No Sew Pineapple Halloween Costume

I seriously love the fruit trend right now. It’s been all the rage this summer, but why not let it spill over into Fall in the costume arena?

It would be a crime not to. Don’t you think?

I whipped up a couple of fruit-a-licious costumes for my daughter and get this…they are NO SEW!

Well…the hat is mostly. Let me show you what I mean.

MATERIALS

MEASURING

-Grab a T-shirt that fits the recipient.

-Measure how long the shirt is from shoulder to hem.

– Add a couple of inches. This is your radius.

-Fold your felt into fourths. Starting from the folded corner, measure out a circle using your radius measurement and cut it out.

CUTTING

– Lay your T-shirt on top of your felt centering it as best as you can.

– Use the T-shirt to measure how wide to cut the neck whole.

– Cut the neck hole just slightly wider than what you marked. Cut it out in a shallow leaf shape.

– Then cut a slit down the front about 2 inches.

OPTIONAL

I did this for the pineapple but not the apple.

I started out trying to be orderly but found after a few rows that random eye-balling was better.

Let it dry and then try it on!

ARM SLITS

You can leave the cape as is or cut arm slits. I wasn’t sure how it would play out with Natalie. I wondered if she would even use the arm slits, but it turns out that they came in handy!

The placement of arm slits is personal preference and can be a little tricky. I kept them centered/ a little low so that she could hold her trick or treat bag and such. As I found in this photo shoot though, is that she constantly held candy in her mouth, which kept shifting the cape backwards…not a problem, but I might have cut the slits higher had I known she would do that.

Ready for the hat?

The process is almost completely the same. The only difference is that I did a bit of hand sewing for these hats. For the complete no sew version.

MATERIALS

CUTTING

– Cut a piece of felt about twice the size of your cardboard piece.

GATHERING

– Thread your needle with a pretty long piece of thread, double up the thread, and knot off the end. Sew a running stitch around the perimeter of the felt circle.

– When you get to the end of the circle, lay down your handful of batting, and then the piece of cardboard on top.

– Pull your thread tight, gathering and closing the felt circle around the cardboard and batting.

-Sew back and forth between the gathered edges until it feels secure. Knot off your thread and remove the needle.

NO-SEW variation – pleat the edges of the felt in place and hot glue it together. See a step by step how to.

TUFTING

– To tuft the middle of the hat, thread your needle with a piece of yarn.

– Insert it into the middle of the cardboard and sew a small stitch in the center. Keep sewing back and forth until the stitched spot is nice and secure. Knot it off and remove the needle.

ASSEMBLING HAT

– Cut another circle of felt just smaller than your hat, and cut a piece of ribbon or elastic .

– Lay the elastic in place with the raw ends on top of the underside of the hat. If using ribbon assemble it in the same way.

LEAVES

For pineapple leaves,

– Cut a page size piece of felt into two triangles.

– Save any scraps that look leafy. Lay both shredded triangle pieces on top of each other, along with the extra leafy scraps.

-Starting from the longer side, roll the leafy triangles up, hot gluing them in place as you go.

– Give the leaves a final trim as needed.

-Glue to the tufted part of the hat, and you’re done!

For the apple hat, the leaf and stem were made the same way THIS pumpkin hat was made.

Q: When is an apple not an apple?

Q: What do you get when you an apple crosses a Christmas tree?

A. A pineapple!

Naturally.

I made this for my daughter but I think this would make a super cute idea for any age. If I were a teacher I would totally be an apple!