Festive Crafting

This year, the younger generation chose to be a hummingbird and a vampire for Halloween. The hummingbird needed light-up wings.

I got the supplies at Goodwill. For the hummingbird, I got a pink shirt, pink trousers, and sheer purple for the wings. Sheerness is an important quality for the wings, because I added long, skinny pockets to the wings to accommodate glow sticks. I took a mask that I made last year for no apparent reason and added a beak made from a paper towel roll and some knit fabric.

For the vampire, I bought 3 XL size t-shirts at Goodwill and cut them up to make a dress.

Here’s the hummingbird costume in the dark with glow sticks inserted. Sans mask.

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