My boys love the movie How to Train Your Dragon. So it came as no surprise when Jamin asked to be a Monstrous Nightmare, and Travis wanted to be a Deadly Nadder for Halloween. When I searched for the official costumes, though, I was disappointed at how cheap they seemed for the price. I decided to do something completely new for me: make costumes myself!
Though my idea was simple, the entire process was a learning experience. Just shopping for materials was a dragged out mess. I spent two rainy, cold afternoons lugging the babies from store to store, discouraged that no one carried what I needed. We lost shoes, socks, and binkies-- and took over an hour retracing our steps to find those items. After spending way too much money settling for the less-than materials I could find, I just happened to stumble across exactly what I needed!
Then, I assembled for several hours. Much of that time was trial and error (not to mention lots of starting and stopping while watching the kids). When I finished at 2:30 this morning, I felt very proud of myself. I realize this is a basic project, but it was completely out of the norm for me.
Here's Travis' costume, pinned and setting:
And Jamin's:
Hand stitching the details took hours. But I like how it turned out:
(Please excuse the funky colors. The lighting was dim, and my photo editor doesn't allow me to manually adjust levels. I can't wait to have Photoshop again!)
The boys also have coordinating fleece pants that they'll wear. Libby's costume was by far the easiest: I bought a graphic tee and a hat from Target's $1 section. More pictures to come!
