The Cole-Train Costume
What Cole's Wearing:
- Overalls - Cole is wearing pin stripes, but any overalls would do (could be shorts or pants).
- A long-sleeve baseball shirt; a plain white or blue shirt works, too.
- Workboots - You can find boots in most stores at this time of year, and then use them throughout winter.
- Red bandana - I couldn't find one at the last minute so I just cut up an old red shirt and pinned it together.
- Conductor's hat - They're cheap on amazon.com.
- Whistle - Optional, but a great prop!
The Shark-Bait Sushi Costume
This year, Cole wants to be a shark which is beyond my sewing abilities. So I focused on a homemade costume for Isabelle - sushi! If you include the time to go to the craft store (Michael's is my store of choice), this could take you only 3 hours to make. I put it all together while the kids were napping. If any of the materials below aren't available, improvise!
Materials I Used:
- A black stretchy headband
- Lime green felt
- Light pink felt
- White long-sleeved onesie
- black duct tape
- Goldfish Beanie Baby or some other kind of fish stuffed animal
- Needle and thread
Putting It All Together:
For the ginger slices, cut the pink felt into four rectangles. Take one piece of the rectangle and gather it together in the middle. Pull a needle and thread through a few times to hold the gatherings together. Then sew the "slices" onto the headband. If you mess up, you have 3 other pieces to practice on!
For the wasabi, take the lime green felt and cut out a 3x3" square piece. Start with one corner of the square and gather along the outside of the square until two corners meet. Sew where the felt gathers to hold them together. (NOTE: This doesn't have to look perfect, just capture the effect of a blob of green stuff!) Sew the wasabi onto the headband.
For the sushi, take your fish and center it on the front of the onesie. Use a piece of duct tape to hold the fish in place onto the onesie. You can also sew the nose of the fish onto the onesie if needed. Cut another piece of duct tape to go across the back of the onesie. [Editor's Note: So, the duct tape is the seaweed holding the fish to the rice, which is your kiddo.]
Viola! Sushi is served! :)
