Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Thirty Minute Costume-- Davy Crockett

"King of the wild frontier."


I have a nursing infant, a house to pack because we're moving in two weeks, a house to finish remodeling  because we're moving in two weeks, approximately thirty-seven unwashed or unfolded loads of laundry on any given day, a husband and small child who enjoy eating regularly and, oh yeah, Halloween is this month!

Think. Think. Think.

We happen to have a coonskin cap that I picked up at Bass Pro Shop a while back.

Hmm. I can work with that.

After a fast trip to Wal-Mart at midnight last night where I picked up a tan turtleneck, khaki pants and a little over 3 yards of leather-like fringe, and armed with my never-fail glue gun, my boy is Davy Crockett.

No sewing required.

By the way, have you ever tried to hunt down a Wal-Mart employee to cut fabric for you at midnight?

After getting that accomplished, nothing is beyond my reach!


Watch out, bears, he's comin' for ya!

To turn the turtleneck into a collared shirt, make a cut down the front center to the seam and open it up.

Easy-peasy and done!

Now, what to do for the baby?




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8 comments:

  1. That turned out AWESOME! Doesn't hurt that my cute little ne-poo is the model!

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  2. I love this! And more importantly, my boys will love this :) I don't sew well but I always try to make our costumes. This is perfect! I saw this on somewhat simple. Thanks!

    Stacy @ Not JUST A Housewife

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  3. Hi there!!! I'm your newest follower from the weekend linky:) I love finding new blogs and yours is lovely:) You can find me at www.bouffeebambini.blogspot.com

    This is adorable

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  4. Cute costume!

    Submit them in my Handmade Halloween Contest - starts now!

    Susan,
    http://entertainexchange.blogspot.com/
    Party and Entertaining Inspiration

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  5. Cute! I made a "baby crockett" for my son last year. He was only 10 months old and now he's almost two and it still fits! He is an owl this year and I just posted about it, but we have alot of costume parties this year so I think he will wear his crockett costume one more time! Great job!

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  6. Adorable and very creative! We'd love for you to link up to our Homemade Halloween link party too!
    http://www.sewmanymamas.com/2010/10/easy-halloween-costume.html

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  7. Such an adorable costume! I love no-sew ideas! I'd love to link to your project from my site: www.allfreeholidaycrafts.com, if that's okay with you. Let me know your thoughts...

    Thanks!
    Rachel @ AllFreeHolidayCrafts

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