This is the first year where I actually "made" our Halloween costumes. I am pretty proud of what I was able to accomplish. When we came up with the idea of going as Buzz Lightyear and Woody, I knew I would only need to make a few things so I jumped right in.
Cow Vest
For Woody, we needed a cow vest. I knew buying one online was going to be expensive so I had faith that I could make on myself. I started by going to Hancock Fabric and luckily found some cow fur fabric. I bought a yard for only $8. Then I took an old T-shirt that Richard had and made him wear it while I traced out the shape of a vest and then cut it out. I am glad he was a good sport about it. Then from there I traced onto my fabric using my "template" to make three separate pieces. I traced wider than my fabric so that I could make a seam along the edge.
From there, I used some string to tie up the back of the boots so they would stay on. Once I had them laced up and on my leg, I cut off any extra string so that it was not hanging there all night.
So that was all that we had to do to make this costume.
For the Woody costume, my husband wore boots, jeans, a belt with a big buckle, a gun holster, a yellow shirt, a cow vest and a cowboy hat. For the Buzz Lightyear costume, I wore duct tape boots, white tights, white shorts, white shirt, green sports bra, Buzz Lightyear wings and a purple headband.
Cow Vest
For Woody, we needed a cow vest. I knew buying one online was going to be expensive so I had faith that I could make on myself. I started by going to Hancock Fabric and luckily found some cow fur fabric. I bought a yard for only $8. Then I took an old T-shirt that Richard had and made him wear it while I traced out the shape of a vest and then cut it out. I am glad he was a good sport about it. Then from there I traced onto my fabric using my "template" to make three separate pieces. I traced wider than my fabric so that I could make a seam along the edge.
Then I pinned all my pieces together and headed over to the sewing machine. First I sewed the pieces together. Then I folded over the seam so that I could sew the edges. Then I was finished and made my husband try it on to make sure it fit and it was perfect!
Wings
I uses cardboard boxes to make the wings using three pieces. I used two rectangles for the wings and then an angled box for the center. Then I used purple duct tape around all the pieces. I added white to the top and lime green to the edges. I then used a red sharpie to make the red lines on the wings. I then added elastic to the wings so that I could pull them on and off easily.
Boots
To make the boots I put on a pair of shoes and then used an old sock over my shoes.
I then wrapped white duct tape around the entire socks. I found that by using smaller pieces of duct tape it made things go smoother. I then used lime green duct tape for the toe and wrapped purple around the foot. I then had my husband cut the back of the duct tape so that I could get my foot out. I then pulled out the shoe because it was impossible to get my foot back in with the show still inside the boot. I used the sole of a pair of shoes I had so that my feet were protected.
So that was all that we had to do to make this costume.
I think we did pretty good!

The only problem was that he changed his mind a few times about what he wanted to dress as. sleeping beauty adult costume
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