My Halloween Crafting

Halloween has come and gone again.

And now onto more exciting things (CHRISTMAS!!!!!!).

I have officially begun listening to Christmas music.

But I thought I would make a post about all of the fun things I made for Halloween:)  Steven and I were Batman and Robin last year and we absolutely loved how those costumes turned out... so we had to think hard about what we were going to be this year.

Conclusion: NERDS.  Not just the people kind, but also the candied kind.  I saw this idea online, so I thought I'd give it a try!

I'm pretty content with how it all turned out.

How I made the boxes:  I drew and painted (with acrylic paint) the front of the Nerd box onto bristol board.  Then I covered it with clear vinyl adhesive book covering (I bought rolls of this stuff at the dollar store!!).  I did the same for the back of the box, although the back of the box isn't painted, it is just drawn on with markers.

To make the boards more stiff, but not so stiff we couldn't move, I used regular cardboard on the top half of the front and back pieces.  I just taped it down.  We were able to sit down (reasonably comfortably) because the bottom half was just the flexible bristol board.

The shoulder straps are packing tape (which I taped on both sides, so it wouldn't stick to our shoulders).  Once the costumes were on we taped the sides with some more packing tape.

That's all!!  I love how they turned out :)

For my mom this year I made her a Minnie Mouse costume (last year I made a poodle skirt, and she went as a girl from the 50's).  I was lucky to find a polka dot dress at the thrift store.  From there I hemmed it, and used the extra fabric to make the bow for her ears.  I sewed on some ruffles and lace to the dress (and on her socks!).  The ears are made from thick adhesive felt glued onto a black hair band.  I added three black lines to a pair of white winter gloves (not shown in the picture).  A black turtle neck, black tights and a pearl necklace topped the look off!

Minnie! 

Since my mom wore her costume to work the day before Halloween for their main event, for the actual day she needed something a bit simpler, as she was playing the piano for a concert.

I made a simple witches had hair band, complete with jeweled spiders (which happened to match my spider web earrings perfectly).

I used felt for the top of the hat (and the brim.... but you can't tell) and black lace under the brim  that came from a dress someone donated to me for crafting! 

Hope everyone had as fun of a Halloween as I did :)

Happy crafting,
~Becca