Award-winning Maternity Costume!

Hi all!  The countdown is now less than a day until Halloween!   I thought I'd give you a sneak peek of my award-wining "Pregnant Skeleton Family" costume that was inspired by Pinterest once again!  I know I tend to exaggerate sometimes, but really!  It won an award, look below!

Very fitting award, right?  It actually won for "Most Creative" even though I entered us in the "Best Group" category.  That's how creative this costume was!  Wanna know how I did it?  Let's get started:

What You'll Need:

Mom Skeleton

• You'll need to have a baby belly ;)
• Black long sleeved top (Marshalls $7)
• Black leggings or Yoga pants (Marshalls $7)
• Freezer paper (Lucky's $7)
• White Fabric Paint (JoAnne Fabrics $3)
• Paint brush (JoAnne Fabrics $1)
• Exacto knife or blade (for the freezer paper)
• An iron
• Cardboard (to put inside the shirt and pants so that the paint doesn't seep)
• Bow or Fabric (for the baby's bow or tie depending on if it's a girl or boy)

Kid Skeleton

• Kid skeleton costume (you can also make one but I ran out of time; Party City $15)
• Candy or Food Applique
• Needle & Thread

Other Ideas that I ran out of time to do:

• Husband Skeleton Costume
• Pet Skeleton Costume

Diego helps me free-hand draw!

1. Free-hand draw the skeleton parts on the freezer paper

 

2.  Use an exacto knife or blade and carefully cut out the stencils

 

Don't forget the free-floating piece in the middle of the arm bone!

3.  Lay the stencils (shiny side down) on the clothing.  Remember the free-floating piece on the arm.

4.  Iron the stencils onto the clothing without steam.

5.  Insert cardboard inside the clothing

6.  Brush on the white paint.  (2-3 coats may be required)

7.  Let dry overnight.

8.  Peel off the freezer paper and admire your work.

You can see where I messed up above Baby's head.  I could fix it, if I had the energy :)

9.  Attach a bow or tie onto the baby skeleton depending on whether it's a boy or a girl.

Kid Skeleton:

1.  If the purchased skeleton costume doesn't have enough "tummy" space, you may need to "make space".  In my case with my hard-earned medical license,  I "surgically" removed 2 spinal disks above the pelvic area :) to make room.

I looked for a cute applique of food to put in Diego's tummy.  I was thinking either a huge lollipop or cupcakes.  Unfortunately a lot of the cute appliques that I found were more girly in nature, until I found these appliques at Michael's.

 

2.   Attach the appliques to the tummy area.  (I hand-sewed and didn't iron-on because the bones were made of some foamy material that I was afraid would not be able to handle the iron heat)

That's it!  Pics of the costumes "in action" coming soon!

Happy Halloween! -Shirley