Tag: diy costume

Shirley Temple

My sister-in-law commented on how Stella looked like Shirley Temple. I can’t believe I had not seen it. But after she said that, I kept seeing the resemblance. Except for the hair of course. When my friend Katrina came over last night, I immediately put her to work. Her last task was to roll Stella’s hair. She said I gave her the hardest job. I did. She’s a tender headed girl. But she slept on her sponge rollers and woke up with beautiful little corkscrew curls but unfortunately our hairspray didn’t make it through pre-k. But even without the tight curls, I think she did an awesome job. Not to mention she wasn’t feeling too well.

And while this is probably a stage mom’s dream costume, I did not force it on her. I may have swayed by talking about how cute it would be but she ended up getting excited about it and has been going around singing Shirley songs. She started tapping during the shoot. Wish I had video:/

The great thing is that it was a $2.97 costume! Goodwill again! We had her dress shoes and bobby socks and I changed the original ribbon for a sash from an old costume. We ended up doing quite a few different Shirley versions using old dresses that are too short but perfect for this look. Once I get to take a breath (it’s been a busy day) I’ll post some more as well as a few of the twins in their costumes.

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

October 31, 2014
1983 Cabbage Patch Riots

For those of you who don’t remember or are too young to, Cabbage Patch kids were huge in the 80s. They were the Playstations, or whatever the hot thing is these days, of that time. Parents began to fight over these things. They couldn’t keep them on the shelves. So there’s your retail history for the day.

I know it’s overdone and there are tons on the web done better but with Scarlett’s big cheeks I couldn’t resist. So Stella is the rioting mom who is proudly and almost psychotically posing with her new prized position. She looks rough and fought hard for that doll but you should see the other guy! All this is stuff we had. I can’t crochet and those Cabbage Patch wigs are really expensive so I went to my old trusty box of wigs and found this ragdoll wig. I braided it and added the bangs. Those were a little tricky. Stella was supposed to have a bat and a wig also but we settled for this look. Stella had a lot of fun painting the box. It really is fun to put all this stuff together=)

October 23, 2014
André the Giant

Harris is appearing today as the legendary wrestler André the Giant. He was one of my favorites. Before I was even pregnant I said a boy would be cool so I could dress him up as André . Yep, terrible but true. I knew he wouldn’t have the hair but I figured he would be a little more plump. I hope one day he looks back at this and laughs.

The “leotard” is an old black bodysuit that I just cut. I used the arms to extend the length of his socks. The boots were old hand-me-downs that have made a few appearances in Stellaween. A few years ago we went to a Thrasher’s game and they gave these awesome mullet wigs to the first few hundred people or so. I cut it up a little (or a lot and not too well) for this pic and tried to add a little makeup for André ‘s iconic chops. And I attempted to make a championship belt out of ribbon, craft foam and gold wrapping paper. I did not make it “Harris-proof” though so it didn’t last too long.

October 21, 2014
Day 1 2012 {Ghostbusters}

Who you gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS!!! That’s actually one of Stella’s favorite things to say, so we had to do the costume. Super easy too! T-shirt with black felt attached for ghost face. I have tons of white tulle leftover from our wedding, so I made a no-sew tutu out of it. I’m obviously not good at cutting circles, but tried my best to make the “no” sign out of cardboard and then spray painted it red.

And I had to include this other shot because of the random monster face she’s making.

October 1, 2012