Life from the back of the pack : Superhero!

The girls attended a light party tonight, as superhero's so let me introduce......

Super space girl

Princess superhero

And Princess Erica space ranger .......

Villains, criminals and all future boyfriends ....

You have been warned!!

Mr Potato Head

The girls love dressing up and for Rebecca's 6th birthday she decided that she wanted a Buzz Lightyear party. She invited all her guests to dress as their favourite toys and was clear from the start that she wanted to be Buzz!

 I purchased a costume at a reasonable price  and decided that it would be fun for her sisters to dress as other characters - Sophie wanted to be Woody but all the costumes I found were either very expensive or just not nice, she had a hat so I decided that I could probably manage the rest!

I bought a pack of school shirts - kept two for her when she started school in September and dyed the third yellow - teamed with a pair of skinny jeans, brown boots and hat she was beginning to look the part - I tried to persuade her that she could wear the brown sheriffs waistcoat from the dressing up box but even at 4 Sophie was quite precise and that would not do!! So using the brown waistcoat as a template I cut the pieces out of white felt and sewed it together - I added black felt patches and overlarge white stitching round the front and armholes and she was happy.  

The star I printed from an image search on the internet though now I would probably have cut it out of felt! Hindsight is a great thing!!
We even added Andy's name to her boot and we were done  - which left Annie!

I thought that the potato heads would be fun and as she was quite little I decided to do it as a sandwich board . I cut a cardboard template  for the front and back and used this to cut two pieces of felt for each side that was slightly larger that the card. I then sandwiched the card between the felt and sewed it together -  The front piece was lightly stuffed with toy stuffing to make it more rounded. I joined the front and back with a small squares of felt sewing it at the front and using velcro at the back for ease of removal.
   

The features I made out of felt with velcro on the back so they could be moved around as in the game

It was so much fun though I think she may have got a little tired of being rearranged!!

 Cakes coming soon ...

 

World Book Day

For most people this strikes fear into the heart - the letter arrives home informing you that it is "World Book Day" and  your child needs to dress up as a book character for the day!

My girls are it seems not alone in choosing the  just off the beaten track characters - those that aren't in the dressing up box or readily available at Asda!!

For me provided they give me some notice this is a challenge to be embraced and as with most things the girls have clear ideas about what they want and how it should look. They also know just how to convince Mum to create their outfit - I tried to persuade Rebecca not to be a ginger cat this year - she didn't argue but quietly waited till we got home - went upstairs and presented me with a book - "this is who I would  like to be Mum" -  guess what  - she got her cat costume!!

Sophie decided on the fairy godmother with dress and cape! fortunately Annie is still into Cinderella big time  though why she added her homemade crown is  best known to her!
 I still need to take some lessons to enable me to use my sewing machine without major distress so I sewed them by hand - its kind of therapeutic and  portable so the costumes travelled with me for a couple of weeks.

Rebecca's Ginger Cat

I saw a mask on Martha Stewart's website but unfortunately the template was no longer available - so I sketched half of a mask on a folded piece of paper then cut it out to ensure it was symmetrical. I then cut the two halves out of felt and stitched them together down the nose and ears to give it definition. Once I had sown it together I adjusted it to fit her face trimming the eye holes where needed. I glued some nylon thread carefully removed from an optic fibre lamp!! to create whiskers and a pink button for the nose - I used elastic to join it at the back so she could easily remove it and put it on at school.

The mask made the costume and  actually could have been teamed effectively with an orange  T and Jeans.

 Rebecca  however found some orange fabric all be herself when I was out getting Sophie's fabric and I just couldn't disappoint her - does that make me a soft touch - probably.
I made a simple T shaped tunic and trimmed the neck and  sleeves with some fluffy orange trim - which I also used to create a tail - stitching some bias binding on to the end to make a loop which I attached to a belt.

It was very orange but it was fun.






Coming soon - The fairy godmother