Scarecrow Baby Costume

by Zara Longo
(Central Point, OR, USA)

I looked many places and couldn't find a baby costume that was cute and small enough for my daughter (and everywhere I looked they were all the same) so I decided I would make her one.
The outfit was fairly easy to make (just a little time consuming) The onsie, hat, patches and "straw" are all made of fleece (so baby would stay warm). I took apart one of my daughters onsies and hat to use as patterns , and bought a pair of overalls from a thrift store. I then just hand stitched on fleece patches and some buttons I already had onto the hat and overalls, then I took the yellow fleece and sewed it into the neck, sleeves, legs, pockets and hat. Next I simply cut it into strips to look like "staw". Put it all together and you have one very adorable scarecrow!