March is Reading Costume Month Part 2
So Lincoln decided he wanted to portray Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar for Story Book dress up day. He originally wanted to do all 4 stages: egg, caterpillar, pupa, butterfly. I told him to pick 2, his teacher might tolerate one costume change, but not 3. Of course he chose the Caterpillar and Butterfly. I had to think for a few days about how to accomplish the very colorful butterfly. I’ve already made monarch and dragon wings, so I used the same pattern and process. Although, this time I used clear/white organza for my base.
I simply serged the edge in green (because that’s what my machine was already threaded with and I was too lazy to change it) and made a plan.
I used Lincoln’s hand writing worksheets from school to lay out where I wanted the colors to go. It’s not an exact match, but I think people will get the point. Then I colored for 3 hours, got really messy and attached finger loops and shoulder loops.
I’m really happy with how they turned out. And I think Lincoln loves them too!
Now I just need to finish his caterpillar costume! That will be on the next post. 🙂
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