DIY felt Halloween costumes | Preciously Paired

My DIY Halloween

Happy Halloween! I think I’ve mentioned this before, but Sara and I didn’t grow up with Halloween being much of a big deal in our house. However, now that I’m a mother of young kids I’ve been trying to be more excited about it. To be honest though, I’m still not super into it to the point where I plan full family costumes, but I’m realizing that I do enjoy creating things for my girls to dress up in and doing Halloween activities that they would enjoy throughout the month.

This year I got really ambitious and decided to make both of the girl’s costumes from scratch! It took Mia forever to just decide on one thing she wanted to be, and she only finally chose a mermaid because that is what her cousin said she was going to be. Whatever the reason, I decided to roll with it. While recently organizing my craft space, I found some green felt and red yarn. I figured I would challenge myself to try and make Mia’s costume from what I had on hand. In the end, I ended up spending less then $5 on her entire costume! I got the pattern for her Arial hair/wig HERE. It totally made the outfit and was pretty easy to make.

Livy’s costume is a little bit of an inside joke. Growing up in Nevada we didn’t just celebrate Halloween but we celebrated Nevada Day as well; the day Nevada became a state. Since marrying my husband, October 31st has really been more about celebrating Nevada Day than Halloween. Before having kids we’d go to my parents house every year to celebrate. My husband is always teasing about our obsession with Nevada Day over Halloween so I thought it only fitting that one of my kids should represent a fun family tradition; not to mention it’s the 150th year of Nevada being a state!

After spending several nights making my girl’s their costumes, and as fate would have it, it just so happens that we all have been sick and Mia has had to miss most of her Halloween activities during the week. Luckily Mia is much better and Livy is almost there so we’re hoping to get out tonight for a little trick-or-treating, or at the very least sing a few rounds of “Home Means Nevada”.

DIY felt Halloween costumes | Preciously PairedAnyone else make their kid’s Halloween costumes or have any fun Halloween traditions? We’d love to hear about them!

 

2 thoughts on “My DIY Halloween

  • Hanna
    Commented 9 years ago

    Wow what an awesome mom you are! That definitely is a benefit of making your own…it’s a lot cheaper! I bet they looked great!

  • Kristie
    Commented 9 years ago

    I usually make my kids costumes every year. They have to tell me what they want to be by October 1, and then I figure it out. This year I had one who wanted to be Mavis from Hotel Transylvania. And one who wanted to be Elsa. And my son let me cheat and he got a store bought Captain America. I did make his shield however. I was able to repurpose a bunch of stuff, got some fabric from my sister, and only spent $30 for all three costumes. Not too bad!

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