Last year, in an attempt to get in the spirit of Halloween, I decided to make a costume for Grace. Thanks to Martha Stewart and her spring chicken costume, my Halloween Grinchy heart grew 3 sizes last year.
When I saw that the body of this adorable chicken costume was made out of white feather boas, I was won over completely. Martha used 2 onesies, stuffing the inside one with some fluff and the pinning down the boas to the outside one to make her chicken plump. I only used 1 onesies, she seemed plump enough.
Martha used yellow rubber gloves for the feet of her spring chicken, so clever...BUT I didn't want Grace to stumble over them SO I made her feet out of orange fleece. I traced the shape I wanted over a pair of white sneakers, to get the size right. Then used the tracing as a pattern, also adding ankle straps. I sewed each chicken foot and attached Velcro to the straps to adjust and secure them.
Martha used a pilot's cap for the top of the chicken. I couldn't find one and didn't want to go to the trouble of making one SO I decided to make mine in headband form. Being able to put Grace's hair in pig tails was still a novelty so I liked the idea of being able to show those off as well.
Nearly everyone we passed stopped and admired her costume. I strutted behind her like a proud mama chicken.
With the bar now set high, I am struggling for inspiration for this year's costume. Grace's vote an owl, sheep or a puppy dog. Now, to figure out how to make any of those!
P.S. Riley also wore a costume. There aren't many costumes geared towards the portly dog, so {even though she is a girl doggie} she went trick or treating in formal attire.
I saw this at the bottom of your posy...how on earth has no one commented on this adorable costume. Ilove it!
ReplyDeleteI am making this costume just as you have - its adorable, even more so than Martha's version in my opinion! How did you get the comb to stand up? I worry my felt comb will flop over....
ReplyDeleteDana. Thank you so much for your VERY sweet comment. It's been so long since I made this costume, it's hard to remember for sure what I did. I think (if memory serves), I cut out a piece of cardboard and used that. Then, when securing the comb to the head band, I made sure to really secure it so there was no wobble at all. I hope that helps. You'll have to send a picture of your finished costume!
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