This is a costume made on the night of the 30th for my little friend here to wear to pre-school on the morning of the 31st. As Susanna and I had 2 kid's costumes to make on the same ONE NIGHT, I did the easy ladybug for the 4 year old, and she took care of the more complex costume requested by the 8 year old (those pics coming soon!), which I assisted by constanstly rooting through my disorganized tangle of craft junk for the supplies she requested.
For this ladybug costume I used a large men's hoodie that used to belong to this kid's grandfather. I removed the front pocket and sewed a large oval of black sweatshirt material on the front. I sewed on spots, stuffed the antennae, and painted a little crack in the back to represent the wings parting. Not the most impressive costume, but easy, and it was really super cute on him. He loved running around in it.
The ladybug was his own request. We were going to make him a little monster costume but he wanted to be "friendly". In my opinion you can't get more friendly than a beneficial insect that eats the destructive mites in your garden.
