From a Doll's Eyes

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Yuna and Sakura are tremendously excited about Halloween this year. So much so that they dearly wished to dress up for the occasion.

However, Anna has been exceedingly busy as of late, and with such short notice how could she possibly make these dolls suitable costumes?

“Let’s make them ourselves! How hard could they be, right?!”

Thus, under my careful supervision, the children have made their own Halloween costumes.

So now, Anna will share how to construct these simple costumes in hopes that those in need of such a thing will find this information useful.

Easy Halloween Costumes for Dolls

First off, Hikaru’s “supervision” amounted to shouting from the other room and letting me help out the children.

Anyway, the first costume idea is the simplest. A ghost.

All you need is some white sheer fabric and a pair of scissors. I used some lining fabric I had leftover from a dress, but scarves will work well too.

Just take your fabric and fold it in half.

Now lay your doll on the fabric with their shoulders just below the top of the fold. You will cut the fabric as wide as your doll’s hands and long enough to touch their feet.

Now you fold the fabric and cut off a tiny bit of it to make a opening for your doll’s head. Careful not to make it too large.

Now try it on your doll and trim as needed at the head opening and along the edges.

Now we have a simple ghost costume. The sheerness of the fabric gives it a “ghosty” look.

The second idea is for our newest boy bjd, who didn’t really want to wear a full costume. He is borrowing Sakura’s cat ears. They are just enough to get a festive look.

Usagi is enjoying her cat ears too.

To make these headbands all you need is craft felt, jewelry wire, scissors and a glue gun. Check out our video tutorial.

The next idea is for Sakura’s costume, which starts out like the ghost costume. It needs fabric and some basic sewing supplies to start. And felt and ribbon are optional.

Just fold the fabric and cut around your doll. We used black cotton this time.

The difference is that you cut the sides of the fabric to form wide sleeves.

Then fold the fabric and cut a tiny neck opening.

Then pin the sides and get ready to sew!

This can be done easily on a sewing machine (if you trust your doll), but it’s simple enough by hand.

If you are familiar with hand sewing, check our doll dress video tutorial. It demonstrates several hand sewing techniques.

The last step is to cut opening and maybe trim the neckline a little.

When worn with the opening in front, it makes a perfect simple robe (comment below if the first thing you thought was Harry Potter).

But when worn with the opening in back and with some ribbon for a belt, it becomes the perfect dress for a simple witch costume.

It just needs something…

…like a hat.

I whipped up this one from black felt. I found this video tutorial that works for all sizes of doll.

Now for something more challenging, Momoko’s fairy costume. Momoko had more help from me than the others.

It starts with a swimsuit, seriously.

If your doll has one to start with, great. But if not, I found this pattern for a swimsuit for KID and BID ball jointed dolls. The KID size fits Momoko well.

If you need something a little simpler or for another size doll, here’s a video tutorial for a sock swimsuit.

Next we need to make a tutu. A costume staple. Just need some tulle, thin elastic, a safety pin and some basic sewing supplies.

First, cut a piece of elastic to fit around your doll’s waist.

Then cut a rectangle piece of tulle that’s about 4 times as long as the elastic. The width of the tulle should be twice as long as you want the skirt to be, if that makes any sense.

Fold the tulle in half, the folded edge will be the waistband…

…As soon as you sew along the edge to form a casing (or tunnel) for the elastic. Make sure it is wide enough for your elastic and safety pin.

Use the safety pin to thread the elastic through the casing. Pin the elastic to keep the elastic from getting lost in the tutu.

Now pin the sides together and sew.

Trim a little if needed, fluff it up, and it’s ready for wearing.

With just the swimsuit and tutu, this would make a great ballerina costume. Plus, throw on a crown and it’s a princess costume.

However, Momoko wants to be a fairy, here’s some simple wings.

I found these butterfly decorations at Dollartree, but I’ve seen similar ones at craft stores too.

The wings just need one wire butterfly, a metal hairclip, scissors and a glue gun.

First, cut of the excess wire on the butterfly.

Then glue the clip pointing downward to the butterfly.

Finally, just clip it to the back of your doll’s clothes.

If you’re worried about scratching your doll with the clip, try gluing some ribbon on the clip before gluing it to the butterfly.

This is the easiest way I know to make wings for a doll.

Now the fairy costume is complete.

And all my little dolls are ready for trick or treating.

By the way, I found Sakura’s caldron and the little pumpkin buckets at Goodwill.

However, you can find them at Party City! Here are the pumpkins and and here are the cauldrons. They are the perfect size for dolls and they add just the right touch, they just need some doll sized candy.