DIY Louise Costume

For Halloween, my sister dressed up as Tina, and I dressed up as Louise from the show Bob's Burgers.

It was a major search to get the components of this costume. I ended up getting fabric and sewing the dress myself. It was a pretty makeshift, but it worked. The fabric was like $6.50.

For the hat, I bought a pink hoodie, cut off the hood, and cut out the ear shapes from the rest of the hoodie. I used pipe cleaners to line the ears so they would stay straight. This didn't work as well as I hoped...

If I did this costume over, I would have bought pink fleece to make the hat and just sew it all from scratch rather than using the hood from the hoodie. I don't feel like it saved that much work, and it was more expensive than buying fabric. 

Second Chance Halloween: Tina for $20!

Halloween is a WONDERFUL time to give clothes a second chance. It's great to recycle, and also great to save money on a costume. I mean, to get a cheaply made piece of crap costume that's already made, you'll probably shell out close to $50, and even then it might be missing components. This is one reason I love thrifting and looking for deals around Halloween.

Months ago I decided that I wanted to be Tina from Bob's Burgers this year. Over the coming weeks, I collected the various parts for my costume, and I'm happy to say that this costume can be made for $20. Yeah. For real!

Wig: $6, WalMart
Glasses: $5, WalMart, on clearance
Bow: $1, WalMart, on clearance
Shirt: $2, thrifted
Skirt: $4, thrifted
Socks: $2, Target (painted my own stripes)
(Shoes: already had similar ones I could have used, so I'm not counting this as part of what I purchased for the costume, but I did need some new ones so I spent like $15 on them at WalMart.)

Success!