These costumes were inexpensive and very fun to make. For Thing 1 and 2, I purchased red-footed sleepers ($5 a piece at Target), cut out 2 pieces of white felt in the shape of circles and wrote “Thing 1” & “Thing 2” in black marker, then safety-pinned them to the front of the sleepers. For … Read more
I try every year to get costumes together for all 3 of my kids. This year, it worked out perfect that I could make them all Dr Seuss, Cat in the Hat & Things 1 & Things 2 costumes. I was able to get sweatpants and turtlenecks which worked for their outfits, then sewed on … Read more
This Cat in the Hat Costume was for world book day for my 6 year old son. He wanted something different and found a picture of a small child wearing something similar and we worked from that. As he was going to be wearing the costume all day we did not want an ‘all in … Read more
We had a blast preparing the Cat in the Hat with Things 1 & Thing 2 costume. First we started with the “THINGS”. We purchased plain red sweat pants and sweat shirts from Walmart. We also found red gloves and fuzzy red slippers there too. I bought some white felt and some iron-on backing. We … Read more
For the Thing 1 & Thing 2 costume I sewed 3/4 of red knit fabric the width of their body, added white circle felt and simply wrote Thing one Thing two on it. And for the detail at the top I hand sewed it pinching the fabric together and ran the needle across inside where … Read more
My best friend and I wanted to be something funny for the costume party at work. We’re always goofing around and making people laugh, so it had to be something good. It also had to be kid friendly because we’re schoolbus drivers. I had been reading The Cat in the Hat to my kids and … Read more
For this Cat in the Hat homemade costume I used thin foam off a roll, the sort you can use for packing (donated) to make the hat. I drew out the stripes then used acrylic paint, and used white glue (I needed some staples to secure it as it takes days for the glue to … Read more
A dear friend and I went to a house party dressed at a rendition of Dr. Suess’s Thing 1 & Thing 2, we were “Mrs” Thing 1 & Mrs. Thing 2. Here is our version of our Homemade Mrs. Thing 1 and Mrs. Thing 2 Costumes.
We were invited to a Halloween party and my husband and I thought of a homemade Cat in the Hat costume idea in Halloween 2008. Since we’re plus size it was best to make ourselves. I went to Walmart and bought the black felt material for the body of the cat. Since they had x-mas … Read more
Well, we all decided to do something original for Halloween. Since the three of us don’t like buying costumes, we all made them. While deciding on an idea, we searched the web and found some great ideas. We decided to be the Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2. While trick-or-treating, everyone commented … Read more
I made this homemade Cat in the Hat kids costume for my 4 year old’s world book day. The suit itself was just a large baby-grow dyed black, with fake fur sewed to the middle, a leg off a pair of tights for his tail, the hat was purely made from cardboard – then I … Read more
Our four year old was going to be The Cat In The Hat for Halloween and very much wanted his two brothers (ages two and 8 months) to be Thing 1 & Thing 2. I did not like any of the costumes available in stores (and none would fit the baby) so I found this … Read more