Homemade Halloween

My mom sewed quite a bit when I was little, and I never thought I had that gene that made people WANT to sew things...I love crafty stuff and creating, but with fabric? Not my cup of tea.
But for this Halloween, Trevor wanted to be Peter Pan. The only good Peter Pan costume I could find was at Disney Store for $50! While I love my boy, I'm not quite Halloween-gooey enough to spend that on something he'll probably be over next month. So I thought...how hard can it be? And cut him a shirt out of a shirt I kept for my neice. It was so adorable (and required no sewing) so I thought I'd do a belt. That was pretty darn easy--even the little sword holder required little thought. I got more confident. So when Carson asked for me to make him a pirate outfit, I thought how hard can it be?LOL Well, it was harder than I thought--the original intent was to make a Captain Hook coat complete with lacy trim. We didn't quite get there, but what we did get is pretty darn cute if I say so myself.

Trevor as Peter Pan:



He had the sword already and the pants are big brothers. Yes, they are the same size now. The shirt was about to go to goodwill, I'm not even sure how it got moved out here. the belt was leftover brown felt from Carson's cowboy vest a few halloweens ago--my very first venture! and the hat was just felt square at Walmart for .20. woohoo!


Carson as a pirate:


The shirt was Reed's old work shirt. I cut it apart and resewed the top and sides to make a vest that was more his size. I cut down the middle for an opening. I cut out a piece of white fabric square from another junk shirt and drew the skull and bones in with permanent marker--then stitched it with big stitches to cover a work logo. I cut up the bottom in a zig zag. Then I made the belt out of the bottom of one of reed's old black shirts and sewed a loop for his sword holder. I had him put on shorts over some old stripey pj pants and we had all the accessories already. SOOOO easy.