Saturday, October 30, 2010

Superheros

Over a month ago, my sis in law asked me if I  would want to make Halloween costumes for her two girls. I love them to pieces, so of course I was thrilled to oblige. And I never blogged about it. But since it IS Halloween weekend, I figured I still could.

Their little brother is obsessed with superheroes. Not to be outdone, the girls chose their costumes accordingly. Wonderwoman & Pink Batgirl. Fabulous choices. Expensive choices if you are buying them. So my goal was to make them for less than $10 each. Here are their costumes of choice:



Images found here and here. (Superheroes obviously not to size.)

So here is what I came up with. 
There were a lot of little parts and pieces to each one. 
(And yes, I did add "fall" to some of the pictures...bare white was just not screaming Halloween!) 


 
(My first try at a t-shirt...was easier than I thought!)


And every super girl needs accessories...







Anyway...there you have it. I didn't use any patterns, so I kind of just made it all up as I went along. Apparently they were a hit. The day they arrived in the mail, batgirl refused to take hers off so she wore it to Walmart & received lots of compliments.

As for the price - almost all of the fabric I found on sale, or used coupons. I ended up spending less than $20 for both costumes! Not a bad deal.


I even had enough fabric left over to make matching trick or treat bags for them & their little brother...who is of course, also a superhero.


Have fun tomorrow, kids! 
Hopefully you wont be too busy saving the universe to pose for some pictures for me. 


2 comments:

ginny said...

WOW-Love these!! I also cannot wait to see pics-Great job Dani:) Mom

Amanda said...

I second WOW. You are so talented in the crafting area. :) I hope she keeps them!