Halloween Costume 2018

So in my last post I shared my daughters Halloween costume wish. Eva from Wakfu. The character looks like this:

 

That was kind of a tall order for me. While I've made her costumes before this one scared me a little, but I think I got it. This is what we ended up with:

I wasn't able to get a picture of her wearing it yet, but I did get to see it on her for like a minute and it doesn't look too bad. The gloves are still needed, but those should be easy to make really quick when she slows down long enough for me to measure.

So here's the step by step:

All the material was second hand or cheap t-shirts from the Dollar Tree. The tights are a pair of Lou's from a few years ago and two t-shirts, one black and one brown. Now on to the cutting!

I took the brown t-shirt and cut off the sleeves and cut down  the seams on either side. Then I cut off the top neck area and folded each into rectangles. I sewed these for the "boots" of the costume.

Hot glue worked great to hold the "boots" in place on the tights and for putting on the rope accents.

Next I moved on the the pouch. This stumped me for a second. Then I found the perfect thing. Those sleeves worked great! The hot glue gun holds them together and leaves a nice unfinished look. 

I don't have any pictures of working on the shirt for the costume, but it wasn't hard. I trimmed off the collar of the curt up brown shirt and played with it until it made a nice design on the front of the collar on the black shirt. I think it came out okay.

That's the costume for this year! Almost finished just in time for the Halloween party and some trick or treating!

Oh yeah! I have to introduce the newest member of the animal family. Lou won a goldfish at the Oktoberfest this weekend and it took some creative thought to find a tank for the lil gal. Her name is Eva and you can guess who she's named after!

Halloween Costumes and Life

Sooo... Life got tricky, but that's okay. It happens and I'll keep rolling along. Today, this morning as my daughter was taking her time getting ready for school, I realized I have to get started on a Halloween costume.

My baby girl has been going down the path of cosplay more than scary costumes for the last few years. Last year she was Midnight from Fairy Tail and two years before that she was Tomoe from Kamisama Kiss. Don't worry, we've always been careful about which episodes she gets to watch.

Here's a look at how those costumes turned out... And yes, I had to make them. Buying these things is waaaaay too expensive.

 This is Lou as Tomoe. This character is a smart ass, grumpy fox demon. 

This is Lou as Midnight. This villian is from Fairy Tail and sleeps through most of the fighting, but when he wakes up he's a force to be reckoned with.

This year my girl wants to be Eva from Wakfu. This French cartoon has a great fantasy journey of the hero story line and my complete support for a forth season. Here's Eva:

 

I'm hoping a black t-shirt, some brown fabric and black tights can get me most of this costume made. I'm thinking clothes line rope for the belt/hip pouch thingy. The ears are covered! Thanks to Wish I found a pair of elf ears that fit perfect. 

 On a side note, I do believe my girl is getting to the point where she wants to give up trick or treating. I can understand. She's  nine years old and she doesn't get to keep all the candy because of her teeth. We do make use of the Switch Witch though. I'll cover her in another post later this month. 

No I think the reason she is getting finished has more to do with her costume choices. Most people don't recognize her costume. It happens, but she still has fun with it and just rolls her eyes are people when they get it wrong. This year's costume is a little more well known to kids so I'm hoping she'll enjoy it a little more.

Also, my daughter doesn't care about the gender of the characters she dresses up as. I don't care either. It's Halloween. Have fun, dress up and eat as much candy as you can.