Christy Robbins: Costumes

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Dog Halloween Costume

Friday, October 28, 2016 No comments

I made my dog a Halloween outfit. I saw this idea on pinterest...where all good ideas begin. She's a beanie baby. Get it?

I found an image of the tag and I just copied it and expanded it so it would be pretty large on her collar.

I even found an image of the inside of a tag. I enlarged it too and then just pasted her name/birth/and a description of June (the beanie baby). I laminated the whole thing because, well, it's June and she's a lab puppy still. Now....the chihuahua gets an outfit....

Bat Shirt

Thursday, October 09, 2014 1 comment

I saw the idea for making bat shirts using simply a black shirt and some bleach via Chaosser and I had to try it out for some of the little ones in my life.
I cut some bat shapes out of freezer paper. You can freehand it, or search for free bat shapes-there are about a million varieties.
Take the shiny side of the paper, face that down towards the shirt, and iron of it, somehow this makes the paper stick to fabric
I put a plastic bag between the top and bottom of the shirt so the bleach wouldn't bleed through.
I also placed a section of the newspaper I had cut a big oval out of over the bats so it was a moon shape (per the instructions).
I took a bottle of bleach and squirt it over the bats. It turned orange almost instantly, so as soon as I was done, I took it inside and rinsed out the bleach in my sink. So easy!

DIY Lace Princess Crown

Thursday, October 03, 2013 No comments

I've been seeing little lace crowns around the net for awhile, and I finally had a reason to make my own (no....not for my personal use...more to come on that later), but I think these are such cute, AND easy projects for parties/Halloween. I've seen a lot of tutorials with different styled lace, some sprayed gold or silver. I found this roll of pink lace at Hobby Lobby. It was half off, so...2 bucks...and I can make enough crowns for all my friends. All you need is lace and mod podge (a glue paste that's basically 2 parts glue and 1 part water mixed).

I glued my lace together to the side I wanted it, then covered it with mod podge and I let it dry over a jar to hold the shape. It just took a few hours for the glue to dry clear.

I sewed it onto a head band at a crooked angle for fun.

Ready for royalty.

Ghost Projects

Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1 comment

I posted about ghost projects a few Halloweens ago. Here is a week of projects and recipes. I'll also throw in a Ghostbuster pudding I put together in honor of a week of decade projects. I don't believe in ghost, unless you are speaking of the Holy Ghost, I'm pretty tight with Him, but.....there are some pretty cute ghost projects out there, so I find myself leaning that way as Halloween approaches. This year I'm sending this trick or treat bag to one of my friends under the age of 5. I saw this idea at Better Homes and Garden. I took white fabric, cut out ghost eyes, and used double sided light bonding fabric to iron it to the bag. I added black/painted eye balls, and a ribbon. Now I'm gonna fill 'er up with goodies, because I believe in spoiling other people's children. And I believe there t too much my friends can do if I send them via sneak mail attack.

Halloween-Candy Corn: Candy Corn Tutu

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 5 comments

I tried out my hand at sewing a candy corn on a onsie this Halloween costume go 'round.

I know there are a lot of ways to make a tutu, but I like to sew ribbon onto a piece of elastic. This allows you to stretch, or shrink the tutu as much as necessary. It also allows you to tie a cute bow on the back of a tutu.

This time around, I bought about half a yard (each) of white, yellow, and orange tulle, and then I sloppily cut about 2 inches down the width of the fabric. I folded it in half 3 times, and with the third fold, I tied a knot onto the elastic, and then snipped the loops so it's now fluffy, raggedy, tulle.

I tied until it reached 'full tutu.'

I sewed a candy corn shape onto the onsie. I added rick rack b/c rick rack makes me happy. (Next time I'm going to paint a candy corn onto a onsie.)

And another bow for the hair (I listed the source for the clips on last week's Boo Tutu post). Every candy corn needs a hair accessory.

Linking To:

Trendy Treehouse

Fireflies and Jellybeans

Pony Tails and Fish Scales

Halloween-Ghost: Boo Tutu Costume

Monday, October 04, 2010 15 comments

My first ghost project of the season....is a costume for Blythe. The best weeks start with Blythe projects! I saw this onsie last year at Walmart. It was 3 bucks. The only size they had at the time was New Born, so I snagged it, and used some freezer paper, traced the face, and added paint to make a bigger one for a bigger baby I know.

After I purchased the onsie, I saw a tutu that look very similiar to this, using the same onsie to accompany the outfit.

I'll post how I make my tutu's next week, but this is how it looks without the ghost face. The ribbon is attached to elastic, and can be adjusted, and then trimmed.

I also made a bow. Every ghost needs a bow.

I really just wanted an excuse to start making bows b/c I've been dying to make a few after I FINALLY found these clips at Hobby Lobby (for half off).

Linking To:

Between Naps on the Porch

Fireflies and Jellybeans

House of Hepworths

Crafty Soiree

Ponytails and Fishscales

Pai sley Passions

Simply Sweet Home

It's Fun to Craft

Arrrrr! Pirate Tutu Costume

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 20 comments

I guess this says a little something about my personality. I've been making costumes to be posted in the next few weeks, and yesterday I decided I could not live one more day without making a 'pirate' tutu costume. I tried to convince my cousin to let his daughter wear this, and I got really close....maybe next time. She gets outfit #2...to be shared soon. In the meantime, I will now go find a friend who wants a little pirate for Halloween. I like to invent friendships around Halloween just so I can make costumes for my new friend's kids. I guess there is a costume designer trapped in me. She's not all that skilled with the sewing machine, but her eagerness and dedication makes up for it. Ironically, I detest wearing costumes of any kind. So, maybe I just like torturing small children. Yes, I teach your children. Fine, it's a joke, I promise! I only like torturing fellow adults. Their screams aren't as high pitched. Maybe I need a pirate costume? Here is my super easy pirate process b/c I know the world is going to want to grab on to this idea and dress all their little pumpkin-pie-face-cuties as fierce tutu totting pirates this Halloween.

I used the Life's a Beach Cricut cartridge and printed off a 4 inch skull.

I placed the outline on a onsie, and dabbed black paint on the onsie, mixed with a little textile paint (which is supposed to help the paint set and be washable when you iron it).

I dabbed on the paint with a foam brush. It dried. I ironed for the first time in about 10 years, and then I made a hair accessory. I am CERTAIN every pirate spends hours searching for the perfect hair accessory. I found the pirate gold at the dollar tree in a whole pirate package of fun stuff, which also includes a sword.

I then made a little tutu to match. I think almost everyone on planet crafty earth knows how to make tutus, but I'll share the process with one of the costumes in a few weeks. I'd hate to be redundant. And I'm pretty sure I overwhelmed the world with my complicated pirate skull and cross bones onsie costume and need to break it up into steps. (I got the idea for this from watching this great tutorial for freezer paper stencils here. I've used this technique on about 15 projects now, just not this one, I was feeling a little lazy.) I also have jewelery, a plastic pirate sword from the Dollar Tree, and I'm pretty sure some striped tights and a stuffed parrot are in order.