Adult Lava Girl Fancy Dress Costume

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This one was a little harder to make work, especially on a 4 year old’s body, but she is more than happy so I am happy!

So when I couldn’t convince them to pick something else to be for Halloween (I even tried my darnedest to get my 4 year old daughter to be ANY princess), I decided to just go for it and make them the costumes they wanted. Between work, school, grandparents, and the birthday party we will have an entire week of Halloween fun! And my son is insisting that he needs arm cuffsfor his costume, I told him I would try to make some before Halloween.It saves me so much time, especially when I am layering different cuts of fabric to get 3 dimensional elementsto the costume.

These costumes needed extra textures and 3D things coming off them, so I used my Halloween favsof felt, cardboard, hot glue and fabric glue! I guess the kids could wear any of their dress-ups, but they might as well get to wear this year’s costume as many times as they can, right? This year we needed the costumes a full week before Halloween for a friend’s Halloween themed birthday party. Maybe I’m just tired of this project and ready to move on to the next one (does anyone else do that too? The costume comes with a bright pink jumpsuit that has plenty of details from the movie, like printed lava patterns on the chest and legs.The top is a little tight to get on, I may have to add a zipper if she wants this to remain part of her dress-ups, so I choose to just use some fabric painton the pants (we need to have the stretch and movement in the pants). I used 2 layers of felt glued together, the open shark mouth was cut out of the top layer, then I layered design elements on top with another layer of felt.

I made my husband a Thor costume a couple years ago (still one of my favorites ever) with the same techniques. With this Lavagirl Girls Costume, your child will have step into the role of the fiery-tempered hero from the Miramax film, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D. There’s just something about a homemade costume, something full of love, and a little frustration, that makes the holiday more fun. Just use a measuring tape to get an idea of how much you would need to wrap around their bodies with extra room to allow for movement.The shark boy seems to be very hard to do the fun and everything like I said I’m definitely not crafty! I’m not going to do a full tutorial on how I made the costumes, but I did take some pictures of the process and can give you some pointers. By providing a phone number and submitting this form, you agree to receive recurring automated promotional and personalized marketing text messages (e. I guess it’s now a Halloween tradition, and I’d hate to break that tradition so I guess I will continue to complete costumes late the night before we need them.

This diverse selection of costumes and accessories are all artfully designed and expertly crafted by our talented team of artists, designers, and developers. I had never even heard of Sharkboy and Lavagirl until a few months ago when they discovered the movie on Netflix and became instant fans. This year, against my recommendations and trying to nudge them in a different direction, my kids decided they really wanted Sharkboy and Lavagirl Halloween costumes. Even though I love sewing, I find sometimes it’s easier to skip the traditional sewing for any costume that is not real clothing.

This was a pretty decent costume, my daughter wore it 2 days in a row, by the end of the first day the back of it (where she sits down mostly so the backside) was a little worn like the material wasnt very strong or good quality, (knapping) only down part.