I'm asking this now because it may take me some time to figure this out. My daughter is 3 and obsessed with dinosaurs. I asked her what she wanted to be for Halloween and she has said very clearly she wants to be "a T-rex, with teeth and claws, roar!". Further, she wants to be a purple one. Her favorite colors are green and purple, but I don't want her to look like Barney. Any simple ideas for the artistically challenged?
I like: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/10/homemade-trex-co... but don't think I could make that head.
I made a costume for my boy last year that was Puff the Magic Dragon. I used one of those baseball cap forms to build the head. I clipped the dome part out of the bottom of the form, connected it to the top of the form and then covered the whole thing with fleece, using a hot glue gun. I used craft foam to cut out teeth and glued them on also. I would post a pic, but I don't think I can.
Good luck.
See if you can find one of those one piece pajamas in green. There might be some out already with Christmas on the way. Get some purple felt. It should stick to the pajamas. If not two sided tape would work. A nice pair of dinasuar slippers to top it off. though I bet come closer to Halloween there will be a 10 dollar one in kmart or the party store.
I don't know if you or someone you know can sew but there are a lot of cute dinosaur patterns at the fabric stores. My son wanted to be a monster last year and I wouldn't allow a 4 yr old to be a bloody one that all the stores featured so my mom adapted a cute dinosaur pattern into a monster. Good luck
You could SO make that head!
Or--use a green hoodie and sew triangula white "teeth" all around the hood opening. Or get a visor and add teeth!
I have one you can have! E-mail me at ____@____.com and I'll send you a picture. Where do you live?
no masks for head...maybe for around the house/back yard but not trick or treating. just paint her face and maybe a hoodie or hat for trick or treating. then the easiest thing would be to find a green or purple fleece footed pajama outfit. then sew on a belly of the opposite color. add toe nails.
my advice on the color issue is to do purple pinstripes or spots or blotches on green. this will keep it from looking like barney. we had this issue once.
Micheal's Craft Stores has something where they show you how to make costumes out of duct tape. I have no idea if one of them is a dinosaur or not, but it might be worth checking out. I'm sure if you search the internet for homemade dinosaur costumes, you'd probably come up with a lot of different ideas.
You might surprise yourself what can be done with cardboard for Halloween. I think that the head for the one you listed is doable if you start now. Halloween is weeks away, you'll have time to perfect it.
Last year I about had a heart attack when my (then 5) son decided 2 weeks before Halloween he wanted to be Optimus Prime... we managed to pull it off with cardboard - his costume was fantastic if I do say so myself. :)
J.
We have a very cool dinosaur/dragon, warm, costume that we were about to take to children's consignment. It is various shades of green, but your daughter could wear purple tights or leggings with it, and combine her favorite colors. Or pair some purple gloves, if it is cold out. If interested in checking it out, send me an email at ____@____.com, and I'll send a picture.
What about using a hoodie and adding spikes like this:
http://www.ohcrafts.net/images/kids-dino-hoodies-1.jpg
or go to your local army/hunting store and try to find a cammo sweater like this and add purple spikes/spots on it
http://www.charliecrow.com/_images/_images/xl/402-dinosau...
You don't WANT a big old head for a costume for a toddler in any event.
Use a hoodie for the head.
Felt whit triangles lining it will be teeth. Sew (or buy) little round pillows (white satin, or yellow or green) for the eyes and use fabric paint or sharpies to draw the vertical slits and coloring if they're white. Use some "cat ears" and sew the ears facing the shoulders (instead of forward, like for cat ears) and sew the eyes to the ears so the eyes "stand up".
I would use a purple hoodie as the base, and then use either felt or satin to create the stripes and belly color. Purple sweatpants as the legs (ditto on the stripes). I would PERSONALLY attach the tail to the hoodie (makes it easier to sit, go potty, or change pullups).
By making the costume out of sweats you ALSO get more than one day's (or one week's) use out of them. Just detach the tail (or not) and they can be worn throughout the winter.
If you have a problem finding purple sweats the University of Washington school colors are Purple (and gold... but mostly purple) so it's easy to get PURPLE purple kids clothes. Just cover up (or remove) the school logo.
http://www.ehuskies.com/COLLEGE_Washington_Huskies_Sweats... or this for a warm hoodie/sweats of like this for thinner material
http://www.kidfanatics.com/COLLEGE_Washington_Huskies_Kid...
