Kae Witch Way?

My 2 year old saw some kids at McDonald's dressed in Halloween costumes with one of the little girls dressed as a witch. Kaelyn immediately focused on the witch and wanted to go to her. Maybe this wasn't the best time to ask her what she wanted to be but I did anyway and much to my surprise: she wanted to be a witch. So I asked her what colors she wanted to wear and she simply replied Black and Green. The little girl had purple and orange on so at least I know Kae wasn't completely focused on the girl's outfit. So there began my project of making my daughter's first Halloween costume. 

After a good amount of what could have been studying time was spent on Pinterest and YouTube I finally came up with some ideas that were good enough to take to JoAnn's and finally to my own little cutting table aka my dining room table.

I started with the tutu which was actually a lot of fun and completely addicting. I see a lot of tutu's in Kaelyn's future...

The hat was a lot of fun to make but I hit two bumps in the road... This hat in theory is extremely easy. Anyone can make this hat. The florets are optional so this project is definitely at newbie level. Since I was going for green and black witch I decided to turn it into a green flower witch so I went with the florets. First bump.. I totally touched the glue from the HOT glue gun. Not smart. OUCH!

And my second bump...my sewing machine broke down on me.. long story short it's not gonna make it. The cost to repair it almost equals the amount I spent on the machine itself so it's basically got DNR stamped all over it. That's medical talk for Do Not Resuscitate. This whole ordeal took up a good amount of my afternoon but I wasn't going to let it bring me down. I decided to hand sew the remaining part of the hat... for about half an hour. Yeah then I realized this was gonna take so much longer so I went and borrowed my mom's sewing machine. Good thing she was home and knew where it was! 
So I was back on track and on my way! 

I'm very proud of the fact that I made my daughter's costume. It was soo much fun too - check it out ~

I sorta had her wear the costume immediately after waking from her nap so she isn't quite in the right mindset in the pics. I'm not too sure she even knew where she was at the time..

The hat and the little florets are my fave and I've included a link to the tutorial here. 
Elphaba Witch Hat

Hope everyone else has a safe and happy Halloween! This being my first Halloween off from work I know I'm really going to enjoy spending it with my family. I hope you all the same ~