Harry Potter (2010)

So these entries are no longer done in any particular order. I wanted to go by year that I started to actually GET INTO costumes and such, but I just don't have all pictures that I need. So I'm just writing the entries as I go. This one is on a costume that I did for my nephew. My sister-in-law is really into Harry Potter and Ethan went through a phase where he was too. My first Halloween costume I ever did for him was Harry Potter. I've never made clothing for children before and I was super apprehensive about this. Excited, because I love my nephews and this was the first time (I think) that my brother and wife requested something from me, but had absolutely NO idea how I was suppose to accomplish this.

 Now, my oldest nephew is a little big for his age; meaning he can sometimes be mistaken to be a couple years older than he really is due to his size. I took a wild stab and went out and bought a children's robe pattern and cotton. (My nephew can also be a little rough on his clothes and cotton is easy to wash).  I cut out the smallest size and left it a little long, but when I went out to measure it too him, width wise, it was fine (its a robe, they're suppose to be big and loose). But length wise, its was too LONG!  By two feet.  And here I thought I cut it out precisely to his height.

I didn't get a picture of the robe before I fixed it, but here are a few at the final sizing.  Ethan loved it, if you can't tell.

Ethan on Halloween.

Alohomora!

The both of us.

Considering that this was my first child's costume, I didn't do too bad.  It was a simple enough pattern.  And, it's big enough, so if Ethan or his brother, or his cousins wish to wear it, they can; although, I'm sure I'm going to end up making robes for all of them to wear TOGETHER.