This Butterfly pattern comes with instructions for a realistic butterfly body, and FOUR individual styles of butterfly wings! These butterflies are ready to flutter into your home and sit patiently wherever you put them. This pattern features stunning wing styles ranging from extremely simple to textured and complex and clear step by step instruction with a lot of row-by-row photos. I have designated this pattern as advanced beginner, and I am so proud that it s extremely versatile and compatible with so many other patterns of mine! I’ve seen people make a butterfly octopus! A butterfly monster! And a butterfly dragon! Stunning!
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Halloween Costumes!
Since my children were born, I have done a new Halloween Costume every year and most have been handmade. There have been rules and guidelines for these costumes that I follow. 1) They must be Cold-weather friendly. 2)They must match when I have more than one child. 3) I prefer book-related costumes. This year they are finally making individual requests (She wants to be a Pink Cat, He wants to be Max from Where the Wild Things Are - (Revisited, as you'll see below), Sigh), and I will no longer get to choose. So to celebrate 8 years of Halloween Costumes done my way, I would like to share those costumes with you!
Year 1: Astronaut [Bonus costume! First Ever!]
Hand-assembled... Yes, I put my precious baby's head on a plate in service of looking like an astronaut. I stand by my actions.
Teddy Bear [Official Halloween]
Store bought, hand-altered.
Year 2: Monster [Official Halloween]
Hand made all the way! ... Mostly by my mom. Though I did do the adult hoodie decorations myself.
Year 3: Max, Where the Wild Things Are [Official Halloween]
I store bought the one-piece pajamas. I hand-made all the detail (added the feet/paws, buttons, ears and tail. Made the crown with fur edging)
Skeletons [BONUS Costume! aka My Daughter's first costume!]
Pajamas with skeletons from Carters, Shirt for me with Skeletons from Etsy
Year 4: The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Beautiful Butterfly [Official Halloween]
The Hungry Caterpillar handmade from fleece as a slip on costume (sandwich board style) over top green pajamas.
The Very Beautiful Butterfly with a store bought Orange sweatshirt and handmade butterfly wings from fleece.
Year 5: Sorcerer's Apprentice & Minnie Mouse [Official Halloween]
Sorcerer's Apprentice Mickey was cheapy knit winter gloves and a golden rope I found at a craft thrift store. My Mom made the hat, I added the ears. I sewed the red robes!
Minnie Mouse was a machine stitched Red white-polka-dot dress from a pattern on Etsy with lots of petticoat material and lace underneath, over a black long sleeved t-shirt and leggings. I made the ears from felt and bows attached to hair clips!
Bonus Costume! I was particularly ambitious this year and made homemade costumes for the Renaissance Fair for both kids!
Flynn Rider utilized leggings, a white button down shirt, this free pattern for boot covers using microsuede material, and a Flynn Rider vest of my own making!
Renaissance Fair princess was made using the same pattern as the Minnie Mouse dress, just with some alterations for the over-lay!
Year 6: The Cat in the Hat and Fox in Socks [Official Halloween]
Both costumes used store-bought solid-color one-piece pajamas. The fox in socks used 2 pairs of blue soccer socks, and handmade ears and tail. The Cat in the Hat costume used a store-bought hat and gloves and handmade belly and tie.
Year 7: Superman and Wonder Woman [Official Halloween]
Superman was store bought 100%. Wonder Woman was partially store bought, and partially handmade. I added glow in the dark stars, I altered store bought accessories to fit her.
Year 8: Peter Pan and Winter Tinkerbell [Official Halloween]
Peter Pan was store bought. Tinkerbell was almost all handmade! I bought a hair-bun, as we had cut her hair short, and I bought green boot covers. I found light-up fairy wings at a yard sale. The Dress was made from an adult sweatshirt, and extra large pipe cleaners. Brown accents are lengths of elastic!
