Adult Lava Girl Fancy Dress Costume

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This year we needed the costumes a full week before Halloween for a friend’s Halloween themed birthday party.

These costumes needed extra textures and 3D things coming off them, so I used my Halloween favsof felt, cardboard, hot glue and fabric glue! This year, against my recommendations and trying to nudge them in a different direction, my kids decided they really wanted Sharkboy and Lavagirl Halloween costumes. Just use a measuring tape to get an idea of how much you would need to wrap around their bodies with extra room to allow for movement. To make the “lava” really look like it was on fire, I also added a single string of gold sequin ribbon right down the middle.I made my husband a Thor costume a couple years ago (still one of my favorites ever) with the same techniques. And my son is insisting that he needs arm cuffsfor his costume, I told him I would try to make some before Halloween. I guess the kids could wear any of their dress-ups, but they might as well get to wear this year’s costume as many times as they can, right? This one was a little harder to make work, especially on a 4 year old’s body, but she is more than happy so I am happy!

I guess it’s now a Halloween tradition, and I’d hate to break that tradition so I guess I will continue to complete costumes late the night before we need them.The costume comes with a bright pink jumpsuit that has plenty of details from the movie, like printed lava patterns on the chest and legs.

By providing a phone number and submitting this form, you agree to receive recurring automated promotional and personalized marketing text messages (e. This year the hubby and I have decidedto reuse Halloween costumes from years past since I was running out of time and we couldn’t decide on something for us to dress up as to match the kids costumes. It saves me so much time, especially when I am layering different cuts of fabric to get 3 dimensional elementsto the costume.

I had never even heard of Sharkboy and Lavagirl until a few months ago when they discovered the movie on Netflix and became instant fans. There’s just something about a homemade costume, something full of love, and a little frustration, that makes the holiday more fun. The outfit may not give your child any real lava superpowers, but it will certainly make her feel ready to face off against any bad guy who threatens the Planet of Drool. Each project begins with a passion for true quality–embroidered patches, faux fur cut with care, and hand-selected fabrics that are as durable as they are comfortable.

This diverse selection of costumes and accessories are all artfully designed and expertly crafted by our talented team of artists, designers, and developers. So I had her put on the sweatsuit and used my fabric marking pen to mark out the general design (referring to a picture on my phone frequently). The shark boy seems to be very hard to do the fun and everything like I said I’m definitely not crafty! I used 2 layers of felt glued together, the open shark mouth was cut out of the top layer, then I layered design elements on top with another layer of felt. The top is a little tight to get on, I may have to add a zipper if she wants this to remain part of her dress-ups, so I choose to just use some fabric painton the pants (we need to have the stretch and movement in the pants).I’m not crafty at all but need to learn because my 4yr old son wants to be lava girl lol and my 8 year old is going to be shark boy!