Monday 29 October 2012

My Homemade Halloween Maternity Costume



Finding a Halloween costume suitable for a bump is not easy.  You can spend money buying something lovely or you can improvise.  I went for the second option and for under £5 made my Halloween costume for the year.

Take one cheap vest - (I found primark sells them for £2 and they are lovely and long and very stretchy.)  -Cut a large hole in the tummy area.

Paint the now bare tummy orange.  I tried face paint but with such a large area to cover could not get it to work well.  Next we tried a homemade fingerpaint concoction which again didn't look too good.  Finally I mixed PVA glue with food colouring and painted it on leaving a lovely shiny orange belly poking out from under my top!

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Wait a couple of minutes for the orange to dry and then draw on your pumpkin face using whatever is at hand.  We used black paint with a little sponge and my newly popped out belly button was the pumpkin nose.

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I dressed all in black with the pumpkin bump sticking out and got great reactions!  Luckily this was an indoor party just round the corner from my house though, as I would have frozen walking around like this outside!

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Have you ever painted your baby bump?  Send me a picture if you give this a go and I will add it in!  Next up - a shiny bauble for christmas! hehe

16 comments:

  1. You looked fantastic, what a wonderful idea. I never painted my bump(s) wish I had now x

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  2. This is just super cool and you look awesome Bex! P.s - love Dylan peeping through in his skeleton costume too :) xx

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  3. I have a Halloween party tomorrow, but it's at my sons school and no where near as brave as you to do this. It look amazing x

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  4. Very cool idea...it looks amazing and a bit freaky all at the same time!

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  5. What a fantastic idea during your pregnancy! How long did it take to wash your bump off? :o) xxx

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  6. that made me laugh! it's a crazy idea, love it.

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  7. Looks fab! You have a lovely bump! I fear mine would have looked like flab! lol! x

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  8. Ah that's fab and I think it's obligatory to paint your bump as a pumpkin if it's big enough at this time of year.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  9. Great idea to save on your Halloween costume. Buying an outfit for one year and probably never used again can work out expensive, but incorporating your bump is unique! - brilliant

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  10. I LOVE this post and I also LOVE outie bellybuttons on pregnant bellies!!!And your popped out button did indeed make for a WONDERFUL pumpkin nose!!!!!!!!!

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