Kathy's NDAD Creation: Halloween Edition

More Halloween costuming awaits!  How about two kid-sized, sports themed 'stumes from Kathy?  They're both completely adorable and tied into sports!  Check them out...

I love your blog!!  I love taking old/outdated things and turning them into something new and “hip”.  My son has always been the kid that was not satisfied to have a regular costume.  He always forced me to use my imagination and figure out how to make his one-of-a-kind get-up!  Here are two of the most recent costumes, both sports themed!

LOOK #1

My son wanted to be a baseball.  Not a baseball player, but the actual baseball.

I took an old sweatshirt and sewed a t-shirt to the inside of the sweatshirt.  I then took red ribbon and used fabric glue to make the lines on the baseball.  The t-shirt was a size or two smaller than the sweatshirt so I could stuff the costume between the t-shirt and sweatshirt.  

This gave the 3-D effect and made it look like a baseball.  I paired it with old white baseball pants found at a consignment store along with red knee socks and his St. Louis Cardinal hat.  Total cost of this costume was $7.

The next costume...

LOOK #2

He wanted to be a football field.  (Momma’s shaking her head here…)

I took an old box and made armholes and a neck hole.  The local carpet store gave me their leftover indoor carpet that I used as the field grass.  I bought a small PVC pipe and a few joints that I painted yellow for the goal posts.  I used spray paint for the field lines and stencils for the lettering. 

The mask was borrowed, but you could deflate a football and just put it on your head.  Total cost of this costume was $9.

Enjoy!!  I guess the perks of a creative kid is forcing my creativity!!

Can I fit into that football field?  This really is so creative and resourceful!! I love that you went to the carpet store for remnants too.  There's nothing like being in a cool costume/outfit/etc and being able to tell people that you made it!  Creative kid, creative mom, creative family!

More Halloween to come...

Amy's NDAD Creation: Halloween Edition

Amy chose to dress up as a character from one of my FAVORITE movies, The Breakfast Club.  This is a genius group costume too, by the way.  I'd totally rock a wig and go as Judd Nelson :)  See how she put it together with thrifted goodies from Goodwill!

I wanted a Halloween costume I could wear to work, a "subversive" costume, so I went with the classic Claire (Molly Ringwald) from The Breakfast Club.  I had everything but the skirt, but then found something that would work perfectly at Goodwill!

Can't wait to see what she put together for Saturday detention!

I found the perfect dark paisley wraparound skirt at GW and paired it with a pink T-shirt, just like Claire's costume!  The thrifted skirt was perfect as it was, and as a lifelong thrifter I had to put together a Halloween costume made up of these pieces!

I love your blog.  It gives me such great ideas for when I find things that are amazing fabrics but insane styles!

You look so great, Amy!  What a perfect costume to wear, especially when you work at a school!  I want to borrow/steal this costume idea at some point.  I would have loved seeing my teachers in something like this.  Because it's stuck in my head, I can't resist sharing the theme song, "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds.  Best. Ever.

My Mother's Attic: October

Ashley's post this month is one that I'm totally coveting. I think it's time to add a pair of these guys to the NDAD closet!! Check out her fun new look as well as the cutie-patootie, new furry friend that has joined her lovely family!

Happy October, everyone! It's getting quite brisk around these parts, and I'm hoping that the snow flurries hold out until after Halloween so that my kids don't have to go dressed as The Abominable Snowkids. Today's post is not particularly Halloween-y, save for the black color of the ensemble, however you can see the skeleton costume I made for my 2-year old here and the handmade fairy costume that my four-year old is wearing here! Yay for sewing skills and handmade wares - I have Marisa and the New Dress a Day community to thank for this huge parenting accomplishment!

I may very well rock this remake while trick-or-treating with my girls, complete with matching black puppy (the latest addition to Cartwheel Farm and my new sidekick) who actually inspired me to finally tackle this remake.

I have a number of palazzo pant jumpsuits that seemed to have been all the rage in the late 80s/early 90s when my mother was in the heart of her parenting years. I must admit, they are comfortable indeed.

Though the heavily pleated crotch area of this number wasn't terribly flattering.

I've been very intrigued by the harem-pant style I've seen on a number of the students at the college I work for, and figured that this was a chance to give it a try.

I started by removing the sleeves of the one-piece and sewing a fresh hem for the arm holes. 

I then strung elastic through the hem of both pant legs to create the harem-pant effect.

I removed the buttons along the chest...

...and suddenly I had my very own jumpsuit that was more hip to the times.

I paired the outfit with my favorite zebra belt...

...and due to the cool temps, I threw on tights, my favorite leather boots, jacket, and a scarf and went strolling around with Gladdy as my matching black sidekick.

And admittedly, one-piece jumpsuits are indeed an extremely easy, comfortable choice.

Good thinking, Mom!

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