black for Halloween. However, for the past 2 weeks I searched high and low for purple fairy wings. Do you think I could find any? NO! Not one single pair.
So I resorted to purchasing pink wings and pink ballet slippers and painting them purple so that Marisol could have an adorable fairy costume to wear to a fairy festival yesterday.
The result:
All it took was fabric paint in purple, green and a metallic pink gold to make these fairy wings and pink ballet slippers match her adorable tutu and headband which had the most beautiful little flowers on them.
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