Sewing Costumes / Sewing Children's Costumes / Sewing Carnival Costumes

Dear users, dear authors,
Do you have any experience with sewing costumes, sewing children’s costumes, sewing carnival costumes, or perhaps even sewing work uniforms or office attire? Would you like to share your experiences on this topic?

Unfortunately, I haven’t had any personal experience with this yet, but I really, really want to sew a costume for Leo next year.
  As a kid, I always thought it was so cool when some kids wore costumes their parents had sewn themselves!

I haven’t dared to try it yet this year... But next year... hehe :D
Or maybe for Halloween... I know not everyone likes Halloween... But hey, it’s an occasion to sew, crochet, or craft costumes... :D 

Hi Josefa,

Yes, I’m a mom of four and I DO have experience sewing costumes :).

I usually adapt sewing patterns—depending on what my kids want. For little kids, you can make great costumes out of a poncho.

For older kids, it depends a bit on what they want to dress up as. A simple cape is also pretty quick to sew—and that’s already a pretty good costume.

You can also easily turn T-shirts into dresses.

Best regards,
Sonja

I’ve often sewn Carnival costumes for my children and grandchildren, even though I’m not particularly skilled at sewing. But since these costumes are usually quite loose-fitting, it doesn’t matter too much if a seam isn’t perfectly straight… The kids always had a lot of fun with it because they got to choose the fabric themselves and contribute their own ideas.
Now they’re older and have pretty specific ideas about what the costume should look like. So sometimes I just have to pass on those projects.

Here are a few examples of children’s costumes I’ve made:

An astronaut and a clown for my kids (over 40 years ago). Back then, it wasn’t easy to find glittery fabric like that. I made the astronaut helmet out of a detergent container—my son kept it on all day! The laser gun is made from a toilet paper roll.



Firefighter (also for my son)—though in the picture, he’s already outgrown the costume a bit.



For my grandson (who was 2 years old at the time): a little leopard.



For my granddaughter: a little lamb.



My latest creation: a cape for Halloween.

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