It is October and that means costume time!
A friend asked me if I could make a Chia pet costume for her dog Harley. I'd seen it on pinterest so I said Sure!
Of course while making it I said "Cha Cha Cha Chia" about a million times. Lol
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I provided her the link to the creator of the costume, The Flirty Girl,and her how to. You can find it here.
For the most part I followed her steps. The biggest difference was the plants I used.
She used plants intended for an aquarium. Read: expensive!
I found squares of artificial grass at The 99 Cent Only Store. score
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I also did not cut the felt horse cloth and insert the grass. I sewed each piece on individually. The back of the cloth looked like this:
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Each piece of the grass had a plastic hoop on the bottom so it made it easy to attach it. I would knot the thread after attaching a few.
It took 6 squares of grass. Each grass square had 64 pieces of grass. It was a lot of sewing. Lol. It took about 4 days of sewing while at work. So not bad.
Here's an in progress picture:
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Remember how I said the aquatic plants were expensive... My friend had bought all the supplies {I was just the labor lol}. Each plant was about $6-$7. She had bought SIX based on the original how to suggestion.
Each square I used.... Cost 99 CENTS!
She was able to return all the aquatic plants to save that money!!
In the original how to she used a piece of elastic to connect the cute leg pieces on the back. I used scrap felt. One less thing to buy.
His little feet were super cute too. See:
![20131007-231352.jpg](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tNseYHoICY27t_eXwpiwJvhCD-vTCphhSMSf9RMtDrgTIlZXs9V_bvoIJh9QIS4X-er1yjm_4YrzrjkCbrb8fVvyE8yP8HsgtrXr5MOmvMZqutFtuLG6zudjOHU4rqQsSnTOqtutkJb2Je=s0-d)
Sadly Harley didn't win his costume contest. :-(
Do you dress your dog up? Do you usually make their costume?
And just because he's so cute here's a few more of Harley and Harley's mom, {my friend Shannon}.
![20131007-232123.jpg](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sgKm9dGdAn1SLCPAFXhDSrK5d8_Rg75ncwsShvTS4cQs_AE-q0akEUxd7u2RHfR8IFcGopBAeAkzkhBgX6xJl57opas6nM6sj5bDr4zpF5afDvNoIW8KaH1u8gdh0wMho_xky07-1cXRg=s0-d)
A friend asked me if I could make a Chia pet costume for her dog Harley. I'd seen it on pinterest so I said Sure!
Of course while making it I said "Cha Cha Cha Chia" about a million times. Lol
I provided her the link to the creator of the costume, The Flirty Girl,and her how to. You can find it here.
For the most part I followed her steps. The biggest difference was the plants I used.
She used plants intended for an aquarium. Read: expensive!
I found squares of artificial grass at The 99 Cent Only Store. score
I also did not cut the felt horse cloth and insert the grass. I sewed each piece on individually. The back of the cloth looked like this:
Each piece of the grass had a plastic hoop on the bottom so it made it easy to attach it. I would knot the thread after attaching a few.
It took 6 squares of grass. Each grass square had 64 pieces of grass. It was a lot of sewing. Lol. It took about 4 days of sewing while at work. So not bad.
Here's an in progress picture:
Remember how I said the aquatic plants were expensive... My friend had bought all the supplies {I was just the labor lol}. Each plant was about $6-$7. She had bought SIX based on the original how to suggestion.
Each square I used.... Cost 99 CENTS!
She was able to return all the aquatic plants to save that money!!
In the original how to she used a piece of elastic to connect the cute leg pieces on the back. I used scrap felt. One less thing to buy.
His little feet were super cute too. See:
Sadly Harley didn't win his costume contest. :-(
Do you dress your dog up? Do you usually make their costume?
And just because he's so cute here's a few more of Harley and Harley's mom, {my friend Shannon}.