Sunday, October 20, 2013

Pinterest Halloween Costume

I had a Costume Party on the calendar last night.  As I started pulling out my cat ears, yet again, I realized that I was lame.  LAME.  How many times have I lazily donned cat ears and a tail and tried to pass it off as proper Halloween attire?  As a child, it can be cute.  As a teen/college student, it's another cliche "sexy" costume.  As an adult woman, it's LAME.
So, with about 3 hours before my party, I began sifting through Pinterest for ideas.  It is a treasure trove, I tell you!  But I had limited time and materials and the ideas that fit my constraints were very limited.  UNTIL I found this: http://www.pinterestinterests.com/2012/10/pinterest-diy-adult-costume-fresh-from.html?m=1

Genius.  I am after all, a serious Pinterest connoisseur.  The directions on that link are very easy to follow and concise.  But here is what I did (basically the same except for use of a glue stick!):

Materials:
White t shirt, not too tight
Red Felt
Pins
Safety Pins

*you also need a computer/smartphone and printer


  1. I googled a large sized Pinterest Logo, and copied and pasted to Microsoft Word.  Then stretched it to fill the page and printed in grayscale and draft quality to conserve precious printer ink!
  2. I pinned the printed logo to my felt and began cutting.  (The original instructions recommend using a glue stick, but that did not work at all for me - pins worked perfectly!)  MAKE SURE TO USE GOOD SCISSORS - or this process will go very slowly and painfully.  I cut the whole circle out with crappy kitchen scissors before switching to my sewing scissors - and after that, it took just minutes to finish!
  3. I used Krazy glue (but any Elmer's/craft glue should work!) to glue to my shirt.  Try the shirt on and find the best place for your logo before committing with glue.  Thankfully, it was dry 1.5 hours later when I needed it!
  4. Print some of your favorite Pinterest Pins on a heavy paper - I used cardstock.
  5. Safety Pin them to your shirt while you wear it.  
Ta da!  I'm Pinterest!  Now if I could get some people to follow me...


No, I did not win the costume contest, but I was a big hit!  And the whole costume stayed together very well.  I plan to wear it a few more times this October!  



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