Halloween kids costumes cricket 2016

We know, Halloween is over, but since it took us a long time to realize this homemade kids costume, we have decided to share it anyway. After all Halloween is an annual thing, and Carnival will arrive sooner than we think, so you might want take inspiration for those events.
For our series inspired by the presence of a human character and his/her animal companion, here’s the tutorial for a DIY cricket costume. We have created it using a technique very similar to the one used this spring for Clara carrot costume.
Soon on the blog the final result together with, who do you think the cricket goes around with? Stay tuned to find out.

 Materials needed: stuffing material, two different shades of green felt, a skein of yarn of the darkest color, a thick circlet and wire.

 Step 1: Make the bodice. Fold the darker green felt into four, draw and cut the shape of the cricket body. Eventually, cut a hole for the head in the center.

 Step 2: Cut the central legs. Create two long and narrow triangles and hand stitch them. 

Step 3: Complete the central legs. Do the same thing with two layers of stuffing material and fill the stitched green felt shapes with them.

Step 4: Stitch the central legs. Stitch the legs to the front side of the bodice. 

Step 5: Complete the bodice. Do the same thing to create two back legs, althoug their shape should look more like tails. At the end, stitch them to the back side of the bodice and completely close it.  

Step 6: Make the protective shield.Using both woven felts, cut as many square shapes as you wish. Stitch them together with blanket stitches and then link them to create a collar. 

Step 7: Complete the costume.Fasten the collar on the back using a button and match it with the bodice. Here's the final result.  

Step 8: Create the antennas. Get a wire hanger, cut off one end and bend it to your liking. Similarly to what done for the shield, create as many triangular pieces as you wish and plug them in the wire.

Step 9: Complete the head. Using the wire create a structure with two horns and cover them with the light green felt. Secure the antennas to the two horns and fully cover the headband with a strip of dark green felt closed with blanket stitches.

Step 10: Under the costume. You can complete the look with a green turtleneck and a pair of green leggings. Since this season it's almost impossible to find them in stores, we bought them white at H&M and then we dyed them with a green as similar as possible to the light green used for the costume.

We know, Halloween is over, but since it took us a long time to realize this homemade kids costume, we have decided to share it anyway. After all Halloween is an annual thing, and Carnival will arrive sooner than we think, so you might want take inspiration for those events.
For our series inspired by the presence of a human character and his/her animal companion, here’s the tutorial for a DIY cricket costume. We have created it using a technique very similar to the one used this spring for Clara carrot costume.
Soon on the blog the final result together with, who do you think the cricket goes around with? Stay tuned to find out.

 Materials needed: stuffing material, two different shades of green felt, a skein of yarn of the darkest color, a thick circlet and wire.

 Step 1: Make the bodice. Fold the darker green felt into four, draw and cut the shape of the cricket body. Eventually, cut a hole for the head in the center.

 Step 2: Cut the central legs. Create two long and narrow triangles and hand stitch them. 

Step 3: Complete the central legs. Do the same thing with two layers of stuffing material and fill the stitched green felt shapes with them.

Step 4: Stitch the central legs. Stitch the legs to the front side of the bodice. 

Step 5: Complete the bodice. Do the same thing to create two back legs, althoug their shape should look more like tails. At the end, stitch them to the back side of the bodice and completely close it.  

Step 6: Make the protective shield.Using both woven felts, cut as many square shapes as you wish. Stitch them together with blanket stitches and then link them to create a collar. 

Step 7: Complete the costume.Fasten the collar on the back using a button and match it with the bodice. Here's the final result.  

Step 8: Create the antennas. Get a wire hanger, cut off one end and bend it to your liking. Similarly to what done for the shield, create as many triangular pieces as you wish and plug them in the wire.

Step 9: Complete the head. Using the wire create a structure with two horns and cover them with the light green felt. Secure the antennas to the two horns and fully cover the headband with a strip of dark green felt closed with blanket stitches.

Step 10: Under the costume. You can complete the look with a green turtleneck and a pair of green leggings. Since this season it's almost impossible to find them in stores, we bought them white at H&M and then we dyed them with a green as similar as possible to the light green used for the costume.