Spider Costume

When I found out this morning that I was going to be stuck in the house again all day, I decided I needed a project. I probably should have made my project cleaning out closets or scrubbing toilets, but I hate doing those sorts of things. I needed a project, but I needed one that I already had everything for.

Next month Santi has a day at preschool called "Ugly Bug Ball" where all the kids dress up as bugs. I started looking for ideas about a month ago and found a few for Santi to choose from. I was surprised he chose the spider because he hates spiders...I mean don't we all? Here is the site where I found the costume.

I was excited that he chose the spider because there were so few things we needed.
*black shirt
*3 pair mens black socks
*black ribbon
*felt
*stuffing
I had to buy Santi a black shirt for his Christmas program, so I already had that. I bought the socks at Dollar Tree a few weeks ago ($1 each). I bought the ribbon at Walmart ($1). The felt I had left over from a Christmas project I did 2 years ago, but felt is super cheap anyway. Instead of buying stuffing I ripped up an old pillow. So all in all, I spent $4, but had I needed to purchase everything I would have probably spent a total of $8. That is REALLY cheap for a costume!

Socks, shirt, felt.

Stuffed socks from an old pillow.

I sewed the socks closed so it would be easier to sew them on the shirt. Luca desperately tried to help by climbing on the table! He loved the sound of the sewing machine and would look up from his cars each time I started sewing!

Pinned each sock on.

I wish I could have used the machine for this part, but I had to hand stitch each sock on to the shirt.

The spiders marking that covers up where I attached the socks to the shirt. Then I sewed this on over the
socks (again, hand stitched) and sewed ribbon between the socks so they all move together (didn't get pics of those).

The finished product. He loved it!

The back.

Waiting for Papi to come downstairs. Obviously scaring people
is the very best part of dressing up as a spider!!!

I am really hoping that this still fits in October so he can wear it for Halloween too, but the way this kid grows I highly doubt it! Either way, it was a fun project and just what I needed for today!!

Now lets hope he doesn't have bad dreams about spiders tonight!!