How to Make a Where the Wild Things Are Halloween costume

Release your inner wild thing with a costume based on the classic children's book.

You Will Need

* 1½ yards of 72" wide white fleece

* Marking chalk

* Scissors

* Straight pins

* A sewing needle and a sewing machine

* 1½-inch white polyester thread

* ½ yard white Velcro

* A tape measure

* Bright yellow cotton fabric

* Polyester stuffing

* A foot of ¼-inch elastic

* 1/3-yard imitation fur

* Gold foil card stock

* White glue

* Paperclips

* Gray pipe cleaners

* 4 1½-inch coverable buttons

* An 18-inch dowel or stick

* Silver spray or acrylic paint

* A 3-inch Styrofoam ball

* Aluminum foil

* A fake jewel about 1 inch in size

Step 1: Measure the bodysuit

Step 2: Cut and sew the fabric

Use a zigzag stitch anywhere the material may stretch.

Step 3: Make a V-neckline

Step 4: Add Velcro strips

Step 5: Make the hood

Step 6: Make mitts

The mitts should look like flaps, so that the child's hands and fingers are free.

Step 7: Create claws

Step 8: Attach the claws

Step 9: Create feet

Step 10: Make foot claws

Step 11: Create a tail

Step 12: Make a crown

Step 13: Add some fur

Step 14: Add the finishing touches

Step 15: Make the scepter

Fact: The monsters in Where the Wild Things Are were based on the author's aunts and uncles.