puppetmaker | Boots the Monkey

Last year for Halloween Ariel dressed up at Dora the Explorer and Caroline went as Boots the Monkey. I have had a number of people ask me how I did it so here it is.

I used Simplicity pattern 4458 which has a very lovely Monkey Costume. The only things I really altered on it was the feet which I turned into Boot's red boots because I couldn't find a pair of red boots for her to wear. Yellow, purple, and stripes I could find but not red.

For the body I used fleece in the color of Boots. I used Fleece because it can be cold on Halloween around here and I wanted her to be warm. It also gave her a slightly fuzzy look of Boots. I left the face alone so she could see. You can't see it but the upper half of the tail is blue like Boot's tail.

Over all the pattern was not hard to follow. I used velcro rather than a zipper for the closure due to some time constraints.

I am grateful that I made this outfit.