Fleece Monster Hoods! #Tbt

Monsters inward the Hood.

I wanted to brand Monster Hoods for a while...it but took
a few days of freezing temperatures to motivate me!

Everyone designed their ain hoods.
We all got inward on the fun!

To begin,
I had each of my kids describe a sketch of what they wanted their monster to hold off like.
Hailee helped Jared produce his. She's a sweetness sister.

Then I bought a bunch of fleece!
I spent $15 too made v hoods...making them close $3 each. Not bad!
I was lucky too flora the polka dots, red, dark too
white fleece inward the remnants bin...perfect!
Fleece is wonderful, because it doesn't fray...so at that topographic point isn't a lot of extra hemming or edging!

I started alongside the youngest.
I took a hoodie of his that currently fits to utilization every bit the pattern.
Make certain your fleece is folded inward half, thence when yous cut, yous are cutting out two pieces.
I cutting it close an inch or two bigger than the hoodie.

They stand upwards for loosely too tin endure worn correct over a hoodie!
(here's the pattern I used for all the other hoods...for the 8 yr quondam upwards to adults)

Then cutting an identical laid out of contrasting fleece...this volition endure the within of the hood.

For the adult sized hoods they measured 18" tall too 15" wide.
I got 2/3 a yard of fleece too had some leftovers...good for the decorating!

Sew around the hood hand to the back.
I had my presser human foot correct on the border of the fabric, alongside the needle inward the left position.

You'll postulate some scraps of colored fleece for decorations!

I cutting out the shapes for the horns, spikes, eyeballs too accessories.
Cut your fleece close a 1/2 inch larger than yous desire it to turn
out to brand room for seam allowances.

Then run upwards around the shapes, leaving the bottoms open.
Turn them thence the seams are inward the inside...or larn the kids to come upwards help!

For the cyclops, I knew nosotros needed a large eyeball.
I cutting a gratis manus circle almost every bit large every bit my scissors.

I stuffed everything alongside poly-fil. We had a huge handbag total ($7), but barely used any...

I manus stitched alongside embroidery floss around the exterior border of the circle.
In too out too inward too out...the older kids (8 too 10) did their ain manus sewing.

Stuff it alongside "cotton",
Pull it tight too necktie it off.

Fabulous eyeball shape. It but needs a felt educatee hot glued on.

The horns were a chip harder.
After stuffing them I pinned them inward house on the hood.
You could but handstitch these on...but I used the sewing machine.
I but lined upwards my presser human foot to the border of the material
too held the horn spell I stitched it slowly.

You tin encounter the within here...not a perfect circle,
but fine plenty for monster horns!

Then I used the same approach for the spikes.
Just pinned them inward house too sewed them on!

For the teeth I used white felt.

I sewed it on facing upwards into the face.
This agency later the lining was sewn on, they would poke out.

I did manus run upwards the eyeballs onto the hoods. Just stitched them on actually tight...and tied it off.
It doesn't bring to hold off pretty because the lining volition embrace it! Yay for lining!

Okay, at nowadays run upwards your lining of the hood.
You volition encounter I moved my presser human foot close 1/4" away from the edge.
This volition brand the lining a fiddling tighter than the exterior of the hood.
Helps it stand upwards for nicely together!

Now. You desire to stand upwards for the two hood pieces RIGHT sides together.
So I bring the freshly sewn hood alongside the seam exposed on the outside,
too the monster hood alongside all the accessories shoved within the lining...
the hideous stitches are all showing.

Then yous volition run upwards the two hoods together starting the the large stretch that frames the face
(as opposed to the purpose that sits on the neck)
Just a similar a shot stitch volition produce the trick!

Once yous are done alongside that, yous volition endure able to encounter downward within the hoods similar a bag.
Flip them correct side out!

And stand upwards for the lining of the hood within the monster hood.
Then run upwards a similar a shot stitch across the base of operations of the cervix part.
(you could run upwards this correct onto a sweatshirt, t-shirt or robe!)

Oooh! See how perfect!?

Then my dashing hubby swooped inward too saved the day!
He lay a snap at the base of operations of the chin! Helps to continue it all inward place!

Yes, huge success alongside the iv yr old!

And, no i bothered to wipe his human face upwards earlier our pictures...oops!

Next was the 10 yr olds.
He wanted spikes, a tall horn too ruby eyes!

We mightiness bring made the horn a chip every bit good tall...but it's cool how dissimilar his looks!

The spikes were but sewn on flat, too and then fluffed upwards for wear!
They stick upwards but fine!

Right on alongside the sketch!

Next was our fiddling girly girly historic menstruum 8.
She wanted ruby horns, multicolored spikes too truthful cat eyes alongside eyelashes!

She helped me turn, stuff too work upwards the spikes.

The spikes were inserted too pinned into the exterior of the hood earlier I sewed the two pieces together...
this agency they stick upwards downward the dorsum seam.

I pinned them too and then double checked that they were spaced evenly.

She stuffed too sewed the eyes.

We added cat-slit pupils too eyelashes

Here's me sewing on the horns. Pinned inward house too carefully run upwards around them.

Eyeballs handstitched on.

And the lining!

Cute! We flora rainbow fleece for her, thence it's a fiddling dissimilar than pictured...
but the human face upwards is the same!

And the side view!

My iii fiddling monsters!

For the man...
he wanted dark alongside grayness horns too i eye. Simple.

Easy! This i went actually fast!

Perfect!

My computer program changed a dozen times!
I ended upwards finding this polka dotted fleece, thence I went alongside a unproblematic design...and iii eyes!

I used bluish fleece for irises!

And instead of horns, I sewed on a giant stuffed bow!

Ta da! I dearest the bluish lining!
And these hoods are thence overnice too warm!
It was a mutual frigidness too windy afternoon when nosotros took the pics
too everyone was to a greater extent than than happy to article of apparel their hoods! So fun!