Dog Man Book Character Parade Costume
Sew Crafty Crochet
November 11, 2019
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It's time for the Dollar Store Craft Challenge! I've joined with several of my blogging friends for the November Dollar Store Craft Challenge, and we've each created a project using items from the Dollar Store. For this challenge, I'm sharing a Dog Man inspired outfit I put together for my daughter to wear during the Book Character Parade at her school. Each quarter the students have an Accelerated Reader goal, and if they meet that goal, they get to dress up as their favorite book character and participate in the parade around the school. So my daughter reached her Accelerated Reader goal, and she asked to dress up as Bark Knight from the Dog Man
books. I thought it would be a cool idea to crochet a hat as part of the costume, and I knew she'd need a cape and a shirt like Bark Knight. I used yarn already in my massive stash to create the hat, and I ventured off to the local dollar store to see what I could find to create a shirt. Since it was just before Halloween, I knew the local Dollar Tree had superhero capes.
books. I thought it would be a cool idea to crochet a hat as part of the costume, and I knew she'd need a cape and a shirt like Bark Knight. I used yarn already in my massive stash to create the hat, and I ventured off to the local dollar store to see what I could find to create a shirt. Since it was just before Halloween, I knew the local Dollar Tree had superhero capes.
from TJ Maxx for only $12.99! The same dress was $29.99 at Joann's. To complete the costume, I crocheted a hat and cape to keep my little Anna warm. My mother and a mom from my daughter's preschool said that adding the crochet hat and cape made the costume perfect. They told me that the entire costume didn't have to be handmade. I think as a crafter, I put pressure on myself to make everything and to make it perfect. But now I see that they were right. My daughter was adorable in her costume, and I was very pleased with how the cape turned out. We received many compliments on the cape, and that made me feel great!
