Being pregnant on Halloween can somewhat limit your costume options...or it can open up new doors:
This costume was so much fun to make! There are two sets of baby arms (we're pregnant with twins) breaking out of my belly to go trick-or-treating. I got a lot of smiles with this costume (and some puzzled expressions from children who didn't quite know what to make of it).
The costume was pretty simple to make. I got a couple dolls at the thrift store and removed their arms. I know that dolls aren't real babies, but I still felt creepy doing it. I also picked up a cheap dress at the thrift store; I was hoping to find a white one so the blood would stand out better, but the black one was the only one that worked for me.
I poked four holes into the dress and pushed the arms through. To keep the arms from sagging, I attached each set of arms to a strip of cardboard on the inside as reinforcing. Then, I made a couple origami bags for the babies to hold for trick-or-treating (I stapled the bags to their hands--also creepy). And finally, I drizzled some fake blood around the arms.
I wore a tank top under the dress, because the cardboard was a bit scratchy on my belly without it. Otherwise, this was a very easy and comfortable costume to make.
Happy Halloween everyone!
This costume was so much fun to make! There are two sets of baby arms (we're pregnant with twins) breaking out of my belly to go trick-or-treating. I got a lot of smiles with this costume (and some puzzled expressions from children who didn't quite know what to make of it).
The costume was pretty simple to make. I got a couple dolls at the thrift store and removed their arms. I know that dolls aren't real babies, but I still felt creepy doing it. I also picked up a cheap dress at the thrift store; I was hoping to find a white one so the blood would stand out better, but the black one was the only one that worked for me.
I poked four holes into the dress and pushed the arms through. To keep the arms from sagging, I attached each set of arms to a strip of cardboard on the inside as reinforcing. Then, I made a couple origami bags for the babies to hold for trick-or-treating (I stapled the bags to their hands--also creepy). And finally, I drizzled some fake blood around the arms.
I wore a tank top under the dress, because the cardboard was a bit scratchy on my belly without it. Otherwise, this was a very easy and comfortable costume to make.
Happy Halloween everyone!
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