A Homemade Costume

Usually I am super spoiled and my mother-in-law sews up a couple fabulous costumes for my kids to wear to our church's annual harvest party. However, last year she was just too busy, so I had to dig into my closet of creativity and come up with something.

Joy wanted to be Pocahontas. Of course the Google Image search resulted in costumes that looked a little... ummm chilly. So this is what I came up with. Based on inspiration from here.

 I love (love, love, LOVE) me a tutu costume. Because, really, when else can you wear a tutu if you aren't a ballerina? Plus (BONUS) they are easy to make. :) Just search for a tutu tutorial and you will find plenty perfectly good, and easy, instructions. I used three different shades of brown tulle for this one. You can't really tell, but I also hot glued feathers to the waist band... mainly because you can only buy feathers one way-- in bulk-- so I had plenty.

 Her little necklace thingy is simply a thousand feathers hot glued to a thick brown string. Don't plan to have finger prints left after making it...  but I loved how it sat around her neck.

Her little head piece and arm bands are made from a thin leather type material I found at our fabric store. I cut the tassels and hot glued them in a loop. I was worried they would be falling down all night, but they didn't bother her at all. The head piece is made just like a simple headband. Then when I braided her hair, I put in a clip with feathers hot glued to it to hold everything in place. I didn't get a great picture of her boots, but they were just her basic warm fuzzy suede boots, and I made tassels similar to her arm bands to go on them. You can kinda see what I'm talking about in the picture below.

 The best part about this costume? It was warm. Just white leggings, white long sleeved shirt and warm boots.

I was happy because she was happy.

Of course... little brother went as a football player....

Because, really, I can't be responsible for two creative costumes in one year. :) Go Beavs!