My first-grade son needs a sea turtle costume... and my daughter needs to be a (green?) mermaid the day before that.
We parents were told that the turtles need a long-sleeved green shirt, and either green leggings or green tights.
Green tights seemed impractical - would I use them again? He wouldn't! And green leggings... well, same problem. Besides, I didn't find either of them at the store. I got thinking that maybe I'd just buy some green fabric and make them-
and then I stumbled across some way-too-big t-shirts on clearance, $2 apiece. I looked at their long cuffed sleeves, and it hit me- they're the right size for small-boy-legs! So, here's what I did. I'll probably add a sparkly green posterboard tail to make it a mermaid.
We parents were told that the turtles need a long-sleeved green shirt, and either green leggings or green tights.
Green tights seemed impractical - would I use them again? He wouldn't! And green leggings... well, same problem. Besides, I didn't find either of them at the store. I got thinking that maybe I'd just buy some green fabric and make them-
and then I stumbled across some way-too-big t-shirts on clearance, $2 apiece. I looked at their long cuffed sleeves, and it hit me- they're the right size for small-boy-legs! So, here's what I did. I'll probably add a sparkly green posterboard tail to make it a mermaid.
If the elastic instructions are confusing, you can just make a regular casing and thread elastic through it. Cut the elastic 1/2" longer for the casing method. When you apply elastic the way I did in the slide show, the elastic is permanently stretched a little bit, requiring a tiny bit less length.
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