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Worst Witch Costume DIY Cape


It is super easy to make a DIY witch cape using a former skirt, what’s not to love  – a ten-minute dress-up project?

This year Children in Need led my daughter’s school to hold a dress-up day with a movie theme. She is seriously into her books and has just discovered The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy. We were equally delighted to discover this has been made into a movie – idea sorted. Next up –  make a perfect witch costume.

First up the dress. My Mum gave me this dress in case I could reuse the fabric, a lovely crushed velvety fabric in teal/green colour.

 

Dress for upcycling

 

I have made the Uptown Downtown dress for her (see previous version and pattern review here), using a former t shirt of my husbands for the lining. The color is just gorgeous, I can just imagine her wearing the dress over the coming Christmas period for parties and a trip to the pantomime for her birthday treat.

 

Uptown Downtown Dress

 

Next the easy peasy DIY cape – I bought a long black skirt from a charity shop. This is quickly transformed, what’s more, you don’t need a sewing machine for the good witch cape. 

First, unpick the back seam and remove the zipper. 

Secondly, thread elastic through the waistband, a safety pin is extremely helpful for threading the elastic. Pull until the elastic fits comfortably and then hand stitch to secure.

 

Create a cape from a skirt

 

The black cape was extremely quick, easy and cheap!!!

 

DIY Skirt to Cape

 

The outfit was complete with a witches hat and broomstick, a pair of stripey tights and a lacy top underneath the dress. She loved it. She has had a sickness bug this week, she was so pleased to be well enough to go back to school and not miss out on the fun day:) What’s more the homemade witch costume is perfect for a Halloween party.

 

Worst Witch DIY Costume

 

I adore how kids love dressing up – but I’m not quite so keen on coming up with costume ideas that appeal and are achievable!!

It gives me great satisfaction to upcycle/recycle clothing from one item into something new:) What’s your favorite clothing transformation?

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Cindy Hoffman

Sunday 7th of February 2016

I know it's not Halloween yet, but since Google brought me here and I loved what I have seen, I must say that the costume is just perfect. And the crushed velvet fabric kills it. Thanks a lot for sharing this and keep up the good work.

Cindy

Jess

Thursday 19th of November 2015

How great is this?! And I love that you upcycled the whole thing - Amazing!

Jan

Monday 16th of November 2015

I adore the crushed velvet fabric, it's a brilliant colour too. The whole outfit looks great, I think that must be the easiest cape I've seen upcycled. :)

nina entrekin

Monday 16th of November 2015

Both pieces turned out wonderful! Too cute! I need to do more upcycling/recycling myself!!!! Great post!

FairerThan

Wednesday 25th of January 2017

I just found this. Did you know the entire TV series is available on YouTube? (I didn't know there was a TV series!) The cape looks great!

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