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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Last minute, 5 minutes or less, 5 dollars or less!  My daughter was invited to a Halloween party where they said to come dressed as their favorite zoo animal. Of course having so much party in my pants I had to do something creative and add a twist. I threw together what I had around the house, plus a few dollar store items and put this together 30 minutes before the party, dressed, face painted, photos taken and all.  This is the PERFECT LAST MINUTE costume!

Find any animal patterned clothes or solid color clothes that your kid already has.  Add a few animal details (whiskers, stripes, dots, noses) with make-up or face paint, if you have some.  Add a party hat ( we used one from a party the day before), get some party blowers and a balloon from the dollar store and YOU ARE DONE!  It’s creative and couldn’t be more versatile, fast, resourceful, or cheap!

Here is my last minute Snow Leopard Party Animal.  Note the disco ball necklace.  It was one of my favorite finds at our house that was so theme appropriate!

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