This year Smarty Pants knew exactly what he wanted to be for Halloween-- Spiderman! When I asked his 3 year old brother what he wanted to be, I expected him to say Spiderman too (he's his brothers little shadow). However, he insisted that he really wanted to be a spider. Spider? I can do that! So that's how I came to make my first ever Halloween costume. I think Happy Vee is pretty happy with the outcome.
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This costume took me a couple of hours to complete. Most of my time was spent hand-stitching the spider legs since I used a pair of girls tights and they needed a little reconstruction. If I had used opaque women's trouser socks though, this costume would've been even quicker to put together. And it would've been much quicker if I owned a sewing machine!
spider legs: opaque tights @ tj maxx for $5 (women's opaque trouser socks would also work)
black cap: $2 at target
black pants: $6 at target
black l/s shirt: $5 at target
googly eyes: @ $2
fabric puffy paint for web (optional). happy vee really wanted a web, but not necessary if time is limited.embroidery thread to connect spider legs (optional)
fiberfill for spider legs (optional). i already had this on-hand. the legs can be stuffed with any soft material though-- kids socks, tshirt, etc.
happy child? priceless
Some Action Shots
Please pardon the blur. As you can imagine, it's hard for a 3 year old spider to keep all of his appendages still while being photographed :)
With help from Spiderman, we got a few keepers...
hey, spidey looks really cool in flip flops!
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