Introducing Elmo.....

My little guy's favorite character currently is Elmo, so it was an easy choice on what he would be for Halloween this year! The only problem was that after 2 hours and 8 Halloween stores I couldn't find an Elmo costume anywhere.... who knew that all of the Toddler Elmo costumes in the greater Chicagoland area would be all sold out a week before Halloween!? After looking online and learning that I could purchase a costume and have it shipped for a whopping $50 I decided that it would be a bit more practical to make a costume.

 

Coupons in hand (30% off at Kohls and 40% off a cut of fabric at Joann's), I purchased an Elmo sweatshirt at Kohls ($12), and then proceeded to Joann Fabrics and purchased 1 yard of fleece, pom poms, and colored felt ($10). Once home I used this tutorial to make a pair of fleece pants, and then created a hat, and finally hot glued Elmo's face of pom pom's and felt to the front. Granted, it cost me $22 to make BUT the sweatshirt and pants will be able to be worn over and over again and the hat made a lovely addition to our dress-up stash!