What is the point of a tradition if you don't do the tradition? This was going through my head as I started making a very special Halloween costume for my youngest son. The tradition in our family is that for your first Halloween you dress up as your growing buddy which is a animal. Well my youngest sons buddy is a Otter. Yeah, not a easy costume to find and then the ones I could were all online and I still didn't like the look of them so thus I was making it. AHHH!!! More clothing construction.
For his costume I didn't have any pattern to go off of so at nap and bed time I would move him to our bed to do test layouts and fittings. Actually worked pretty good to do this. Thankfully he is a very heavy sleeper.
Somehow I managed to make the costume and it came out super cute. I have also learned that even if I did order a costume online it wouldn't have fit him since his head is so large and he is pretty tall for his age too.
A nice side view
Trying to get a good picture of him crawling with that tale.
Honestly these almost look like sleepers.
SEE!!! He matches his growing buddy great! Although I think the one on the left is super adorable.
I had to get a nice tale view too. That was hard to figure out where to place it without a pattern to tell you. I also lucked out with the ear placement on the hood too. Now I know the picture can't show you this but the costume was super soft just like his stuff animal which I loved. It meant more cuddles on Halloween for me.
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