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A DIY planner costume + my creative endeavor for 2019!

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It’s January first of a new year! Everyone is filling in their 2019 planners with goals and dreams and ideas, and I’m just over here dressed up like one! WEEEE!

This DIY (and super easy) planner costume is part of a new idea and project that I am kicking off today! I am embarking on a little creative journey to make one costume per month: something playful and funny and something that stretches my creativity each time I sit down to sketch. Maybe I try new materials or processes. Maybe I make sets of costumes or for different ages or styles. I don’t REALLLLY have a plan (shocker!) but what I *DO KNOW* is that I am wildly excited about some of the materials I plan to work with AND I am SO excited to stretch my creative muscles on this little venture.
SO buckle up, because today I am sharing my DIY 2019 planner costume to kick off this new year and new idea!

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The whole tutorial is below (with photos and steps) in case you want to make your own (and if you do, please PLEASSSSSE tag me in the pics, I would DIE to see them)! 🙂 ANDDDDD you may recognize this planner a bit, it’s because it’s inspired by the (incredibly beautiful) Simplified Planner designed by Emily Ley. It’s colorful and happy and has includes my love for stripes! 🙂 

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This costume is basically 3 pieces of giant foam core (which I’ve surprisingly never made a costume out of before). It has no sewn elements (another first for me) AND it’s quite a fast project. You basically “decorate” all 3 pieces of foam core, attach them together and VOILA, a DIY planner costume for your New Years party, office party or your trip to the grocery store! 🙂 

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Supplies:

  • 3 large pieces of foam core (size 32×40, purchased from Hobby Lobby)
  • 2 pieces of 12×12 gold metallic paper
  • 2 pieces of 12×12 paper
  • Paint for front (navy, teal, turquoise, green, yellow, pink and magenta)
  • 6 colors of paper for inside tabs – navy, turquoise, green, yellow, pink and magenta)
  • 1 pack of white letter stickers  
  • 1 roll of 3-M painting tape
  • clear packing tape
  • gold spray paint (optional) 
  • wire/squiggly things from the clearance Christmas floral section of Hobby Lobby (for the coil)
  • hot glue
  • scissors
  • 2 pieces of thick ribbon or fabric for the shoulder straps. 

Cost : $48  (with my coupon from Hobby Lobby and a few supplies that I already had! 🙂 
Time : about 3 hours (give or take how long paint takes to dry, etc)

Instructions:

  1. Cut cover + back, then paint + decorate
    Cut 2 pieces of your big foam core down from 40” long to 32” long (the width stays the same).
    Then mark off 13 stripes at 2 3/4” in width across the width of the foam core, and tape off the stripes with painters tape (you could also use washi tape, but use tape that won’t remove any of the foam core when removed) .
    Then paint the stripes in your coordinating colors (navy, teal, turquoise, green, yellow, pink, magenta).
    Set aside to let dry. 

2. Cut inside piece
Cut the inside foam core to 33” long by 31” wide.

3. Cut tabs for inside + decorate inside
Cut strips of colored paper 2 3/4” in width, and then cut those strips in 3” sections. You will have tabs that are 2 3/4” x 3”. Cut 2 of each color (navy, turquoise, green, yellow, pink and magenta) for a total of 12 tabs each. 
Round 2 corners (the outer edge corners, so that the squared off corners are what attach to the inside page). Then add the letter stickers for the month abbreviations.  Glue these long the right side eye of the inside piece, overlapping each tap just a bit.
Add lettering “belongs to:__________” or the date or any other decor to the front inside page. 

4. Add spiral binding to front cover
Cut 12 of your wire squiggly things in 4 1/2” to 5” strips. Curl them into a fun circle, spray paint them any color you wish or leave them as is. 
Cut 6 rectangle holes in the front cover, evenly spaced out (I chose to simply cut the white space in between each color since it was already spaced out and measured).
Hot glue your spiral binding (2 per hole) around the cover through the hole to the outside, hot gluing the beginning and end on the back of the cover. Do this with all of the binding coils in all 6 holes. 

5. Finish decorating front cover
Cut out the gold borders (2) : one about 12” x 10” and the other about 9 1/2” x 7 1/2”
Add white paper behind the borders and gold lettering on top of the white in the center. Glue in the middle top portion of the cover.
Also cut out 2 gold squares for the corners, about 4 1/2” x 4 1/2”. Then cut out the inside portion and round out 2 corners for the 2 outer edges of the cover. Glue these to the outer edges of the cover.

6. Add shoulder straps + attach cover + add finishing touches
With clear packing tap, cut strips about 4 inches long and then cut those in 1/2 (hotdog style). Use these to attach the cover and the inside page together. I put the pieces discretely along the “bound” edge close to the holes. Add enough tape so that the front and inside stay together and act like a “binding” when you open them up.
Cut out shoulder straps about 2” in with by 8” (or so) long. Place the costume up to your body to give an idea as to where to attach them. With hot glue, attach the shoulder straps to the backside of the back cover and the backside of the inside page. 
Add any other finishing touches or embellishments that are colorful or meaningful to you! 🙂 

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  1. Dawn Marquart says

    January 1, 2019 at 7:17 pm

    Outrageously Amazing.

  2. Jo says

    January 3, 2019 at 11:30 am

    Hahah, what a fun and well-written post! You’re quite talented!

  3. Dawnmarie @ EnjoyingtheDays says

    January 3, 2019 at 12:32 pm

    This looks like it was a fun project. What will you do with these costumes after you make them? Will you wear them anywhere?

  4. Kristi @ Way Beyond the Norm says

    January 3, 2019 at 4:05 pm

    What a cute idea! I’m excited to see what you come up with next month. This may help make my halloween costume recommendations for my kids a little easier. =)

  5. Holly Bird says

    January 3, 2019 at 5:35 pm

    Wow this is awesome!! Thank you for sharing it! I will share it too!

  6. Rachel Newlon says

    January 3, 2019 at 5:45 pm

    OMG! This is awesome!!! I love it!

  7. Dawn says

    January 3, 2019 at 6:17 pm

    What a fun and silly idea! If you wear this to the grocery store, I want photographic proof!!!! Not trying to hijack your idea in any way at all, but thinking if you were to decorate it a bit differently, it could become a big, wearable vision board. Just a thought.

  8. Meagan says

    January 3, 2019 at 6:48 pm

    Hahahaa I love this! So cute. This is my kind of costume. My husband makes fun of how much I like to look at the planners at Target.

  9. Janice says

    January 3, 2019 at 6:49 pm

    Wow, great custome.

  10. Shelly says

    January 3, 2019 at 7:56 pm

    OMG this is hilarious!!! I love it. Thank you for sharing!

  11. Tiffany F says

    January 3, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    That’s adorable! Need to tuck that away for halloween!

  12. Tricia says

    January 3, 2019 at 10:22 pm

    Love this idea…lol super cute, and original. I could see myself wearing this for Halloween…

  13. Chantelle Jeffers says

    January 4, 2019 at 9:43 am

    Cool idea. I feel like making one to use like a Giant wall planner. Definitely wouldn’t forget my goals that way.

  14. Katie Mitchell says

    January 4, 2019 at 1:39 pm

    I freaking love this. It’s so cute! Can’t wait to see what else you come up with!

  15. Flor says

    January 4, 2019 at 2:10 pm

    OMG! This is awesome! Can’t wait to see what you’ll do each month!

  16. Janine says

    January 4, 2019 at 2:47 pm

    What a fun and original costume! I would have had fun filling up all your dates with different items!

  17. Stacy Frazer says

    January 4, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    Completely Fun! Well Done!

  18. Ruth Iaela-Pukahi says

    January 5, 2019 at 3:57 am

    Fun! I love to dress up too! Making unique costumes is a ton of fun too! I’m excited to see what you come up with next! 🙂

  19. Dominique says

    January 5, 2019 at 5:35 pm

    I love this. Super cute pictures!

  20. Shirley says

    January 5, 2019 at 10:59 pm

    So creative! I do love how colorful it is. Great instructions to follow. Absolutely love it!

  21. Nicki says

    January 9, 2019 at 7:38 am

    This is awesome! Thanks for a laugh!

  22. T.M. Brown says

    January 9, 2019 at 9:41 am

    Talk about creative!!! Wow – this is fabulous. I love how adorable and unique this is.

  23. Tonya | the Writer Mom says

    January 10, 2019 at 4:26 pm

    Okay that’s awesome! Looks really cool.

  24. Georgette says

    January 11, 2019 at 2:32 pm

    Love this post. I feel your energy! Yes, signef up for notifications to get my Mondays going.

  25. Pauline says

    January 13, 2019 at 1:31 pm

    How fun!!! I can’t wait to see the rest of thrm. You are very talented.

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Download this coloring advent village and take a few min away to color each house and talk about the season and the way you can shine light! 
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Adding color and lots of little personalities and Adding color and lots of little personalities and faces to our weekend. Because love wins and death is conquered….so yes, this is for sure how we celebrate🎉 
Also, every time I cracked an egg this weekend, I squealed in the sound or noise that I thought the personality of the egg would sound 😂😂😂 obvi.
I would PICKle you as my Valentine over and over i I would PICKle you as my Valentine over and over if I could! 😂
Also, yes, this is clearly a @claussenpicklesofficial because duh, they are the best! ❤️

The alternate caption could also be “yup…..it’s a Valentine pickle. Because my kids are obsessed with vinegar soaked veggies. Just swipe for the Halloween pickle proof 🥒 “
For the record, I got approximately zero adulting For the record, I got approximately zero adulting things done while constructing this cardboard @encantomovie Casita of my daughters dreams. Except of course inserting many phrases in place of the “we don’t talk about Bruno” song…..ya know, “we don’t talk about dishes no no nooooo. We don’t talk about laundryyyyyy.” 🏠 🎨 💛 
Also, the minute the hot glue was dry, Esther picked up the Casita, hugged it and ran it to the living room where she played most of the afternoon. A moment of Mom win to warm my heart 😭❤️
“May you find the light that guides you home” “May you find the light that guides you home” 
One of my fave song + fave yearly progression that makes me allll happy and sappy. Merry Christmas 🎄 I hope you’re finding light this holiday season!
If I’ve said it once and I’ll say it 3 squllio If I’ve said it once and I’ll say it 3 squllion more times: I LOVE PAINNNTTTTT! Here’s the thing……paint is always, 100% paint-overable. If you paint something, step back, live with it for while but just doesn’t feel right…..simply paint over it. Like really that simple. 
I’ve done this a handful of times in our own home….bathrooms, bedrooms, hallways (like so many times in the hallways 😂)! 
Painting to me is a slight reflection of life: nothing is perfect, and even when mistakes or missteps feel overwhelming they are always worth fixing and usually fixable annnnnd it’s amazing how much a  small moment can bring big joy…..or in this case a big moment on a biiigggg wall 🎉🎨
I am doing my last restock of these little nutcrac I am doing my last restock of these little nutcracker buddies tonight at 7pm (central time)! So if you’ve had your eyes on them, especially after seeing them in @hgtvmagazine (gahhhhhhh, still can’t get over this), then be sure to find yourself in my shop tonight at 7pm central!
Even thought I had alllll the intentions of postin Even thought I had alllll the intentions of posting this sooner, I make no apologies because I don’t like living in the land of the “shoulddas”. Especially during this season of intentional slowing down and anticipating the arrival of Christmas. 
Download this coloring advent village and take a few min away to color each house and talk about the season and the way you can shine light! 
PS, download the file on my blog amongst the other holiday themed doodles coloring sheets…..AND we printed our village in gargantuan size from Staples….(their engineer print) and I am not one but mad about the fact that it will take up nearly half a wall! 😂 ❤️🎄
Tis the season for my crafting fingers to be full Tis the season for my crafting fingers to be full of hot glue burns and can honestly say it makes me happy. Like so thankful and happy! 
Okkayyy well maybe not the burns themselves but the fact that I’m over here, in my little studio space in Wisconsin crafting my heart out and you’re sending the love right back to me with all the support! Support for the doodles and painting and costumes and sewing and other colorful things that I’m eager to share! 
SO thankful. Like I’d really love to give you all a humongous big hug right now. 

And for all the online shoppers this weekend, use code YAYcreatives for 20% off everything in my shop through Monday night. Including these happy Colorful felt trees! (I meannnnn, look at their personality 😂😍)
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