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Creating an Elven Warrior Costume
When Ryan first told me he wanted to be an Elven Warrior for Halloween, I was intimidated and had no idea where to start. I made him look through Pinterest with me until he could give me an idea of what he was picturing in his mind. As it turned out, he wanted something that looked similar to Link in Legends of Zelda. I still wasn’t sure where to start, but we agreed that I would sew him a tunic and hat. We ordered him elf ears for a few dollars from Amazon. For the tunic and hat, I took him to a local sewing shop to pick out fabric.…
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Making a Tiger Tutu
When we talked about costumes for the kids, Saoirse really wanted to be Daniel Tiger, but also wanted to feel like a princess. So the natural solution was to make her a Daniel Tiger tutu. I had thought about making her pants with tiger stripes, but the tutu alone is perfect for giving her tiger stripes on her legs. I looked around online and found a lot of different ways to make tutus. I ultimately decided to follow the simplest tutu instructions because that also seemed like the tutu design most likely to grow with her longest. I found a great tutorial online at DIY Network. I picked up some…
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Making a Daniel Tiger Costume
I am almost done with both kids’ Halloween costumes with just a few more final touches to finish. On Thursday, I finished making Daniel Tiger ears for Saoirse. The great thing about a Daniel Tiger costume is that it is a super simple costume to piece together. She already had a red hooded sweatshirt that she has proudly called her Daniel Tiger sweater for months. When I was searching for costume ideas, I also saw a link for Keds red Graham sneakers. These sneakers look exactly like the shoes that Daniel Tiger wears. The shoes were honestly the only part of the costume I even needed to spend any money…
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Halloween Costuming – Creating a Daniel Tiger Princess and an Elven Warrior
October is here and it is time for me to buckle down and get working on my children’s Halloween costumes. We have been talking about what they want to be for the past few weeks and now I just need to actually make it happen. Ryan is a creative kid and I love his individuality, however it is a pain when it comes to his Halloween costumes. He will never settle for a costume that doesn’t have his own unique spin on it. For example, when he wanted to be a superhero, he couldn’t just be a generic superhero. He had to design his own hero identity – Lava Ryan. …
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Starting Sewing (and a Phone Pouch)
Sewing is a really great skill to have. You can take simple scraps of fabric and transform them into something new and usable. Six years ago, looking at the creations of others on Pinterest, I felt inspired to expand my sewing skills beyond basic handstitching. If I had a sewing machine I was sure that I could use it to easily whip up some of those amazing creations. So I asked Cal for a sewing machine for Christmas, and that is exactly what he got me. It felt so full of possibilities. I could envision plenty of future projects with it. I remembered using the sewing machines in Family and Consumer…
