Today one of my wonderful readers turned guest blogger shares with us her Dolly Halloween Costumes made from items from past Halloween and the Dollar Store. Please give a warm welcome to Sophie, another fellow Canadian and doll lover!
"This year, I'm making some of the doll costumes from cool dollar
store finds (actually Dollarama finds). Here's the result of my first
costume - I thought you all might enjoy my sharing of the process!"
"For
the skirt, I used a $2 toddler tutu that I cut in 2 and sew into 2 new
skirts - so my daughter can give an outfit to one of her friends! I
chose orange to mimick American GIrl's Spooky fun outfit, but there are
also purple, black and pink tutus (the latter will be perfect to make
ballet outfits, so of course I got one... and also a purple one!)."
"The tights are made from $1.25 ladie's knee socks (tutorial found here: http://peachytuesday. blogspot.ca/2011/03/tutorial- making-american-girl-doll.html ). As you need only one sock, I could make a second pair of tights for my daughter's friend." ***This website peachytuesday is one I have written about before and it is a fantastic tutorial! Check out their website you will not be sorry~It is Karen Mom of Three Approved!
"From
the leftover foot piece, I cut out a tube, edged the top and bottom
with a zigzag stitch and added 2 pieces of black elastic to make a top. I used a plastic bat from a ring ($1 for a pack of 24 of various Halloween colors) to make a bracelet."
"The
spectacular hat is sold as is, but on a headband and is only $2 (there
are green, purple and black ones). All you have to do is remove the
headband and attach a small black elastic to the remaining elastic tabs
so it holds well on the doll's head.The shrug
(hand knitted) and the shoes (Springfield dolls) are the only things not
from the dollar store! VoilĂ ! That's 2 complete Halloween outfits for
less than 4$ each... and they took about 30 minutes to make. Pretty
good, isn't it?" ~Sophie T in Quebec
I think so! Great job Sophie, I am sure your daughter is thrilled with the results! Thank you for sharing with us today your Halloween Outfit Transformation with us!
As with all our posts we would love to hear from you so please leave us a comment here or email us at karenmowen@gmail.com
Love this' Madelon
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen for putting this together! I hope my ideas can inspire others!
ReplyDeleteThat's really cute.
ReplyDelete