Homecrafted Halloween presents: A Night At the Movies!

Click the thumbnail photo above to see the whole costume and click through to find out how the costumes were made and for the link to submit your own!

Nacho Libre

aka: J (almost 2)
location: Mesa, AZ
age group: toddler
difficulty level: semi-easy

materials: A couple different fabrics, beads, red lacing, pom pom fringe, colored duct tape, and of course tights & new shoes, and colored hair spray

description: I am no seamstress, so this was a pretty easy sew on the machine! For the cape I'd found a pattern online somewhere & modified as needed. It was easy to sew and the embellishments I added by hand. For the red "pants" I traced the shape of a pair of little boy underwear and also modified as needed, making sure to measure & fit to my little guy's size. I purchased the tights from a dance clothing website, We Love Colors, who have a wide selection of colors & sizes. To finish it off we bought some red Chucks, red duct tape (for the knees) and brown hair spray, and voilà, we had our "Nacho!"
Thanks Erin!

Draco Malfoy

aka: Jakson (2)
location: Pleasant Grove, UT
age group: toddler
difficulty level: semi-easy

materials: yarn for scarf, old black witches costume from a thrift shop that I cut down the middle and hemmed to create a "cloak", felt and embroidery thread to make "Weasley is our king" badge, onesie, I appliqued a tie in Slytherin colors on the front, lots of hair gel!

description: I made the scarf on a loom (very easy!!) I don't actually know how to do any real knitting. See my blog, Vermillion Rules, for more on how I made the costume.
Thanks Beth!

Ghostbuster

aka: Lucas (5)
location: Cheshire, CT
age group: child
difficulty level: not especially easy (but worth it!)

materials: Suit: just a pair of khakis with a button down shirt. the iron-on "no Ghosts" patch was found online, the name tag was just black fabric with red puffy paint.

Goggles: safety goggles with PCV fittings.

Proton Pack: plastic painters tray, flower pot catch tray, red LEDs, pneumatic tubing, switch box, lots of trips to home depot.

description: Based on a combination of other people's tutorials and lots of watching of "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon. See more photos of Lucas in costume here!
Thanks Jennifer!

Yoda

aka: Jamie (4 months)
location: Seattle, WA
age group: infant
difficulty level: semi-easy

materials: green wool yarn, elmer's glue, old motheaten wool scarf, self-belt from mom's tunic sweater, model's own onesie and pants.

description: I showed my husband a knitting/felting pattern for the Yoda hat when I was just a few weeks pregnant, and he decreed that our baby must be Yoda for his first Halloween. The pattern knit up fairly quickly. I felted it in the washing machine, and saturated the ears with an elmer's glue/water mix to stiffen them, clipped them to a pants hanger to dry so they stuck out straight. Yoda's robe is made from an old scarf I found in the back of the closet. I folded it in half and used some packing tape to join part of one side to create a hood, then wrapped him in the ends and used a brown sweater belt to tie him up.
Thanks Anne!