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From: Sews4kate
Date: 09-15-2005, 04:12 PM (1 of 38)
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Just curious. I am so excited to be sewing a Halloween costume for my 2yo dd. She is going to be Minnie Mouse. I found some great fabric on Ebay that is red with big white polka dots. I'm basing the dress off a Daisy Kingdom pattern. I"ve got most of the pieces cut out (that's the part I dread, can't wait til I'm done with that and get sewing!) Just need to figure out how to make some ears, probably will just buy some and put a red and white bow on it. What are you doing?? 
Wendy
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From: GreenDragonLady
Date: 09-15-2005, 04:27 PM (2 of 38)
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I'm not making anything for Halloween per se, but I need to whip up some renaissance-type outfits for us for September 25th. We're going to King Richard's Faire and I like to have a new outfit every year.
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From: patti2
Date: 09-15-2005, 04:33 PM (3 of 38)
I am making my granddaughter a ladybug outfit . Basically a red fleece poncho ( we live in NY, It's cold in October!) With black fleece spots and aset of black antenna( a black headband with covered pipecleaners and pompoms) She has a pair of black sweatpants and sweatshirt to wear under it. She picked it out(she's 4!). Her 6 year old brother wants to be an alien?? I am still thinking about that one. 
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 09-15-2005, 05:36 PM (4 of 38)
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I am making for my YGD who will be just one Winnie The Pooh out of the furry fleece. For my oldest GD she is going to be Cinderella, she is 6. The other GC haven't decided yet as to their costumes. Every year we have a Halloween party, so I am making costumes for my kids, me, and some of the BF/GF's. This weekend we will be picking out the patterns so when I find out I will let you know. Summer
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From: SewAddict
Date: 09-15-2005, 08:28 PM (5 of 38)
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I am making a poodle skirt for my 12 year old daughter Ashlie, and a flower fairy for my 2 year old daughter Haylie. I love making costumes more than anything! Angela |
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From: mamahoogie
Date: 09-15-2005, 08:42 PM (6 of 38)
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I'm making my grandson who will turn 1 just before Halloween a lion costume. He is walking a bit already so it should be fun on Halloween. Violet I've decided to live forever - so far, so good.
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From: Sews4kate
Date: 09-15-2005, 11:30 PM (7 of 38)
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Oh fun! Thanks for sharing! I love all the ideas you all have! I hope we can all share pictures of the little one's wearing their costumes!
Wendy
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User: Sews4kate
Member since: 08-20-2005 Total posts: 182 |
From: Jayde877
Date: 09-16-2005, 12:16 AM (8 of 38)
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I am making my daughter a costume, well part of it anyway, she wants to be a 'punk rocker'. It's probably not called that anymore but that's what it is to me. She is 7 and we were looking through costume patterns to get an idea of what she and my son wanted to be. We saw this cute little outfit that made me think of a punk rocker. She has a pink leaopard print skirt that was part of a purchased cat costume from a couple years ago. I am going to remove the tail and make her a jumpsuit thing to wear under it. (shorts with long sleeves, kinda like a leotard.) then I am going to 'fix some fishnet pantyhose for her and put her hair in funky ponytails and spray each one a different color. She likes that part the best. My son wanted to be Legolas (from LOTR) but search as I did I could not find a toy bow and arrow set!! So he is thinking about something else. My biggest Halloween project is for my husband. He has decided to be Anakin Skywalker, just as he's turning bad. I have the pattern and we bought the fabric for the robe yesterday. I just hope I have time to do all these with all the other projects I have going as well. Good luck to everyone else on making their costumes!! Charity |
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From: MaryW
Date: 09-16-2005, 07:11 AM (9 of 38)
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My grandson wants to be an alien, I have to go scout out patterns for that one.
MaryW
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From: patti2
Date: 09-16-2005, 08:49 AM (10 of 38)
| mary, my 6 year old grandson also wants to be an alien. If you find a pattern, let me know and I'll do the same! |
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 09-16-2005, 12:04 PM (11 of 38)
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Charity, if Texas has Dollar Tree Stores, check there for toy bow and arrow.. I got one ther for my GS recently..
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From: Jayde877
Date: 09-16-2005, 01:26 PM (12 of 38)
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I will check that out. Thanks Libby! Charity |
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From: blessedmommyuv3
Date: 09-16-2005, 01:55 PM (13 of 38)
Awww, everyone's costumes sound so cute.  I love sewing Halloween costumes, too!!! This year my dd #3 (6 yrs old) is going to be Tinkerbell; and my dd#2 (8 yrs old) is going to be a black widow woman. I figure I better start today. We have been doing so much packing for our out of state move---I figure I'd better sew up all my awaiting projects, before I have to pack my sewing room up.  --not looking forward to that!!!Can't wait to see everybody's adorable children and their costumes!!!! Jen |
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From: natred2
Date: 09-16-2005, 05:49 PM (14 of 38)
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My 5 year old grandaughter wants to be Frankenstien!! Where the heck do you find one of those patterns for a little one. I started looking in the books but no luck so far.
Don't be so open minded your brains fall out.
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Member since: 04-09-2005 Total posts: 81 
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From: blessedmommyuv3
Date: 09-17-2005, 01:51 PM (15 of 38)
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My suggestion would be a black tshirt from the boys' department, a simple pattern for elastic waist pants made up in a black cotton with the hems cut up in a jagged manner. And a simple black cotton jacket. Simplicity 4410 might be good: http://www.simplicity.com/index.cfm?crit=1065&id=1046&StartRow=1 Then some green face paint and maybe bolts on a wire behind the neck hidden under the hair in back??? If you could convince her to be the bride of frankenstein: I think New Look 6334 would be great: http://www.simplicity.com/index.cfm?cat=6&type=29&sec=0&id=99&startrow=1 White cotton gown under a black robe with her hair sprayed black with white streaks or a wig. HTH some Jen |
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 09-17-2005, 08:04 PM (16 of 38)
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Most days lately, Kaela (3) wants to be "a red winged blackbird!!!" In the past year, she has talked quite a bit about this coming Halloween. Weve planned on Minnie Mouse, Tinkerbell, a princess with a big pointy hat, and now this. I'm happy that she seems to have settled on something original, and I'm thinking of buying supplies (feathers??) fast and maybe getting a library book for her to feed the idea before she goes back to the princess or the Disney gals!
Andrea
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From: bridesmom
Date: 09-20-2005, 12:44 AM (17 of 38)
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I'm making an outfit for my GD who will be 2 months old, she will be a flower, I'm kind of copying a costume I saw at 'The Children's Place' clothing store. Now, an alien costume. We did one a few years back by a green jumpsuit (my DH actually used long underwear dyed green and green shorts for modesty), Then we made an alien belt out of silver with a kleenex box attached to the front covered in silver with all sorts of knobs etc on it. He had a silver zigzag kind of design on the chest and we used green facepaint. His head, we covered over one of those alien looking pointed bicycle helmets with silver foil, but I can't remember what we did with his feet. It was great Laura
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From: cheshirenc
Date: 09-20-2005, 08:44 PM (18 of 38)
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Wal-mart had a toy bow and arrow in their costume section. I was hunting silver toys guns in a holster. ds (aged 4) is going to be a cowboy with chaps and a duster type coat and dd (aged 2) is going to be an Indian. I've already disagreed with the pattern of the chaps and tore it apart and threw the pattern away, but I have finished the duster except for button holes and sewing on the conchos. I've only cut out dd dress. |
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From: LadySloPokes
Date: 09-21-2005, 08:58 AM (19 of 38)
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My beautiful GS will only be 10 1/2 months old when Halloween arrives. I would love to make something for him, but at this age I don't think he would understand what's going on. I've decided that I'm going to get a small orange long sleeve t-shirt and sew on a pumpkin face in black fabric for him. Living in NY state right next to Lake Erie makes it rather chilly here in October, ergo the reason for the long sleeves! His older half-brother is 3 1/2 and my daughter hasn't said anything about what he wants yet. Last year he was Woody from "Toy Story". I got the above idea from the October issue of "Sew News" magazine.
Cookie
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From: MaryW
Date: 09-21-2005, 09:20 AM (20 of 38)
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The alien costume sounds great. I might do something like that for my GS. He changes his mind every day.
MaryW
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 09-21-2005, 06:00 PM (21 of 38)
My neice is dressing her 6 month old son as a lamb.. His 2 1/2 yr old sister wore it her first halloween.. The sister will be Little Bo Peep this year, with one of her sheep found ! ! ..I thought that was a really cute idea.. 
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From: LadySloPokes
Date: 09-26-2005, 02:45 PM (22 of 38)
Hey Libby, that's a cute idea!! I'd love to see the 2 kids in a pic-too sweet! Now I wonder what kind of costume would go with a pumpkin...? 
Cookie
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 09-26-2005, 05:56 PM (23 of 38)
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I always see scarecrows out in the pumpkin fields around here.. What about one of those..With straw stuck all over in the hair and surrounding the face under the farmers straw hat..(most scarecrows wear a farmers hat)
Sew With Love
Libby |
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From: mommydionne
Date: 09-26-2005, 07:16 PM (24 of 38)
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well... we are having a halloween party for the kidlets on the 30th, I have to create a wraith costume for the 8 yr old(big black cloak with a hood should do it) a blue power ranger or a witch doctor for the 3 year old and my dd (age6) is going to be ice skating princess and will I likely recycle the tiger costume for the baby (now 10 months already!!) I'm going to be a gypsy fortune teller, my daughter said I could borrow her jewellry for the costume!  we've already got our party supplies from the dollar store so we are all set! Jeanette
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 09-27-2005, 07:48 PM (25 of 38)
My little red-winged blackbird girl has been very excited about her costume plans. We got the feathers, and she proudly pranced around with them. Today we got the black tights and leotard. At bedtime tonight, after a very long day, she recollected that one time her baby wanted to be a princess instead of a red-winged blackbird.... The truth comes out in funny ways!  I have ideations of working into the nights to create a surprise princess costume, b/c I feel just terrible that she will go to school and see a lot of the girls in princess costumes in just a few more weeks! Apply encouragement here, please. Andrea
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From: DorothyL
Date: 09-28-2005, 08:52 AM (26 of 38)
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Maybe she could be some kind of fairy princess with red wings. Dorothy |
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 09-28-2005, 09:45 AM (27 of 38)
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Andrea, My Gd is the same way. She will change her mind over and over again. No matter what she ends up with she is always happy with her costume. This year she surprised me by wanting to be one of the Disney Princess. She wants the one who wear pink, but I can make it in blue, lol. I think her new friend she met this year has had an influnce in her for this one. So that is what I am making. Summer
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From: MissKittyDillon
Date: 09-28-2005, 03:27 PM (28 of 38)
I plan to make a Fire Fighter costume for my son, who will be 3 in November and thinks that firemen hung the moon (them and Dale Jr.), but I don't want to make it out of vinyl, like the pattern suggests. I want it to look more "authentic". Does anyone have any ideas for fabric to use. I found a Butterick Pattern (3244) for the vinyl type and I plan to use it. Any ideas would be great. Thanks! 
Marci
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From: blessedmommyuv3
Date: 09-28-2005, 04:12 PM (29 of 38)
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Andrea, I think your daughter's red winged blackbird costume sounds absolutely fantastic!!!! Maybe mention to her how original she will be standing out from the sea of princesses at her school. But if you can tell that "pretty" more conventional princess type costumes are what she really wants, and is a bit remorseful in her choice of the blackbird, maybe she could be a princess for school (if you have time and materials to whip one up) and a blackbird for trick or treating that night??? You could even maybe suggest that she is a magical blackbird that can transform into a princess and back again whenever she wishes HTH! Jen (who can totally sympathize with you as the mom to a 6 yr old dd who is already planning NEXT years Halloween costume- lol )
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 09-28-2005, 10:30 PM (30 of 38)
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Jen and Summer, thanks. Also making this princess debate interesting: Kaela knows the princesses b/c I read her fairy tales from a book at home. It's not a Disney book, and _her_ princesses wear different colors than the rest of the world's girls' princesses! She gets into fierce arguments with her friends over which one is Belle and which one is Cinderella b/c their sources interpreted the tales differently. It's the funniest thing to see a pair of 3-yr-olds go on like that (Does anyone remember The Little Rascals, when Spanky and Butch, I think, argued over which super hero was the strongest? Flash Gordon! No! Spiderman!). I think she'd go insane, door-to-door, as each and every neighbor guessed her costume wrong! I thought I could let her be Princess Kaela, and make it in red so they don't even get into it. I never thought I'd be having conversations like this with myself at night!
Andrea
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From: DorothyL
Date: 09-29-2005, 08:40 AM (31 of 38)
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Doesn't that child know princesses change their clothes several times a day? Dorothy |
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From: MaryW
Date: 10-27-2005, 10:26 AM (32 of 38)
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Last minute ideas for Monday. http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051027/LIFE/510270325/1005 MaryW
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From: MaryW
Date: 10-27-2005, 11:22 AM (33 of 38)
Should have had these posted long before now.  http://sew-whats-new.com/halloween/halloweenwitch.shtml http://sew-whats-new.com/halloween/pumpkinbib.shtml http://sew-whats-new.com/halloween/princess.shtml http://sew-whats-new.com/halloween/halloweenbags.shtml http://sew-whats-new.com/halloween/dip.shtml http://sew-whats-new.com/hallowween/halloweenbars.shtml http://sew-whats-new.com/halloween/punch.shtml MaryW
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 10-28-2005, 07:57 PM (34 of 38)
Hey, everyone. The other day, Kaela had a halloween parade and party at preschool, and remember I worried that she'd be hassled about being cinderella vs belle b/c of her costume choice? She was "a princess" according to all the adults, and a happy and beautiful one. She got no flack from the kids, who were just busy being themselves anyway. This preschool makes me so happy--Outside of preschool, I can't tell you how many kids AND adults have argued with this little 3 year old over which one is Belle. Crazy. It's nice to see her happy in a place that lets her just be 3. It's just for another few weeks, until she's 4, right? 
Andrea
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From: paroper
Date: 10-29-2005, 12:12 AM (35 of 38)
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My DGD is Dorothy. I finished her costume the other night. I told her we needed ruby slippers and she told me EXACTLY where to find them...Wal Mart. Not only did she guide my way to Wal Mart, including where to turn in and where to park...but when we got to Wal Mart she took me to the EXACT aisle where they were...and there we found red glitter Mary Janes. 3 Year olds are scary!
pam
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From: Teri
Date: 11-01-2005, 09:17 AM (36 of 38)
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I made Elvis and Prissilla Presley costumes, a witches' cape, remade a Mae West costume, a mermaid costume for myself (instead of the littlest mermaid I was the biggest mermaid!) helped make a geisha and a Capt Morgan costume. Had a wonderful time as fantasy costumes can be so creative. [URL=http://www.geocities.com/teriinhn/Teris_page.html] Teri
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From: jenny-o
Date: 11-01-2005, 12:58 PM (37 of 38)
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Waited till the last minute to make a costume for my 4yo. She changed her mind every day - princess, fairy, cinderella, fairytopia.... I suggested little red riding hood on Sunday afternoon and she was very excited about that (thank goodness). We whipped off to the fabric store and found some very nice red wool on sale really cheap, matching lining and I sewed it up after she went to bed. Whew, glad it turned out nice and she wore it to school. I'm sure it will get lots of wear in the dress up clothes box. My 2 yo didn't want anything to do with Hallowe'en after she saw all the neighbour's spider decorations out. Jenny |
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From: AndreaSews
Date: 11-02-2005, 08:28 PM (38 of 38)
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Pam, I loved your story. Yes 3 year olds are scarey. Oh, but you have got to love them!
Andrea
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