A few years ago I went to Madison for their big Halloween street party with my college roommates. Knowing it was an outdoor event and it would probably be pretty cold, I wanted to come up with a warm and comfy costume. Enter: the sweatsuit Carebear.
My roommate, the mad scientist.
I found the sweatsuit at Kmart for about $4 a piece. I bought an extra sweatshirt to use for the hat. I took an old white t-shirt and cut it into a large oval, and traced two hearts onto it. I then hand stitched it onto the front of the sweatshirt, leaving two holes on either side to make a little pouch pocket. For the hat, I used a beanie as an example and traced it onto the extra sweatshirt, adding on the two ears, then cut it out and sewed the two sides together. Then I hand stitched on two white circles of fabric for the inside of the ears.
Finally, I colored a red heart onto the extra white fabric, cut it out, and sewed it onto the bottom. Because I did a lot of hand stitching since I'm a crazy person and not that confident on my current sewing machine, this probably took me 3-4 hours to complete. Super comfy, super warm, and everyone wanted to give me a hug. Win.
