Mr. Postman - Costumes 2008

This year, Thomas wanted to be a mail man for Halloween.  All his idea, I swear.  I'm shocked that he didn't want to be a Jedi.  Shocked.  So here's the finished product:

I printed the USPS logo on iron-on transfer paper, ironed it to fabric, ironed interfacing to the back, trimmed, and then zig-zag stitched them with yellow all around to make the patches.

I tacked a couple onto his blue dress shirt and navy hoodie (in case it's cold on Halloween night).  Those will be removed after so he can wear them around.  The hat was actually a baseball cap I found on clearance at Target.  I picked off the logo from the back, and covered the front logo with a patch.  He added the frosting smears to it in the above photo. 

I made the mailbag with cheapo clearance fabric - I think I spent $1.50 on it.  I just whipped up a quick messenger style bag which will double as his trick or treat bag.  Add some blue pants we already had and voila!  Mailman costume.  For like $5.  Excellent.

He LOVES it.  He's been wearing the hat + bag around all week while riding his bike.  Our church carnival was on Saturday and we got to get all the kids in their costumes.  His was a big hit.

It's the only costume I had to make this year, actually, but all of the kiddos' costumes are still handmade - a must for our holiday.  Princess is wearing her purple medival princess dress that my mom made her for Christmas to be Maid Marian.  We modeled her hair after the new cover of the Goose Girl that I saw on Shannon Hale's blog.

 

And I did a quick face paint job on my Spiderman (his costume was 50 cents at a yard sale, but it's the coolest handmade Spiderman costume I've ever seen and fits perfectly).   He wanted a mask, so this was our compromise.

I started with red face paint (avoiding the eye area, I swear), and it was coming on too thick and I didn't like it.  So I tried wiping it off, and of course it didn't really come off, thus adding a light red base.  A slightly blotchy light red base.  I just used face paint sticks for the webs.  It looked pretty cool, actually, and after the carnival it DID come off with lots of soap.  Whew!

How are your costumes coming?  Ready for Friday yet?  I've got to run - gotta plan Thomas' Kindergarten class party!

(Last year's costumes here).

Comments

[Sarah]

I love that Thomas wanted to be a mailman!

We are going with a thrifted costume this year. I was happy to make one, but apparently 3 (nearly 4) year olds can't make a decision about what to be. LOL

[miss chris]

Thomas is the cutest mailman! Love that costume. You are brilliant, my dear.

[Angie Maynes]

The postman turned out sooo cute! face paint comes off easier with a little eye make-up remover. We found that out yesterday as my princess was trying to take off some face paint before church.

I think my kids costumes are all done. Now it's just mom and dad's. My goal today is to finish my at least the dress. I can add the trim later. :)

[Char]

That's a fabulous costume!

Our costumes are all done, too. Can't wait for Friday!

[Amy]

Ack! I love your little mailman! (The costume AND the boy.) I'm heading over to flickr now, hoping for pics of all three kids. Adorable.

[lina]

Yay, the mailman outfit is PRECIOUS! I'll be sewing at 2am Friday morning most likely - Batman and Dorothy.

[Kristi]

Great costumes- so clever for him to think of being the mailman!!

[Katie]

what a cute costume! Isaiah is being a monkey in a thrifted costume. Actually, it's really just a jacket with a monkey face on the hoodie. I couldn't beat the $3 it cost me.

[Emily]

What a very cute and clever costume! It's very original!

[laeroport]

So wonderful. And as for our costumes, yeah, I've got a lot of late nights in store between now and Friday.

[nikko]

What a cutey-pie mailman you have there!

[cake]

i love the mailman! and i looked at your costumes from previous years. the star wars stuff is brilliant!

i too was ready to make a costume, but we found a perfect bee costume at a resale shop and decided to just go with that. the zipper broke right away, so i had to add some hook-and-eye fasteners, and i made a stinger too, which was lacking, and seemed essential. i look forward to years of costume crafting for, and with, the little one. yours are inspiring.

[Sonia]

Heeeey aren't they all so cute ? The mailman is a brilliant pick & you did an awesome job with all the sewing & great + cheap finds ! Yeah ! The braids are so beautiful too ! :) And that blue eye ... ah aaah.
As we don't celebrate Halloween in France, I'll skip the answer LOL :) Have a great week !! :) OXOX

[sarah]

I've been to three Halloween parties already. We skipped one today; I just couldn't do it. (Two out of three of my very blonde kids require dark hair, and I loathe that spray stuff. It gets *everywhere.* Ian is Quiddich Harry Potter, Allie is Cleopatra, and Annie is a ladybug.) Don't get me wrong...we've had tons of fun. I'm just worn out :)
Your kids' costumes turned out beautifully!

[Amy]

Great costumes! I especially love the mail man (letter carrier? postal worker?). Of course, ours isn't finished yet. I'm halfway through sewing the pants for Jake's costume and I'm boycotting dressing the baby up - next year he'll be two and maybe then...

[allie]

I love that he wanted to be a mailman. One of my students last year was a construction crane -- the kind you see all over big cities. Those ideas that come out of nowhere are so priceless.

[Bev]

Oh they look fabulous!

I love the mail man costume, who doesn't like spiderman and princesses hair is beautiful!

I would be happy for that little mail man to deliver my post, bet he would be more reliable than the one we have now! :o)

[jessi]

These are great - I think Peter would really love being a mailman too - he loves mail! I might have to use some of your ideas next year.