One of The Boy’s bestest buds had a medieval themed birthday party on Sunday, and somehow we decided 3 hours before party time that he needed a knight costume.  I blame the husband!

So, what follows is not exactly the most well crafted costume I’ve ever done, but it was easy to make, and looked great, and the boy was absolutely loving it!  By following these general instructions, and actually taking some time and care, you can have an even better costume!

Also note:  This is a summer costume, so he just wore shorts and a t-shirt under it to avoid heat…

Thanks for joining Dabbled for Halloween 2009… hope you enjoyed it!
You can see all the Halloween projects & posts here: www.dabbled.org/halloween.

I also wanted to point out one last cool costume..
Check this one out posted by Mod Mischief! Several other really good ones, and how-to’s there, too.

I’ll stick a few more pics from Halloween out on flickr in the next few days, too, and try to post some of the final party food pics.!

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I promised better pictures of The Boy’s Agent P Costume, and some instructions, so here ya go!

Here are some basic instructions, pictures follow.

Body:
At it’s simplest, you can do this with a green hoodie and sweatpants. Unfortunately for me, I couldn’t find a green hoodie, so I made a simple one out of fleece, by tracing around a current sweatshirt. (see pics below) I added a few pieces of ‘hair’ with black embroidery floss.

Bill:
The Duckbill was very easy! 2 pieces of craftfoam, cut into a bill shape. The bottom piece is slightly smaller than the top piece. I used a hole…

I spent several hours yesterday making The Boy’s Perry the Platypus costume. My twitter friends will recall my desperate search for a green hoodie sweatshirt, which I never did find, so I made one out of fleece. The platypus tail (made of fleece, and quilted!) is the crowning touch, I think. We were running out the door to the Halloween festival, so I didn’t get any good pictures, but I’ll take some tomorrow so you can see the full effect. I also took photos of the process, so I’ll get a tutorial up too!

A third flickr Gallery for your inspiration… this time featuring some cool/cute and homemade kids costumes. ( See Part 1 and Part 2)
I’m from the old school that likes to make rather than buy costumes. And I totally remember being “Dracula” with a red towel for a cape!

Some of these are totally doable by amateurs… Others might require some actual sewing skills… but hopefully this gallery (18 photos) will send some inspiration your way.

From animals (adorable bird, silly shark, cute bunny, and more) to pop culture (Darth Vader, Oompa Loompa, Mario, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, etc) to classic (lovely…

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This easy and fun homemade costume was the hit of last year’s Halloween carnival–I love how the arms all move!–so I insisted that my friend Holly write up instructions to share with you guys.

Materials:

Black turtleneck shirt
Black pants or sweatpants
3 pairs of long black socks
Black toboggan
4 pairs of white gloves
3 small Styrofoam balls – cut in half
Square of red felt
Square of black felt
Craft glue or a hot glue gun
A spool of invisible thread
Sewing needle
4-5 sheets of newspaper or tissue paper
1 long…

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Another flickr Gallery for you, this time, Couples Costumes. Some of these are quite well done… others not so much, but still a funny concept. Hope these provide some inspiration! (Previous Couples Costumes here and some more inspiration here, including Dr. Horrible costumes)

See them all at the flickr Gallery

Row 1
The Joker and Poison Ivy – Really well done version.
Ketchup, Mustard, and Hotdog – Too cute!
Plug N’ Socket Costume
White Wedding
Zombies
Mimes!
Row 2
Bavarian Couple
Amidala and Darth
Princess Honey and Darth…

Dabbled flickr Halloween Costume Gallery:

Here’s a collection of cool and interesting costumes for your inspiration possibilities…    From a plastic army man to Cruella DeVille, from Astro-boy to a narwhal… Some of these are movie inspired, like Dr. Octopus, Shawn of the Dead, Nightmare before Christimas, and Death Becomes Her.  And some are everyday items, like sushi, or a computer, or even pair of tennis shoes!

View the Gallery on Flickr

Other Costume Inspiration from Dabbled’s Past:

• Halloween Costumes 2008 Party
• Halloween Couples Costume Ideas

Need more ideas? I’ll be posting cute costume ideas at Dabbled’s Facebook Page. Become a fan and add your own pics…

The winner of last year’s Dabbled Halloween Contest was the incredibly creative Jen Straw, who designed a fabulous wobbegong shark costume for her son. She also sent me a writeup of how she did a wonderful Hammerhead shark costume for her son the following year, but I didn’t get it posted before Halloween was over. So I saved it until this year, and I thought it would be a great way to get everyone inspired and go make your own creative costume! I love how she explains her trail and error process… that’s so much of creating something…