Sunday, August 16, 2015

Everyone Loves a Clown! -- Part Two

The Circus theme for Beadboy1's summer school program culminated in a day at the circus, by which they meant a day of circus-themed festivities.  We were asked to send the children in as clowns, but we didn't actually have a clown costume.  In other times I would have purchased one, but finances are tight and the thought of making one was overwhelming, given the short notice and birthday-celebration-filled weekend.  Until, that is, I found this super-easy tutorial.  A t-shirt from Mr. Beadgirl, two lengths of ribbon, three pompoms (two were already made!), a length of stretchy orange velvet, and fifteen minutes of sewing and gluing resulted in this:
My only regret was not having a red nose for him to wear.  But knowing Beadboy1, there's no way he would have kept it on all day.

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3 comments:

  1. Jo who can't think of a clever nicknameAugust 19, 2015 at 3:05 AM

    Great costume! Don't you just lob these themed days? Send your child as a Victorian chimney sweep or a Tudor page boy.

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    1. Jo who can't think of a clever nicknameAugust 19, 2015 at 3:05 AM

      Lob = love, damn autocorrect!

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    2. beadgirlAugust 21, 2015 at 9:54 PM

      My favorite is Halloween, aka "book character day" -- and they don't believe comics count as books. Add in Beadboy2's very particular notions of what his costume should look like, and I go insane every October.

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