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How to make Hotel Transylvania 3 costumes + the day I got weepy over sewing!

How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing

It started with an email!
An email on behalf of SONY and the Hotel Transylvania 3 movie team (!!)

I read the title, opened the email, and it was as if my posture changed, smile got bigger and heart opened out of excitement all in the matter of the 7 seconds it took me to read the words on my iPhone. It was an invitation. An invitation to let my creativity be explored and my imagination jump out of my heart onto a sewing machine. I set up a phone call the next morning with the team that works with Sony and Hotel Transylvania 3 to get all the deets. And that’s where things became real.
Costumes,
Timeline,
Ideas,
Doodles,
Fabric store runs,
it allllll started! 🙂

You guys, I MADE COSTUMES BASED ON AN ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE IN HOLLYWOOD FOR A LARGE COMPANY THAT I NEVER EVEN KNEW WOULD EVER CONTACT A SMALL TOWN WISCONSIN GIRL LIKE ME!! (I feel like I’m yell-typing out of sheer excitement….so picture us standing in your kitchen sipping almond lattes while I share my heart with you for a moment! 🙂 

I may be sounding melodramatic here. And perhaps I am. But this was, IS, a big deal to me. You see, if you know me in real life or have been following along here for any length of time, you know how important making costumes have been in my story. When I was little, Halloween was a world where I would dream and think and imagine what I wanted to be. I would talk about it for months with my Mom and we would come up with a plan and she would sit down at her sewing machine, let her creativity run wild and I would light up from the results she would come up with. Later on in life, she and I would sew together. Sometimes from a pattern and sometimes from a drawing. I STRONGLY believe that this is what helped shape my zest for making and my exploration with sewing ideas. It gave me confidence and gumption and, quite frankly, gave me a piece of my Mom that I *still* carry along with me every day. And, of course, the stories of her making picnic table or tubes of toothpaste costumes are stories I still tell my kids.

And now, even with little kids, I LOVE *love* making costumes! I believe *SO STRONGLY* in the idea of make believe and imagination and stories and play….this is why there is a closet in our basement full of previous years of Halloween costumes, various dress-up or other movie-character costumes. They pull them out and create skits or make-believe worlds and play, play play…..and gosh, I love it! 🙂 

So when that email came and was about costumes and sewing something imaginative and fun that would envelope the creativity and storyline of Hotel Transylvania 3, welp. I got excited (to put it lightly)! 🙂 

I spent the next week sketching and sewing and ripping out and sewing again and loving every late-night or messy moment that week.

And you guys, this movie! It’s SOOOOOO good….the ending/moral of the story 100% drives home the point that everyone deserves to be accepted and loved even if they are a monster or human. COME ON, it’s *exactly* what our kids need to grow up thinking in my opinion, right!?!?! 🙂 It’s already been added to our collection of movies to bring out and watch for family movie night! 🙂 I 100%  recommend you grab a copy to keep in your stash for a rainy day AND you can even cook up some fun in the kitchen, like we did on our HT3 movie-premier night! 🙂

But now, onto these costumes that I bet you are DYING to see! 🙂 

Mavis costume

Mavis is a spunky mom that wears a super cute, summery black dress with big, pink tropical flowers for their vacation! I modeled the dress after a dress that Esther *loves* and then hand painted some flowers for a one of a kind look! 🙂

How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing

How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing
How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing

Drac costume

One of my most favorite parts of the whole thing was that I got to handprint some of the fabrics that I sewed pieces from. Like this print for the Drac shirt! 🙂 I wanted these pieces to be 100% handmade and 100% original (without compromising the essence of each character)…..so I set out to handprint this Drac fabric that he wears on the cruise in the movie.

It is essentially broken up into 2-4 different palm leaves/branches, the two hibiscus flowers and the skulls in the flower center. I drew the shapes, cut them out of wood to make the stamps and then stamped the day away with acrylic fabric paint! 🙂 

Also, can we talk about these short shorts?!?!?! BAH! Can’t you just see a little 4 month old in them with chunky little legs and high, black socks?!?!?! I die!

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How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing

Murray costume

I had a vision for the Murray costume right away. I wanted a parachute-pant style jump suit covered in coffee-dyed fabric! And that’s exactly what we did. I tore strips of fabric about 2 inches wide, ironed them, and then sewed them onto the jumpsuit pieces before sewing it all together. I added a fabric, purple lei that made it complete! 🙂

How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing
How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing
How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing

Blobby costume

BAHHHH! BLOBBY! He is a happy little, green blob that is either carrying things or loosing thing “inside” himself all the time, and in this movie, he has his summer sunglasses! This costume was essentially a modified sleep sac with a hood made out of thin, transparent green vinyl. I used a wrapping paper tube to stick inside of the layers so that it would “bubble” up and create the rolls of blobby. And, of course, we had to add his iconic sunglasses floating around! 

How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing
How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing
How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing

Winnie costume

This mischievous little girl is wearing an appliquéd nightgown with a studded, leather collar. The collar from a leather band with snaps around the edges (for decor and to adjust the size of the toddlers neck) and complete with a fabric gold medallion! 

How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing
How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing
How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing

Dennis costume

The funnest part of Dennis is his wild and whacky hair! 🙂 This costume was for the 4 month old, so I knew a wig wouldn’t do. The hat had to be soft enough for an infant’s head and not to heavy. Sooooo, I used an orange baby hat and sewed floral wire inside made different widths and shades of orange, tan and brown ribbons. I then sewed the ribbons onto the hat and curled them! 🙂 

How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing
How to make Hotel Transylvania costumes, Hotel Transylvania 3 party, HT3 costume design, hotel Transylvania costume DIY, easy Costume DIY, DIY costume ideas, costume sewing

All of these costumes and ideas were created in partnership with Sony pictures for the Blu-Ray release of Hotel Transylvania 3! All content and opinions are that of my own!

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  1. Karen says

    November 4, 2018 at 4:54 pm

    Love love love these… and especially your model! 😘

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  2. Charley says

    October 15, 2019 at 1:59 pm

    Where did you get your blobby vinyl fabric?

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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. 

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