Superhero Princess, Bear

I had a small budget for Halloween, but after going over on groceries and a few other things, it dwindled away to nothing, so all the kid's costumes have to be put together from what we have around the house. Saren is going to be a gypsy and already has everything she needs, though some jewelry would be a nice addition. Harper is going to be a cat using the wolf costume that Saren wore a couple of years ago, since it looks like a cat costume anyway and did from the beginning. Irina said something different every time I asked her what she was going to be. Sometimes she just said nonsense words, so she really was no help at all. Yesterday and today I came up with this superhero costume. If you call it a superhero princess costume it really makes her happy. If you call out "help!" while she's in the other room, she'll come and save you.

(I could have waited until she had taken a bath and washed the marker off of her face and I could have tried to find a less cluttery background, but I didn't. So sorry.)





Total cost: Zero dollars! I totally made the cape and the skirt (not very well, but good enough!) from my prom dress. I had been holding on to that thing for years because my mother made it and it was purple and lovely, but I finally decided that I would turn it into some dress-up clothes the other day when I was going through my giganto box of mementos. I figured now was as good a time as any. The 'I' and the crown were from felt and elastic I already had. She's got a dancing leotard thingy over a purple shirt and then Silas's babylegs to top (or rather, bottom) it all off. I think it all looks pretty good for a couple hours' work.

I also made this wonky hat thing for Silas. I will probably make him some pants too, but if I don't it doesn't really matter to Silas. He pretty much hates the hat anyway.