DIY Maternity Halloween Costume

Last friday I was honored with the most original costume ribbon at my friend Andrea's annual halloween party. Last year I won the sexiest costume ribbon - this year....not so much ;-)

Check it out.

I also took the opportunity to reveal the baby's gender. If you look closely, the baby is holding a blue rattle! Before I go on, I would like to point out that my eyeliner was not working for me that night. It was not even and was making my eyes look two completely different shapes/sizes. In real life they are relatively identical.

This was a DIY after I saw this shirt for sale here but I'm a bit of a procrastinator (found this on tuesday, party was on friday) and didn't want to spend 30 bucks on it either.

I saved the image and enlarged it.

I then put freezer paper over my scree and traced the skeleton.

I did the same for the baby skeleton 

 After carefully cutting the skeletons to create a stencil, I taped them onto a plain long sleeve maternity shirt. I then used fabric paint and sponged white paint into the stencil. I think i did 3 coats total. Once it was dry, I drew the rattle.

 Here is a picture of Andrea and I, proudly holding up my ribbon!

And here ais a picture of the girls - minus Erica... the little leopard hadn't arrived yet.

I have to say that I had as much fun this year as i did last year. While I didn't win round after round of beer pong I did learn to play flip cup and walked away on the winning side!