The 2012 Halloween Costume (play-by play)

Are you getting ready for Halloween - have you chosen the costume(s) yet?!  I worked on Ella's Halloween costume over the weekend.  Her choice this year - a cupcake!  HA!  She sure does love her "food theme" (last year she was a cheeseburger).  I thought I'd give you a little play by play on this one.  I found a semi-tutorial online a few weeks ago, but I sort of had to wing it as far as how to make it all come together.  

I started with a small plastic laundry basket (a whopping $1 at the Dollar Store) and cut out the bottom

 Wrapped it in batting and secured with safety pins

 I used hot pink flannel for the base of the cupcake (the cupcake liner, if you will).  

Again, I just safety pinned it together inside

 This picture was my original plan to just stuff and pin on the "frosting" of the cupcake, but that didn't really work out.  I had to pull out the sewing machine and basically sew a simple tube with the stuffing inside.  I then used the seam of the stuffed tube to pin to the top of the cupcake liner (see below)

 TA DA!  Cupcake.  But wait...it gets cuter....

OMG!  Don't you love it?  I sort of secretly wish I'd made an adult sized one for me!  I think it turned out great, but those pink ribbons for straps aren't going to work.  Still need to figure something out there.  The cupcake sprinkles are just pom poms that I hot glued on.  Can't wait for Ella to wear it for Halloween!

P.S. I am linking up this costume idea at a few blogs I follow, check them out! here and here