Baby Halloween Costume PatternI used this Halloween costume pattern to make a penguin costume for my daughter. Some other great easy baby costume ideas? How about using it to make a baby bear costume, baby lion costume, or even a baby lamb costume?
I'm going to include the pieces I used to make my penguin costume in this printable baby Halloween costume, but all you really need is the body of the costume and the hood. I used my baby pants pattern to make the pants to match the costume. You can also just buy a matching pair of sweat pants if you want to skip a step. I used fleece for the entire costume. I waited to buy it when it was all on sale for 50% off. All together I probably spent around $5.00 for this costume. The pattern is on the larger side, made for a toddler over a year old. To make smaller costumes just reduce the size while printing, or print it out and reduce it on a copy machine. Remember to always keep it a little big for allowing room for clothes to fit underneath. Especially in the cold weather areas. I live in New England where it will be pretty chilly on Halloween.
Step One: Start by printing out the pattern pieces. Use some scissors to cut the pattern out from the paper. I have provided more specific instructions for the costume on the pattern.Step Two: Fold your fabrics in half so the right sides face inward. Pin the pattern pieces to the fabric and cut them all out. If you are making a costume other than a penguin costume then you will need to create pattern pieces for ears and tails yourself. It's easy! Just use some newspaper. Draw them out until you get it straight and then cut them out.
Now you've got the basic parts of the baby Halloween Costume finished! From here you can turn it into whatever you want!
For a penguin costume: I started by cutting the back piece of my baby Halloween costume a little differently. Instead of making it go straight across I cut down at an angle to create where the penguin tail would go. I also cut a second piece that was shaped exactly the same to reinforce the tail. I wanted it to look kind of plump. I also cut some quilt batting to sew into it. Of course, you would not need to go this far with it. You could simply cut the back piece to the correct shape and leave it as is. I have a tendency to go overboard. :)I made flippers to sew from the sleeves. These I also added some quilt batting to the insides to plump them up a it. I sewed some ribbon to the insides of the flippers to tie them around baby's arms at the elbow so they would move with her. Next I added a beak to the hood, and even made some penguin flippers. The flippers are made to just fit over baby's shoes. I actually just modified a baby shoe pattern to get the right results. I made a soft soled baby shoe without the sole, and instead of using the regular circular shape for the front of the shoe, I traced it onto newspaper and added little penguin toes. I then used this pattern to cut out the orange felt for the feet and added some quilt batting to the toes. For the finishing touches I appliqued white felt to the front of the suit and made some applique eyes too. For a baby lion costume: You can get away with using felt for a baby lion costume. I would simply make the hood on the costume out of some really long shaggy furry fabric. Sew on some little ears and a tail. Add some more shaggy fur to the end of the tail. Make some matching fleece pants and you've got a cute lion costume that is really easy to make! Paint baby's face to match! For a baby lamb costume: For a baby lamb costume you will want to find a fleece with a sheerling type of texture. That's all there is to it! Add some cute fleece ears and a little tail. Maybe tie a cute ribbon bow around baby's neck with a small cow bell. Adorable! For a baby bear costume: This is easy. Just make a couple of cute little rounded ears, and a stubby little tail. Applique a different color for the belly and you're done. Don't forget to add matching pants! This will make a super cute and easy baby bear costume! I'm sure you can think of even more ideas for this baby Halloween costume pattern. I'd love to see them! Or even enter them into our baby Halloween costume contest!
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The penguin was quite fitting for my daughter since she absolutely loves the movie "Happy Feet". She has been dancing around non-stop doing her little Happy Feet tap dance. It's so funny. I'll tell her "Let's go outside!" and she'll have to do her happy feet shuffle all the way to the back door to the yard. "Let's go to the store!" and she'll "tap dance" down the front walk and to the car. LOL!
Step Three: Start sewing! First sew the outer shell at the shoulders. Remember to keep your fabric facing right sides together. After sewing the shoulders move on to sewing the sides. Sew the hood in the same manner with right sides facing together.