Batgirl Halloween Costume

My daughter, Kaitlin, started out wanting to be Hello Kitty for Halloween.  I had just formulated a really good idea of how to do that when she informed me that she wanted to be Batgirl instead.  So then it was back to square one, thank goodness for the internet!  I did a quick search and found this cute costume that used a black leotard and black leggings as the base for a Batgirl costume.  I decided to do something similar and start with a black shirt and black leggings.  The rest of the costume is made out of felt. 

I used yellow felt to make a simple belt to cover up the waist band of the leggings.  With the shirt tucked into the leggings this gives the appearance of a bodysuit instead of two pieces. I also appliqued a batman (or batgirl in this case) symbol of yellow felt on the front of the black shirt.

We decided to use quite a bit of purple to make it a bit more girlish.  I used purple felt to make a cape and appliqued the bat symbol on it as well.

Then I  used the purple felt to make a head band with a removable mask (because they don't allow masks at school)...

...and some shoe covers to make it look like she's wearing purple boots.

I pretty much free handed the whole costume except for the bat symbol which I used google to find.  The nice thing about using felt is that I didn't have to hem anything, but I did do a bit more sewing than I thought I would because I ended up using a double layer of felt for both the belt and the headband to give them added stability.  This costume didn't take too long to make so that was nice after having spent a whole day working on my other daughter's butterfly costume.  I also love that the shirt can be worn after Halloween and the leggings are still useable too!

Butterfly Halloween Costume

This year my daughter, Isabella, asked to be a butterfly for Halloween, specifically a blue and purple butterfly.  So off I went to find the stuff to make her just that.  I found this pair of wings on sale at JoAnn, and it just all came together from there!

Flipping through the pattern books I found McCall's Pattern M4887, that was perfectly butterfly-ish.  Then I spent way too much money buying fabric that matched the wings.  Then I spent pretty much an entire Saturday sewing it all together.

There is a purple cotton slip dress and a satin vest with purple trim.

 

Then a 7 layer tulle skirt.  It has 3 colors of tulle:  pink, purple, and blue (well aqua.)  The purple is hard to see but it's there.  I'm not sure why the pink photographs so bright.  The skirt is much more blended in person.

Last but not least, I used a head band and some chenille stems to make her some antenna so people would know she's a butterfly and not a fairy.

She'll probably wear the whole thing over a black long sleeved shirt and black tights because it's been a little chilly here lately.  I think it turned out just adorable, if I do say so myself!