assemble the minions!

It’s Halloween season, and I’m pleased to say I am getting a bit of custom costume business. These two Minion costumes are heading off to Alberta, Canada tomorrow for a sibling pair.

Minions!

Minions!

Their mother also requested I make a couple fabric trick-or-treat bags to match.

Minions!

Minions!

Sewing, papercraft, glue gun & hand-stitchery:

Minions!

One of my favorite details: the stenciled-and-topstitched “Gru” logo:

Minions!

It wouldn’t be a Kelly Hogaboom project without a little bit of papercraft. Just a little.

Minions!

Minions!

Minions!

More construction details in the Flickr tagset.

Next costume up: a Toro T7 lawn sprinkler for a five year old in Palo Alto, CA!