Here we are with another Blogtober 2023 post. This is an initiative by Simona from La Creative Room to inspire and connect bloggers with the occasion of Autumn as a main common theme.
If you missed it, I already posted a showcase of Autumn projects.
Today I got my inspiration from idea n.14 “Ideas for Halloween costumes“. When my daughter was one year old, her daycare organised her first dress-up party and I got the occasion to make her a costume. A few months later, for her first Halloween party, that had to be a pijama party, I sewed a black mantle for her to wear over her pijamas, just to feel the athmosphere.
Well, after those tiny experiments I resolved to make myself all her carnival and Halloween costumes!
So I get the occasion of Blogtober to showcase the simple costumes I’ve made for her so far.
Cute bunny
This was the very first costume I made for my daughter for the dress-up party of her daycare when she was about one year old.
At that age, she hated wearing anything far from her usual clothes. How could I make her a comfortable dress she could wear all day long? I couldn’t even make her wear a headband…
With such a situation, I got the inspiration for a costume she wouldn’t even notice: it was just the matter of a couple of hours, while she was napping one afternoon. I came up with a bunny costume that went on top of one of her favourite sweatshirts.
I simply sewed two bunny ears and made a pompon as a tail, handstitching them to the sweatshirt so that I could remove them easily after the party. Actually, I thought about leaving them on…
Had she tolerated a headband, the ears would have been nice on top of her head, but I am happy with the final result. I even drew a pattern for the bunny ears: a quick and easy project to sew to make a fast dress-up.
They would be nice also on a toddler’s backpack, don’t you agree? Maybe another project for another time, even though I just finished a special backpack for my child…
Firing rocket
And this is a project I enjoyed making from start to finish!
We are sort of space nerds in the family, also our child, who loves watching rocket launches and astronauts on board of spaceships. So when I proposed her a rocket costume, she was enthusiast!
The making was quite simple. I first cut the pattern of a sleeveless white tunic, using one of her t-shirts as a model. Before sewing it, I made the decorations, cutting out from paper felt two windows, two wings, three firing engines and the fairings (the top of the rocket).
The engines were the part I enjoyed most. I took particular care in them, since I knew they were my child’s favourite part!
This costume was a huge success! Comfortable enough for her to wear all day at school and during the weekend at Carnival parties! I hope she’s not grown too fast and can wear it another time next Halloween!
Cherub angel
Well, this was not exactly a Halloween or Carnival costume, but a costume nonetheless. I sewed this cherub angel tunic with matching trousers for a live Christmas nativity event. It’s a special Live Nativity Reenactment you should really see, if you are nearby. It takes place in the Medieval town where I was born, where each scene towards the manger is a living reproduction of traditional activities, ancient life and crafts.
While my husband was busy crafting bows and arrows with his uncle and I was lucetting and embroiderying with my sister-in-law, our daughter was strolling around with her grandpa in her angel costume.
My mother crocheted the wings around a metal wire shape, and also the sleeve and neck borders. The wings are sewn to the back of the tunic. At first I thought about making a sort of backpack out of them, but I rejected the idea while crafting: it would have been harder to wear for a two years old. Attaching the wings came out a practical idea: she didn’t even notice them.
As usual, I was not allowed to put anything on her head, so I could not even start thinking about how to make a halo of any sort. Maybe next time?
I think this tunic will suit her for a long time: I made it huge and large so my child could wear a heavy jacket under it. Winters can be cold in my hometown, better dress accordingly.
What will the next one be?
Halloween is approaching again, and I’ve already started thinking about the next costume to make.
I went to my daughter with a proposal… she’s accepted it, for now, but let’s see if she keeps her mind while we start making it…
Stay tuned and you’ll discover soon what happened!
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