Bug costume ideas

Well the sewing has been put on hold for a little while- it's report writing time and I must focus! In the meantime, I thought I'd share some costume ideas for those dress-up days that school springs on us from time to time. I quite enjoy the creating of costumes at the moment but ask me again in another couple of years when I have kids at school and I may not feel the same way. Ha! Maybe you could use one of these ideas? Jonah dresses as Mr Strong for a book character parade. We just got a…

Help your little one transform into a precious predator with this no-sew praying-mantis Halloween costume for kids.

Dragonfly costume. Body: paper cups stuffed with newspaper, strung on a string and covered with iridescent material. 2 pointy bits at the tail end. Wings: garden wire covered with cellophane stapled at the edge. Wings and body roped to a piece of plastic sheeting with 6x eyelets fixed through, and sewn to a pair of braces.

Adorable praying mantis costume for the bug lover in your life.

Stag beetle costume

Here's the story behind our DIY Mother-Daughter costume... The world’s largest emergence of periodical cicadas occurred this spring in the mid-Atlantic