Monday, October 19, 2009

Mission Accomplished!

You know how I told you about my massive FAIL on the Halloween Costumes. Well, Eric and I were talking about it. And I decided that the red sweatshirt didn't look so awful. Especially if you consider that they are going to be outside in the dark, who's going to be looking to see if the red is the purest red.
As Eric put it...Tomatoes start out green and turn red. So Sam is going to be an Early Bob the Tomato. Perfect.
Last night I made hats for the boys. Then this morning I cut out black and white fabric and made it into eyes. (On a sidenote, it was easy to keep Chris away from the supplies as long as I left the iron out, when I broke it out to iron my fabric, he Freaked Out. Not sure I want to deter that.) It was amazing the transformation the eyes and mouths made the shirts into Veggie Tales characters! I can even tell who they are. I bet you can too.
I free hand stitched them together, (Dude! It's been a LONG time since I cracked out a needle and thread for more than a button, I'd been so afraid to use them around the kids*) then outlined with fabric paint. Now they're drying. And I'm a bit proud at how nicely they turned out, I can't wait to get them on the kids. They really look like what I was going for, HOME MADE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES.



* No children were harmed in the creation of this project.

8 comments:

Carla S said...

Totally cute! I can hear my boys singing "If you like to talk to tomotoes, etc..." They love Veggie Tales and would be thrilled to have a cute costume like those!

amypfan said...

Soooo cute! Glad the project was a success!

Kathy said...

kudos!!! I love home made costumes, especially cute, creative ones! You did an amazing job!

I didn't make A's this year because he won't even go trick-or-treating, but I'll look forward to doing so next year

Elizabeth said...

Those did turn out great Cathy! Way to go!

SuperSillyAunt said...

Those are awesome!
The boys will be proud to wear them. Be sure to take lots of pictures of them in their costumes and I bet it will be one of their favorite Halloween memories (as well as yours)

Suellen said...

See. I told you you were SuperMom! :)

Andrea said...

Great job! They turned out very cute! :)

Kathleen said...

After the story you told about making these, I thought they would look awful, but they look GREAT! Good job! :)