I am not a professional, I don’t even know how to read patterns, I just have a great imagination & things always work out, some a lot better than others..

Due to the fact I hand sew all the costume (I don’t use a sewing machine) some parts of the costumes I hot glued. I began buying the materials I would be needing starting in Nov. 2013. I bought fabric when i had 40%-50% coupons for Joann’s fabrics & found some items such as Animals collar, Piggys jewelry at a resale shop & her wig at a Halloween Store, all gloves from a dollar store, foam balls from a resale shop. I used colored mesh on all opening of faces for each of the characters.MISS PIGGY……………….I found the dress, jewelry at a resale shop & made alterations to fit. I bought the pig mask, fur & gloves on line and make up to enhance eyes. I handmade the pig ears out of pink material & foam & hot glue them to a headband. KERMIT THE FROG…….I bought all fabric & foam at Joann’s & some was from their reminents area, I used 1/2 inch foam to form the head & feet, made eyes from hard foam ball i cut in half with fabric on them. I hot glued mostly everything except on the feet, I sewed elastic& attached snaps to help keep feet steady on the shoes.FOZZIE BEAR…………….I bought all fabric & foam & reminants. For this whole costume I had a heavier fleece material & handmade the bowtie for fozzie  I used 1/2 inch foam to form the head, made eyes & nose from hard foam balls I cut in half with fabric on them. I took a pair of old slip on shoes & hot glued fabric over them for the feet. I bought his hat at dollartree.GONZO the great……….I bought Blue furry fabric & foam & reminants. I used 1/2 inch foam to form the head & made eyes from hard foam ball cut in half with fabric on them. For the nose & area surrounding his mouth I cut & hot glued foam & added fabric over it to form these features. I bought the vest on clearance at a store, had shirt, tie & pants. Blue gloves for hands & bought a blue boa to cut & put blue pipe cleaners in it to make feathery hair stand up on head.CHICKEN for Gonzo…….I bought this pet costume on line & sized it down for the cat to wear.ANIMAL……………………..This was the most expensive & most time consuming one. I bought all the orange fleece fabric, foam, feather material & reminants from Joann’s. I used 1/2 inch foam to form the head, legs & feet, made eyes & nose from hard foam balls cut about 3/4s with fabric on them. I used foam with fabric to form lip on mouth & used thin black feathers on rope for eyebrows and to make the feathery furriness on face I bought 2 2/3 red peacock feathers on rope (warning $25 a yard) and 3 thick red boas on rope & a yard of thin red feather on rope. I used the thin red around the mouth & seam attaching top of the head, I them lined the thick red boa in rows about 2 inches apart as fillers first & then used the red peacock feathers between to make it flow like the character. (best to do this when head is flat) I bought clear acrylic jewels for teeth-sandpapered & then spray painted them white, used black mesh to put inside mouth & pink mesh for tongue. All of this was hot glued on & together. I bought gold shiny fabric & black & gold trim to sew animals vest. I got a orange turtleneck for his upper body & brown sweatpants which i cut ragged from a resale shop. I used foam to make feet & attached fabric in them & to them to make legs. I sewed thin elastic to top of legs to keep them on & sewed elastic straps on the bottoms to keep feet attached to shoes with a snap. Right now I sewed an additional orange fleece fabric for the upper body & arms for this costume to make it much warmer because it is due to be around 40 degrees for halloween.

Our family Trick or Treat for the local Food Pantry, instead of getting candy, we collect food & non perishable items. We have been doing this for over 16 years and since the people we collect from know I hand make the outfits, it’s my additional way of saying thank you.