How To Make A Money Costume

Need a last minute costume???
Check out the DIY black cat costume HERE .
Check out baby girl's Ghost costume here and Steph's girls' costumes here.
You can also check out the batman tutorial here !
This is what Steph's family is being too... HERE!

DIY: Halloween Costumes Part 2 (Money Bags)

Well, I guess it is my turn to showcase my kiddos and their Halloween costumes. This is actually just one of the two costumes that they will be wearing this year. They will NOT be wearing these on the actual day of Trick-or-Treating, but will wear them to a neighborhood/church Halloween party that we will be attending as a family, as well as a 5k race that my husband and I will be running on on Halloween weekend.

At this particular party and race my husband and I will be dressing in ALL BLACK and looking very much like this...

Therefore, it is only fitting that our children dress up as loot/bags of money. This will of coarse complete our ensemble....

right?! RIGHT!

In order to accomplish my goal of making my children into money bags I bought...

* 1/2 yard black fabric

Here is how I made them:

1. Made leg holes at the bottom of the pillow case for my son's legs to come through. I just unpicked the seam. We love THIS seam ripper Dritz Deluxe!

2. Reinforce the leg holes with a strong stitch to prevent it from tearing any further.

3. Put pillowcase on son to see where the best place for arm holes would be.

4. Cut arm holes and reinforce with strong stitch. Do you need a sewing machine? Look no further than our favorite Brother Project Runway Sewing machine. It will totally get the job done!

For my baby girl I decided it would be easier to just measure a pair of her pajamas against the pillowcase to see where arm holes needed to go. (this was a lot easier than measuring a wiggly little baby for sure) I didn't make leg holes and decided that it would be best for her to stay in a sack to stay warm...

5. Use black fabric and heat-and-bond to create dollar sign. (Just read the directions on the packet of the heat-and-bond and hot iron to do this. This stuff is so cool!)

6. Make a head hole. I traced a bowl and cut out the circl e.

7. Sew green tulle on the top, inside, back side of your pillowcase.

8. Hot glue fake money onto the green tulle

Get your rope ready to tie off the top.

10. Dress the kiddos up

(I think I might add some more money to little dudes costume.)

I just couldn't resist the $100 hair bow!

Now won't these little sacks of moolah look adorable being held by 2 mysterious persons in black this coming Halloween? I sure think so!

Sisters Meg and Steph discovered that while living the life of poor, newlywed, college students, with fresh little babies in the middle of The Great Recession they could still have what they needed and wanted if they got to work and created things with their own hands. This mindset has saved them thousands of dollars in living expenses, and as they share their knowledge with others, the savings keeps growing.