Puppies combined with occupations like pilots, police officers and firemen… how could a little kid not love this show? These are some process pics of a Skye from Paw Patrol inspired halloween costumeI made for my daughter. I say inspired because we changed somethings for what we had on hand. As long as the themes are puppy, aviation and pink… the costume should read as the character.
SKYE COSTUME
Sewing is one of the more challenging tasks for me, so to cut it down and save time I started with a pink hooded vest found on ebay.
To prevent the filling from coming out when separating the hood from the vest, I sewed shut either side of the cut line.
Pipe cleaners and thin chip board helped give the ears some structure (and bounce).
The badge shape was made from foam-core and layers of construction paper and foil stickers on top for the graphics.
These goggles came a long way from their original steampunk design. Taking them apart was pretty easy. Then just spray painted the main part of the goggles pink. Replaced the band with a piece of pink elastic. I did not include the glass lenses for final wear, out of safety concerns with the little one.
Took an old lunch box she didn’t use any more and spray painted it pink. I wanted just straps so got the cheapest pink backpack I could find on amazon and cut the straps off. The wings slide on and off the lid and locks on when the lunchbox is latched.
The rest of the costume can be adjusted for weather; anything pink white or gray works for the outfit. My daughter ended up wearing a pink tutu leggings and long-sleeved white shirt.
RUBBLE COSTUME
Rubble the construction bull dog was up next for the little guy <3.
Again, purchased a yellow vest and construction helmet for a good base to start with.
For the digger arm, I used yellow corrugated plastic sheet. After doing some small mockups with paper, I got a design that worked.. scanned it and scaled up a paper template to trace and cut out on the corrugated plastic.
At first, I made the large one in the back.. it was too big! Having that much cantilever did not work. The scaled down one was much more manageable. The flat section in the back, helped to keep the arm at the best angle relative to his back.
Sewed some straps on a brown lunch bag. This one I did second so there was less sewing and more hot glue :). Did the hanging badge in the same manner as the Skye badge. This was cute …for the brief time I could get him to wear it lol.
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