I am a vampire

There is a song that we love in my wee family from the Juno sound track which goes along the lines of 'I am vampire I am a vampire I am a vampire I have lost my life...'its a surprisingly cheery ditti and we all sing along. So when master seven was invited to a spooky themed birthday party you guessed it he want to go as a vampire. As O strongly dislike just going and buying an over priced badly bad costume I like to cobble something together. The main feature my son wanted was a cape. Below is some super easy instructions to making a vampire cape.

Vampire Cape

All you need for this cape is 1 meter of poly cotton preferably back and your sewing supplies.

 Step 1: I folded over and ironed a 2cm wide strip to create a pocket.

Step 2: Folded over a piece 15cm and ironed. Pin into place.

Step 3: Sew two rows along the folded edge so that there is enough room to thread through a draw string.

Step 4: Thread threw a draw string through the opening. I Find it best to attach a safety pin to one end to help push it along.

Step 5: Cut a jagged hem for added effect.

For the full effect I channelled my goth 16 year old self and put on lots of dark eye liner and blood red lip stick. Although I don't understand why its so dam hard to put make up on kiddies.

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