{"id":10053,"date":"2014-10-31T11:41:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T16:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/?p=10053"},"modified":"2016-12-16T15:33:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T21:33:56","slug":"halloween-2014-life-in-a-fishbowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/halloween-2014-life-in-a-fishbowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldfish Costume"},"content":{"rendered":"

I asked Owen for a month what he wanted to be for Halloween.
\nR2D2?
\nFrodo?
\nA fisherman….something MineCraft……O-bot the Robot??
\nI was out of ideas.
\nThen finally on Saturday he looked at me with a straight face and gave his final answer—-
\na Goldfish.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nOkay!\u00a0 Fun!
\nDo you want to be a bass fish, or a beta fish like you have in your room?
\nNope. I want to be a goldfish.<\/p>\n

You mean you want me to make a costume out of orange and yellow felt???
\nWith circles and big eyeballs??
\n(happy sigh)
\nDONE!
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nThis costume was really fun and easy to put together.\u00a0 And I’m so happy he thought of it—I like a creative challenge.\u00a0 It’s sorta like a crossbreed of a fish and a bird.\u00a0 But overall I think it works.
\nSo if you’ve got your own big fish in a little pond,
\nHere’s how to make a Goldfish Costume…..<\/b><\/p>\n

1. HOODIE <\/b>
\nIn my mind I thought—I’ll either make him a fish face hood out of felt, OR\u00a0 I’ll find an orange hoodie and embellish the scales out of that thing.\u00a0 Of course where are you going to find an orange sweatshirt 4 days before Halloween?\u00a0 Um….apparently at Joanns!\u00a0 Woohoo!\u00a0 And for only $6. What??
\nFishy fate.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nNow, they only had adult size hoodies which I thought was a problem at first….but then it ended up being a huge<\/i> help. Heh heh.\u00a0 Huge.\u00a0 Puffy?\u00a0 Round fish?
\nTotally.
\nHere’s what you do….
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\u2022 Cut some length off the sleeves and hem them under, which actually works well because it makes the arms big and wide, sort of like fins.\u00a0 And if you’re making this as a bird costume, they can be wings!
\n\u2022 Cut off the bottom of the sweatshirt, remove the pocket, then sew the ribbing back onto the sweatshirt hem, just to make it a little shorter (and tighter)<\/p>\n

2. SCALES<\/b>
\n\u2022 Grab felt in a variety of orange\/gold shades and trace\/cut circles.\u00a0 I cut out 3 circles at a time and it went pretty fast.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\u2022 Arrange the circles on your sweatshirt to see how it looks—and the more random they are, the better.\u00a0 I also left spaces here and there since most fish are missing a few scales.
\n\u2022 Start at the bottom of the sweatshirt and at the bottom of the sleeves and glue each scale to your sweatshirt with a hot glue gun. Then move your way up to the top of the sweatshirt and do the same thing on the back. I didn’t do any scales on the hood.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n3. FISH EYES<\/b>
\n\u2022 Use a bowl or cup to trace eyeballs and pupils.
\n\u2022 Sew the black circle to the white.
\n\u2022 For added fun, cut a circle of clear vinyl and sew it on top of each eyeball, then sew the eyeballs to your hood.<\/p>\n

I love love LOVE how the vinyl looks on the costume!\u00a0 It’s hard to see the full effect in these photos, but it adds that perfect touch.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n4. FIN<\/b>
\nNow this didn’t execute as well as I’d hoped.\u00a0 It looks kind of like feathers.\u00a0 But you could improve the process on yours.\u00a0 I think it’s the initial shape that was wrong—I should have angled it down more.\u00a0 But here’s what I did….
\n\u2022 Cut a few layers of felt and sew them down the middle back of the costume.
\n\u2022 Fold the layers up and sew them together.
\n\u2022 Fringe the edges.<\/p>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>
\n5.\u00a0 ORANGE CLOTHES<\/b>
\nFinish off the look with an orange T-shirt underneath and some orange shorts or pants.\u00a0 Can you believe the mileage these KID Shorts<\/a> have gotten over the last year??\u00a0 I’ll pretend I saw the goldfish future when I selected that orange fabric….
\n\"\"<\/a> <\/b>
\nAnd finally….<\/b><\/p>\n

6. FISH FILLING<\/b>
\nTo get a nice round goldfish, throw a bit of batting inside.
\nI took about 1 1\/2 yards of quilt batting and just folded it up inside the costume, so it’s like there’s a blanket wrapped around his abdomen.\u00a0 I didn’t even attach it or glue it; it just kind of sits in there.\u00a0\u00a0 And if you live in a cold climate, it adds extra layers of warmth.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nOf course if you live in a hot Texas climate…..you’re sweatin’ scales.\u00a0 Good thing we’ve got those shorts on.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nOh little Owen, you make the cutest fish.
\nThanks for the fun idea!….and for bringing this fish to life.
\nEvery time I caught a glimpse of this on my cutting table, I saw a big dead fish.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n“Owen are you a dead fish?”
\n“No. I’m just sleeping.\u00a0 Fish sleep with their eyes open!”
\n(and their lips puckered)
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nHappy Halloween!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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