Toadstool costume

Happy October! Something that I look forward to every year is making Elliot a homemade Halloween costume. I make a couple costumes each year, and since it’s almost mushroom season for us— I thought it’d be fun to make a mushroom costume! I’ll be showing you how to make a no-sew mushroom hat that you

We made these mushroom toadstool costumes using sombreros as the base. A circle of cardboard was placed and secured on them and bubble wrap softened the pointy top. Red fabric covered the top with white felt spots while calico folded beneath created the toadstools' lamella, or gills... the papery hymenophore rib under the cap. Natural calico created the stalk gathered at the neck and decorated with leaves and lights at the base. Battery packs for the lights were hidden in the hem of the…