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You guys, it turns out that most fabric stores have a ton of shimmery blue fabric on clearance right now (because of Elsa). We got 1/2 a yard of shimmery, blue fabric that looks sort of like arctic water. It fell off within two seconds so I ended up using yet another safety pin.īut then Mini was like: "I have to water bend or the costume doesn't work."įor the love of all that's holy, that child will kill me someday. For the medallion on the front, I used sticky felt that I had in our random craft supplies and stuck it on there. I sewed the two pieces together, tacked on random bits of leftover fuzzy white fleece (using safety pins in some places and sewing in others).
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No fancy arm holes and separate sleeves for us! No sir! That takes skill and I have none. So my mom measured Mini and cut out a basic sweatshirt shape in two large pieces of blue fleece. So I thought maybe we needed to make Korra a warm Southern Water Tribe sweater to wear so she wouldn't freeze/be pissed that no one could her see her costume because her mean mother made her wear a coat. Just before I started making arm bands, I checked the weather forecast and saw that it would be freaking freezing and potentially raining on Halloween. Not sewing shit never felt so good.Īnd things were looking kind of good, too. Then I cut a long strip of blue fleece for a belt and attached it using Badge Magic (the sticky double sided tape product I use for Girl Scout and Cub Scout badges). I then tried to sew the white fuzzy fleece to the fake suede to make the pelt thingee, but the needle on my sewing machine wasn't having it so instead I just stapled it. I started with white quilt binding to the arm holes of the cut up turtle neck and managed to make them into huge, flappy gaping holes that looked ridiculous when worn. And (b) the thing about fleece and fake suede is that they're cheap and they don't fray - so for crappy crafters like me they don't have to be sewn at all, which is why I love them.īut I succumbed to their cruel peer pressure and tried sewing some things.
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This is hilarious because (a) while I can run the damn thing, I truly suck at sewing. Then my mom to came to visit and encouraged me to bust out the sewing machine. ($20 but would have bought her boots anyway) Boots: cheap faux Uggs bought from internet or Costco (that Mini can wear all winter), with a little of the white super fuzzy fleece tied around the tops.Blue thing that hangs in front of her pants: 1/4 yard of blue fleece cut to hang in front and tie in the back (2 yards of navy & royal fleece - maybe $8).Pelt thingee on her waist: 1/4 yard of fake suede/leather from Walmart's fabric department with either fake fur or super fuzzy white fleece hot glued to the edges.
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Blue hair ties: part of cut up light blue turtle neck used as large hair elastics.Upper arm band: part of cut up light blue turtleneck sleeve, decorated with white duct tape (already have).Lower arm bands: cut up navy blue socks or tights (already have).Pants: Cheap blue sweatpants (borrow or buy from thrift store).Shirt: Light blue turtleneck with the sleeves cut off (buy cheap at Walmart or thrift store).Here were my initial thoughts on throwing the costume together: I was all: WE CAN MAKE IT USING FOUND OBJECTS AND CREATIVITY AND SAFETY PINS. It's my Odyssey of the Mind coach training, you guys. So I took a good look on the old internets to see what Korra actually appeared to be wearing:Īnd in spite of myself, I was like - I think I can pull this off. The only ones available were made by cosplayers and were for adults. Then I tried to find a Korra costume in a kids' size 6/7. We love that show and I thought it was cool that she wanted to be a kick ass hero. When Mini told me she wanted to be Korra for Halloween, I was actually pretty happy. (If you want to see the Hunter or Weeping Angel costumes, check out this post right here.) 11 year old girl wanted to be a Weeping Angel from the "Blink" episode of Doctor Who.9 year old boy wanted to be the Hunter from the new(ish) video game Destiny.5 year old girl wanted to be Korra from Legend of Korra.Which means I wanted to cry because I'm not actually very good at making things. Which means I was faced with making three separate costumes. Something so special, in fact, that it was not possible for me to buy them costumes because they did not exist. Because apparently costumes this geeky are not manufactured for children. This past Halloween, all three of my kids decided that they HAD to be something extra special.