Lou the Peacock!

I have been working on Lou's Halloween costume for a couple of weeks now. It all started when I wanted her to be something girly involving a tutu. You would think simple enough, right? Not really, all infant costumes are bunting or a sack of sorts.

I found an easy way to make my own tutu and thought that a peacock would be unique for Lou's first Halloween.
So I started with the tutu. It was pretty easy. It is so big and fluffy that when Lou sits in it I think it is 2 feet on either side.

I then wanted to make a fancy peice

for Lou to wear in her hair. I looked on one of my favorite sites, etsy and saw these fascinators using peacock eyes and flowy feathers. I went on a search for the peacock eyes and found them at a local craft shop as well as puffy feather peice that was exactly what I wanted.

I attached the fascinator to an alligator clip and will be making a nylon headband from a purple, royal blue, or teal green knee-high (I should be able to find one of those around this time of year I hope).

Next was the peacock feathers themselves (the back peice). I really wanted to use a burlesque type marabou fan with peacock eyes, but alas ebay only had ones from Japan (too long to ship!) and there were no fans to be found in Memphis. So I improvised and found peacock eyes at Micheals craft store. I used a kids foam visor from the kids craft section to attach the peacock eyes. I then used a purple feather boa to cover the rest of the visor's surface. Lou will wear these around her chest with a strechy cording covered in purple satin ribbon.

Last night I put the tutu and the back piece together to see how it will look all combined. I think she will look like a peacock! I hope the weather holds out for Saturday night for Zoo Boo at the Memphis Zoo.

Landon is a train conductor this year (imagine that). He loves his costume and is excited to wear it as he wants to put it on everyday or has something to say about it everyday since he got it.

We will either have pictures and a story to post after Saturday night or we will be posting after Halloween next week!

I am so excited for my little ones to enjoy such a fun-filled holiday season! Right around the corner is Thanksgiving and Christmas.