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Designing a Denizen of the Deep Costume

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Last year, my daughter took a huge chomp out of Halloween dressed as a kid-eating shark. The getup was purchased from Old Navy and elicited more than just a few oohs, aahs and smiles from neighbors. The rest asked me how much the shark costume set me back.

Like most store-bought Halloween costumes, the plush denizen of the deep getup cost a pretty penny. Whereas I could have waited until mid-October when Old Navy discounts its Halloween costumes by 40 to 50 percent, I knew there was no way I would be able to find my daughter’s size if I didn’t snag the shark outfit during our shopping trip in late August.

However, I can’t blame Old Navy for not keeping size 5 shark costumes in stock especially when Halloween is just days away. Rather, I blame my schedule. If I had more time I could have saved a bundle of cash by making a shark costume at home. After including a photo of my daughter dressed in the shark getup in our family Christmas card I got several emails from family members and friends noting that they had seen similar costume patterns online.

Since I seriously doubt I will need to sew a shark costume for my kid in the future, I thought this blog would be a great place to share my pattern finds with other parents whose children might want to suit up to trick-or-treat as a Great White:

McCall’s Costume Pattern P18 features a shark costume that slips over a child’s body. It’s designed more for older children than toddlers, though if you know how to alter patterns, you could easily make this work for your little one. Butterick also has a shark costume pattern. It is Vintage Butterick Pattern 6386 and features a not-so scary open mouth shark. Meanwhile, Simplicity Pattern 4926 is a fish costume that could be modified by an advanced seamstress to look like a shark. It features a big slip-on foam head that would fit most elementary school age children. Finally, if you can get your hands on it, Vintage Simplicity Costume Pattern 0629 also features a large head shark pattern, though it’s modeled after the 1994-1995 animated series “Street Sharks,” and not the traditional deep-water predators.

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About Michele Cheplic

Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. She spent the next ten years as a television anchor and reporter at various stations throughout the country (from the CBS affiliate in Honolulu to the NBC affiliate in Green Bay). She has won numerous honors including an Emmy Award and multiple Edward R. Murrow awards honoring outstanding achievements in broadcast journalism. In addition, she has received awards from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association for her reports on air travel and the Wisconsin Education Association Council for her stories on education. Michele has since left television to concentrate on being a mom and freelance writer.