It’s here! This year’s Halloween costume that I made for my baby boy. He is my first boy after 3 girls and I savor the differences. One of those differences being that, he reminds me of a tornado, lol. He is so busy and my first busy child, but at the same time, he’s so easy!
This cost me about 15 dollars but there are lots of ways to make it cheaper! For starters, I purchased a medium sized bag of batting for the tornado itself and I could’ve just gotten a small one in hindsight. You can also use what clothes you already have, but I bought a black shirt and pants for him from Walmart for 8-ish bucks total. All of the goodies hot glued to him are from my daughter’s dollhouse accessory collection and few random things around the house. Aww yeah gurrllllll, being resourceful!
To get the look, I bought a plastic embroidery hoop and took out the smaller center ring and hot glued it to the top of the shoulders. Then I took batting and glued it and folded it down around the ring creating top of of the tornado. That step left a cylinder of batting hanging down around the shirt so I cut arm holes and pulled the sleeves through and glued and cut off any excess needed. I sort of bloused the bottom of it and glued it secure to make a fully, swirly look. Then I took big folds of batting and hot glued it around the shirt in a circular motion. When that was done, I misted the batting with gray spray paint to give it that cloudy look.
For the pants, I laid a square piece of batting over the pants and trimmed it to size, cutting a swirl down as I got to the ankle, getting smaller as I went. I did this for both sides. Then, just hot glue a bunch of crap on it and you’re done! I bought a paper mache birdhouse and cut in half and used the backside to paint and make look a home. You could also use a Christmas ornament of a house or building and cut the string off. I’m scrambling to get this post up so please find her party pants.com on Facebook (<<<it appears just like that) and message me for a fast response! Thanks for looking and Happy Halloween!
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Super duper uper smooper good idea! I love it!!!
Hello! My 6 year old son (size 5T) LOVES this costume. Unfortunately I am not crafty. Would you be interested in making one I can pay you for??
Kindly,
Jaime
Hello, do u make and sell the tornado costume?
I wish she would make, sell, & ship. My son wants one 😊
Next year, if you contact me early enough, I may be able to make something specific for you. My kids are being lame and wanting to be characters this year so a little piece of me is dying, haha.
I emailed you back and said I would sell this one that my son wore if you need a 2t! just let me know!
Is this available or did you sell this ages ago? I need it in a 2t!
Olá você faz em um tamanho 5 anos ?
O tema d afesta do meu filho vai ser de tornado, aí achei em lugar nenhum fantasia.
Hey! I’m not sure how I missed this comment! I wish I could do this for you, but I can’t on only two weeks notice. I’m sorry! I know you can buy tornado costumes. You may surprise yourself on the crafty if you give it a whirl, but I know whirls can be frustrating and a waste of money too lol.
Hello! Now I’m sorry I missed your reply. My email is overflowing 😫. Is there any chance you could still sell me your costume? I’m sorry your children are requesting store bought costumes, especially for someone as creative as you! I look forward to hearing from you!
Hello! I saw your comment about selling your sons costume? Is this still an option? I was thinking about making this costume, but my son is also a 2T right now. How much would you sell for?
Thanks!
Hi
I came to your website from searching the diy Halloween custom for my 12 month boy. I saw that you sold you custom make DIY tornado custom few years ago. I am just wondering if you are going to make one like that and sell it. I would love to purchase it since I am not crafty at al but do want something amazing for my first born child.
Please let me know. Thank you so much.
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My 5 yr old is obsessed with tornadoes and asked to be one for Halloween this year. Naturally his 2 yr old brother wanted to be one too. They don’t sell tornadoes costumes for children this age. I am forever grateful for this post and guidance. I am not a crafty person but was able to pull it off with your help and even received compliments on my twin tornado costumes this Halloween. You are incredibly creative and talented. I just wanted to say thank you because I would have been so lost without you!