Costumes - Minnie Mouse!

Since my youngest is in LOVE with Minnie, her costume was easy to come up with!!  :)

For the skirt:
 * amount of fabric will depend on the size of skirt - I made a size 2T & had 1 yd. of fabric with a ton left over!!  I measured my daughter's waist & doubled it for the "width".  For the length of the skirt, I measured from her waist to just above her knee, then added about 2", to allow for hemming.
* tulle - if desired.  I used pink & black - less than a yd. each.
* elastic for waistband (mine was 3/4"  wide)


 Since my fabric wasn't long enough, I cut 2 equal length panels & sewed them together, creating a "tube".  Then, I turned it inside out & hemmed the bottom & top and left a gap on top for the elastic waistband.  (The blue ribbon you see was used to tie the skirt so I could make sure it fit ok!! ;)





After carefully measuring out my tulle, I cut 4 strips of pink & 4 strips of black, and layered them alternately.  Once pinned in place, I sewed them.





 This is the finished skirt.  I added another row of polka dots under the tulle layer to make the tulle stand out!  (As you can tell, my tulle is kinda faint - I thought 8 layers would be good. . . maybe 16 would be better??!! ;)  Finally, I added the elastic & it was done!!  :)



For the shirt:
 I cut one strip of fabric, about 2-3" wide.  (Length will depend on the collar of your shirt.)  I hemmed both edges & gathered one.




I pinned the collar onto the shirt & sewed in place.










Since the shirt was black & I wanted the patch to stand out, I attached it to white felt.







I trimmed the felt & sewed the felt onto the shirt BEFORE attaching the patch!  It would have been a pain to sew along the edge of the felt with the patch in the way!!



                                                         
For ears:

 I cut 4 circles out of black (glittery) felt & sewed along edges.  Then, I folded the bottom edge & hot glued to a hair clip.  (Had to play with it a bit to get them to "stand" right!)

 
 









For the bow:

I cut a small length of fabric, (again, depending on head size), stitched ends together, then hemmed top & bottom.  Turned right side out.  Pinched center & used craft wire to hold in place.

 Used a small scrap of fabric (that was hemmed), to wrap around the center, covering wire, and hot glued in place.





 

I attached a hair clip to the BOTTOM of the center piece, not the back.  (Minnie's bow stands off her head, doesn't lay flat!! ;)  Then, added a little bling to the center!!  :)

Dress-Up Box

OK - I'm sure everyone out there with kids, has some form of "dress-up" box, stash, closet, etc.!!! Well, we do for sure!! (Ours is practically over-flowing!!) I don't like my kids to wear their actual Halloween costume to school, so I always come up with a quick & easy 2nd costume that can be worn at school!! Well, with Activity Day, a book report, 4 Halloween costumes, etc, etc, . . . . I didn't manage to create an elaborate 2nd costume, so off to the dress-up box I went!! :) Being that Noah was the only one "allowed" to wear a costume at school, (Madelyn's bummed that she's in the "upper grades" now!! :( , I figured it would be easy to find something for him with all the JUNK (I mean great dress up stuff) the boys have!! ;) We managed to come up with a vest, tattered pants, an eye patch, and a few other things & ta-da. . . . . a PIRATE!! :) Not too original, but it will work!! Noah is so easy to please & is excited to wear it all tomorrow!! (I think mostly for the clip-on earring!!) ;)