Halloween Costumes

One of my favorite things about Halloween is the costumes.  There is something about making my boys costumes, I LOVE it.  It truly brings me great joy to make something for my boys, there isn't much that you can make for boys to wear.. okay that may not be true... but I I have always loved to make costumes. 
I like to make them as realistic as possible.  I think that when it comes to sewing, I am a perfectionist.  There aren't many things that I want just perfect, but when it comes to my sewing, I love making it look as close to store bought or better as possible.  I love putting the details into it.
This year I only made 2 costumes, The Counts (the Lion) and Batmans (the Vampire) costumes.  I did however make every other costume except for my little Tigger's costume.

 Batman wanted to be a Vampire.  His costume was quite easy, just the cape and the white scarf had to be sewn.

The Count wanted to be a lion.  I spent all day working on it, and finished it just in time to go trick or treating.  I hurried through it, so don't look to closely and you will see a huge mistake (that bugs me every time I look at it.)

 Mario!  So he was going to be Pooh bear, but earlier that day he didn't want to wear it, and it didn't fit anymore.  Kids grow way to fast.  This was Batman's costume last year, so it was a little big on him, but it fit him surprisingly well.  Don't you just love his mustache?  (I painted it on using my mascara, since that's all I had to use.)

I made Robin Hoods costume several years ago.  I really like how it turned out.  He wanted to be a ghost, and I had this sheer fabric.  I cut a hole out for the head, made a hood and added it to the top part.  Then I used some plain white fabric, cut some holes in it and voila!!!