Halloween is another major event in my daughter's life. It is also one of the seasons where my hands a very busy. We prepare her costume, accessories and even the treats for the school.
As for the costume, we avoid buying it for several reasons. First, the stores doesn't have the costume I wanted my daughter to wear. I always go for the child friendly outfits such as a gothic lollita, maid or a cute witch. I hate to see a princess outfit, it is so common. There was one year when I made her a princess one but that will be the last. Moving on, the costumes sold in stores are mass produced, which means that her classmate might be wearing the same outfit as hers, which I don't want to happen. I want her to be unique. The last reason, but not the least important reason why I hate going for pre-made outfits is that the quality is........... I hope you know what that means. Since it is mass produced, the quality is sacrificed. The details on the outfit is only machine printed whereas if we do it ourselves we can customize it and bling it if necessary.
I know that accessories can also be bought, but since we are already into making the outfit ourselves, we also do the accessories. This includes costume accessories and the treat bag.
Last year, I made a Halloween bag out of felt. A Frankenstien and a Mummy Bag.
This is a very simple project. All you need is some felt of any color that you want, just be creative. To make the bag itself sew two pieces of felt of your desired length. Sew the sides and the bottom only, the top should be left open. You can also attach a ribbon at this stage to act as the bag handle. For the mummy, cut black felt circles for the eyes and sew it with a red thread to add some effect. Then, cut strips of white felt and randomly hot glue it on the sides only. You can add as many as you want to make it more like a mummy. That's it.
For the Frankenstien, cut triangles form the bottom of a black felt and hot glue it on the top of the bag. Use felt for the eyes and the mouth as shown on the picture. You are done after you finished the mouth, but to make it more like Frankie, stitch some lines on the sides of his face as shown above to add effect and to make it more Halloweeny, if there is even such a word.
Lots of candies can be carried with this bag and none of the children have this kind of bag so it's an added plus. After my daughter used it for Halloween, she uses it to keep to toys and put her stuffs in it.
This year, her treat bag will be made out of a Hersheys Mini Basket. We just have to add Laces and stuff to it to complement her character which will be Kiki from Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service. Will be posting about this soon once everything is ready and finished.
Till then! Have a spooky Halloween everyone!
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