toddler quidditch costume...

Oh goodness, life has been full of ups and downs lately.

My family has been working on a HUGE project...

building a new house!

We signed a contract to build, put our current house up for sale, sold it in 11 days, quickly found a temporary rental, made all of our architectural and design choices for the new house, and moved out all in the last month and a half or so.  It has been INSANE.  (And that doesn't even include all of the non-house related life events going on...)

In all the craziness, I did actually manage to plan Halloween costumes, but they didn't get finished until the night before (of course).  My little man's costume was a big hit, though!

My son is almost 2 and very opinionated, so I knew I had to keep it simple.  No hats, masks, face paint, etc.  OBVIOUSLY a Ron Weasley costume was in order.  He is a ginger, after all. :)  I wanted to do something different than the usual black Hogwarts robe & wand, so I went with Ron Weasley--Gryffidor Quidditch keeper.

As I said, the costume was done last minute so I don't have a tutorial, but I can give a basic description of what I did.  The broom was easy peasy.  I bought a wood dowel and a grapevine decoration (in the wreath department) at the craft store.  The dowel got some brown craft paint, then I hot glued the grapevine twigs to the bottom.  I wrapped some grosgrain ribbon around the twigs to keep them secure and to give it that "broom" look.

For the quidditch uniform, I used an XL men's tee for the fabric.  I used one of my kiddo's shirts to trace the pattern for the sleeveless top and quickly sewed that up, not bothering to hem anything since it's just a costume and knit won't fray.  Then I used extra fabric from the original tee to create the robe/cape effect in the back.  I just gathered the top, then sewed it to the hem.

The yellow lettering was done with fabric paint & freezer paper stencils.  (Check here for a freezer paper stenciling tutorial and here for info on how to run freezer paper through your home printer!)

I also stenciled these "Gryffindor Quidditch" baseball tees for my husband & I to wear.  We were just supporting cast members...we all know the cute kid is the star of the show.

I tried to get some pics of my son & I together, but he was too busy getting some trick-or-treat practice in. :)

Hope you all had a fabulous Halloween!  

I'm excited to get into my new house in a few months so I can finally get some crafty posts up.  I know there will be TONS of little decorating projects to do.  Can't wait!