During my second pregnancy six years ago, I needed a Halloween costume to wear to a 12 hour scrapbook crop. I was about six months pregnant so I had two requirements for the costume. The first requirement was that the costume be comfortable. Being pregnant was already uncomfortable most of the time so I didn’t want the costume to be too constricting or heavy. The second requirement was that the costume not make me hot. I live in Florida and in October it can still be in the upper 80s or low 90s. I came up with the baby construction worker. Not only did this costume satisfy my two requirements but it was also super easy to put together!

Supplies:

• white t-shirt
• iron-on transfer sheet
• printer
• iron
• hard hat
• cartoon image of a baby
• scissors
• adhesive for paper
• fabric tool belt
• various baby items (diaper cream, baby shampoo, bottle, diapers)

Directions:

1. Create the “Under Construction” with an arrow pointing down in your favorite computer program. Then print it out onto iron-on transfer paper. In retrospect I think I would have made the letters and the arrow bigger.

2. Iron the design onto a white t-shirt.

3. Print out a baby’s image on paper. Cut it out and then adhere it to the front of a hard hat.

4. Place baby items in a tool belt. I used my husband’s fabric Home Depot tool belt. I thought it would be fun to change “Home Depot” to “Baby Depot.” I created the design and printed it out.

I must admit that I only wore the tool belt for photos. Most of the time I was sitting during the crop so the belt wouldn’t have been visible.

I hope this costume has inspired you to create a fun DIY costume this year.