Running out of time to sew a Halloween costume for your kid? Don’t worry, here is a quick way to transform a footed pajama into Skeleton Costume…. If you can get a black color footed long sleeve body-suit, it is even faster because you don’t have to dye it into black color like I did 😉 You can find more Halloween craft to make, here.
Want to make Skeleton Costume spookier, add some glow-in-the-dark powder in the white acrylic and your kid will sure “boooo” in the dark!!!!
I even prepared the skeleton stencil artwork for you, just print it out onto sticker papers or freezer papers (the non-waxed side), cut it out and stick onto the black footed pajama, and you are ready to paint it up. If you are using freezer paper, you need to iron with the wax side down and stick it on the pajama. It is fast and easy to do! Get the how-to with photos for stenciling method after this jump.
Also, if you wonder how to make the sock skeleton in the photo, click here.
Am I missing something? I cannot find the actual template for cutting out the bones.
Hi kristiB, I have just added a new template link which is more noticeable. You may find in on the tutorial page. Thanks for commenting 🙂
I know this may be a long shot….but Could you try to do the link again? Nothing comes up. I love your tutorial and my boy is excited to be a skeleton. THanks!
Hi Annie, may I know which link do you need? I have checked all the links in this tutorial and they are working fine.
Thanks for responding so quick! I was on a mac and it wouldn’t work. I tried it on a pc and now the links are working. 🙂
Thank you!
This is so great! I need to make this costume for myself haha, I just bought a skeleton costume for my 1 year old son and I wanted to match with him :). Thank you.
Sounds great, Angelina, all you need to do it enlarge the pattern of the skeleton template to suit adult size 🙂 Happy Halloween!!!
I used your tutorial and my 18 month old son’s costume turned out so cute! I ended up using a black turtle neck and black sweatpants as I couldn’t find non-embellished zip up jammies. I cut the bones out of white fabric and used fusible backing to iron them onto the clothing. The bones were exactly right for his size and I love how it looks! Thanks for the great pattern!
Thank you for this skeleton pattern. I made it for my grandson & it is so cute on him. I painted the fabric bones with glo paint so he would glow in the dark. Made the black suit out of fleece using a costume pattern for a bear. Darling!
Where did you find a plain footed pajama? I’m having trouble finding one…thanks!
I bought it from Mother Care (a UK store), 100% cotton jersey, then dyed it to black. Carter’s and Gerber are the popular to search too. If you can’t find anywhere else, try Amazon, I just did a quick search and found that might suits you, Gerber Baby-Boys Newborn 2 Pack Snap Front Dog Sleep and Play
Excellent ideas for creating a skeleton costume. I love the idea of painting the design on with acrylic paint.
Do you know a goo way to make this into an adult size?
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Thanks!
What a cute project, and you’ve given such detailed instructions. I’ll be sharing this link as well.
wow looked awesome an simple
In deed, it is very simple 🙂 Try and see!
This is fabulous! What a fun and warm costume. Thanks for the how-to, I’ll be linking.
Thanks for Linking, Rachel 🙂 Hope that readers of One Pretty Thing will make some!
Hola, No celebro halloween pero aprecio y admiro tu trabajo y el excelente tutorial.
Besitos.
Translation (by Google):
Hello, not celebrate Halloween but I appreciate and admire your work and the excellent tutorial. Besitos.
Thanks for appreciating my tutorial, Doris 🙂