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Happy Halloween! DIY Paper Skeleton

31 Thursday Oct 2013

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anatomy for kids, DIY Halloween, DIY skeleton decoration, drawing for kids, Halloween, homemade Halloween, how to draw a skeleton, life with kids, skeleton decoration, skeleton drawing

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Happy Halloween!

We had a fun walk to school this morning spotting all of the costumes around the neighborhood.  It is warm here today, and we are hoping that the rain stops in time for our favorite Halloween tradition this evening.  Ada finished up one last decoration, which she has named Sam.  She looked at a picture of a human skeleton and copied each part on to a piece of paper.  I love the toes!  We used paper fasteners to attach the bones together and hung him on the door.  This project is great for learning about anatomy, and not just for Halloween.  To make your own Paper Skeleton you will need:

*Heavy Weight Paper

*Pencil

*Scissors

*Paper Fasteners

*Hole Punch

*Picture of a Skeleton (We Googled a few images)

1. Have child look at the skeleton picture and draw their interpretation of each bone onto a separate piece of paper.  (The results are so much quirky and better if you let them do it themselves).

2. Cut out the bones, and keep them in order as you go.

3. Punch holes at area where each group of bones connect.  Push paper fasteners through holes and press open on the back.

4. Hang up your spooky skeleton!

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DIY Fairy Costume

28 Monday Oct 2013

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Here are our finished Fairy costumes for Halloween.  The wing construction how-to is posted here.  Initially I was going to sew costumes out of tulle, like some of the vintage ballet costumes on our Pinterest board.  But after some experimenting I realized altering some of our existing dress-up clothes would work better.  These two dresses are old shirts.  I altered and added shorter straps to the green dress and made slits up the sides of the gold dress to allow a tulle skirt to fit underneath.  We used this tutorial from wikiHow to make a simple no-sew tulle skirt similar to this one:Tutu1
The skirts are super easy to make and only use a ribbon and strips of tulle.  I ended up making a second tutu to match the wings.  Both will end up in the dress-up clothes after Halloween.  I wrapped strips of tulle around a headband for Ada’s hair.  I wondered how sturdy the wings would be, but our double layer of pantyhose survived nicely through the first of our Halloween celebration this weekend.  Fairy2
We managed to finish the costumes with a whole week to spare, and Josie seems to have finally stopped changing her mind about what she wants to be for Halloween.  Fairy1
Trick or Treat!

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DIY Butterfly or Fairy Wings Costume

28 Monday Oct 2013

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DIY Butterfly costume, DIY costume, DIY Fairy costume, DIY kids costume, diy play wings, homemade Halloween, how to make butterfly wings, Kid Made Modern, life with kids, pantyhose butterfly wings

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The big girls decided to be fairies for Halloween this year.  They were inspired by some books with beautiful vintage drawings of flower fairies that Nan gave Ada for her birthday.  We used the book illustrations and gathered some more images on Pinterest for inspiration.  The girls had fun finding pictures of vintage ballet costumes and old photos of girls in homemade fairy costumes.  I love the muted colors and the magical effects that can be achieved with humble materials.  The wings are also fun for the dress-up box once Halloween is over.  Here is how to make Butterfly / Fairy Wings like ours:

*14 Gauge Galvanized Steel Wire

*Wire Cutters

*Large Full Size or Knee-high Pantyhose in Desired Color

*Duct Tape

*Scissors

*Felt

*Needle and Thread

*Chalk

*Cardboard Scraps (Optional)

*Acrylic Paint (We used this Kid Made Modern Paint)

*Craft Glue

*Glitter (Optional)

*Elastic Banding for Straps

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1. Top Wings:  The upper wings will be larger than the bottom set.  Unspool wire and cut to desired length with wire cutters. (We used between 18 and 24 inches per single wing.  If you make them too large the pantyhose won’t fit over the wing).

2. Carefully twist wire ends together and tape with duct tape.  Securely wrap any sharp ends with the tape.

3. Bend wire loop into wing shape.  It helps to have a picture of some wings in front of you to help get the shapes right.  Repeat for the second top wing, measuring and bending into the same shape.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for the smaller set of bottom wings.

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5. Tape the set of top wings together as shown.

6. Tape the set of bottom wings together.

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7. Cover the wings with pantyhose.  (We used two layers for more durability).

Wings68. We used cardboard stencils to create decorations on the wings.  You can also draw wing designs by hand, but the stencils help make them symmetrical.  Spaces between shapes will become the veins on wings once paint is added.

Wings79. Cut out cardboard shapes, (we used scraps from the pantyhose packaging).  Lay pieces on one wing, trace with chalk and flip cardboard over to create a mirror image on second wing.  Chalk can be brushed off or painted over later.

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10. Repeat tracing to cover each wing.

Wings911. Fill in traced shapes with paint.  Add glue and glitter as you like.  This part is fun!  Our black wings had a Velvet Elvis sort of feeling and the acrylic paints create a dusty wing-like finish on top of the pantyhose.

Wings1012.  Once paint and glue are dry, use the duct tape to position and tape top and bottom wing sections securely together.  Tie any loose ends of pantyhose together over the tape.

Wings1113. Fold felt in half and cut out two identical pieces to cover center of wings.

14. Measure elastic banding to fit.  Straps will go around your back and over shoulders to hold wings securely.

15. Using scissors, make four slits in one felt layer.   This will be the layer that lays against your back.

Wings1216. Loop elastic around the wings and back through slits in the felt and stitch in place as shown.  Loose elastic will come out on the unpainted side of the wings, which will lay across your back.  Wings1317. Squirt glue over the first felt layer, position second layer on top and stitch the two together.

18.  Allow glue to dry.

19.  Try wings on and adjust the elastics to fit.  Tie loose ends of elastic together to secure.

20.  Go for a fly!

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DIY Halloween

10 Thursday Oct 2013

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DIY Ballerina Costume, DIY Halloween, DIY jellyfish costume, DIY kids Halloween Costumes, DIY Knit Bear Ears, DIY mermaid costume, free knit pattern Halloween costume, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, homemade Halloween, life with kids

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Halloween is serious business around here.  The girls have been dreaming up, planning and changing their minds about costumes for months now.  I have been spending a crazy amount of time thinking about tulle and glitter.  This real-time blog tends to post our costumes later in the month because we spend most of October in costume construction mode.  We have been using Pinterest boards to amass images and ideas this year.  Ada and I are pretty addicted to Pinterest and the girls want to look over the boards whenever they get a turn on the computer.  Here is our Domestic Space Halloween Board.  Any guesses about this year’s costumes?

Here are some DIY costume ideas from prior Halloweens:

Jellyfish1*Tulle Jellyfish Costume

BeaEars*Knitted Bear Ears (We made three of these and dressed Ada up as Goldilocks)

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*Tulle Ballerina Tutu

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*Knitted Mermaid Costume

I promise we will post this years costumes as soon as we get them finished.  Hooray for Halloween!

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DIY Tulle Jellyfish Costume

17 Wednesday Oct 2012

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child costume, DIY costume, DIY jellyfish costume, Halloween, handsewn costume, homemade Halloween, jellyfish costume, ocean theme, tulle, tulle costume

Our Halloween costumes seem to have taken on an ocean theme around here.  Josie Jellyfish was considerably faster to make than Ada’s Mermaid costume from yesterday’s post.  The tulle gives a sort of underwater-floaty feeling and Josie was having fun spinning around and watching it move.  This costume is easy to make into adult or larger kid sizes.  You could whip out a whole family’s worth of jellyfish in an hour or two!  To make your own super easy Jellyfish Costume you will need:

*A Variety of Tulle

*Tank Top to Match Tulle

*Matching Leggings

*Scissors

*Needle and Thread to Match Tulle

*Crocheted Hat (Optional)

1. Cut tulle into strips.  (Ours are about 1 1/2″ x 12″).

2. Stitch the tulle strips one after another around the neckline of tank top.  Use small stitches on the front and larger stitches inside shirt.

3. The tank can be layered over warmer clothes if you are going outside.  (I always hated how Northern weather ruined my Halloween creations when I was little).

That’s it!  Happy Halloween!

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