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Sometimes, when kids ring my doorbell trick-or-treating, I pretend I'm not home. Yes, yes, I know, I'm a horrible person. However, if it were Stephanie Pokorny's sons, I'd definitely open my door and spoil them with candy. You see, Stephanie's family is "absolutely obsessed" with Halloween, and she creates DIY costumes for them that you won't see anywhere else. Seeing those creative costumes in person would be an experience on its own.
"Each year, I freehand crochet full-body Halloween costumes with no actual crochet patterns for my children," she wrote on Bored Panda. "Sometimes these unique costumes are from classic '80s movies, other times from whatever movie or toy is popular at the time."
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
Ooooh, this is impressive crocheting - and what a great smile on her son's face!
Janelle Collard 6 years ago
Holy Buckets! If this critter came to my door I'd throw the candy + run away!
Laurie Schuttey 6 years ago
This is outstanding!!! I love it! How long did it take you to make something like this?
yukti shah 6 years ago
grate concept. I love the detailing of the Full-Body Halloween Costumes .it looks unique.
John Dolton 5 years ago
Absolutely amazing. I recognise talent when I see (or hear) it. I will go as far as to say tantamount to genius. Well done and keep up the good work
Barb Taylor 6 years ago
I could definitely see my grandson wanting to wear this costume. When did she start creating this, the day after last Halloween!
Steve Cruz 6 years ago
THIS IS ART!… and if you live somewhere like Colorado, where temps can drop and snow is likely, it will keep the kids toasty.
"Once they choose their Halloween costume ideas, I begin on bringing them to life. They love to follow along with my progress, and each day they ask, 'Is it done yet?'"
Their family lives in a cold climate, so the warmth from the crochet is always a plus as they go around the neighborhood. "Each of the cool costumes for the kids takes between 25-40 hours, and I tend to work on them over the course of about two weeks. I have been crocheting since I was 16. I was taught by my Grandma, and these creative costumes are my passion."
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Talking to Bored Panda, Stephanie also revealed where her passion for crochet ideas comes from. "My mother made my Halloween dress-up costumes for me as a child, and I remember being beyond excited to wear them. It brings me such joy to be able to do the same for my children!"
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Full Name 6 years ago (edited)
Hundreds? She's nuts if the sells them for hundreds. These take serious time and creativity. I can't imagine how many hours go into them but I can't see them selling for less than 4 figures. If they were just $1,000 each, to earn $60k/yr she'd need to make 5 per month. Can you imagine producing more than one per week, every week all year long? That's an insane amount of work.
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Natasha Forchione 6 years ago
I love all of them, I also love how they keep the child not only comfortable but warm.
Parmeisan 6 years ago
Yes! It was always disappointing as a kid when most of October would go by and it was still warm, still pretty warm, BAM last few days of October and it's cold and snowing and we had to go out with coats over our costumes. With this, you can bundle up and THEN put the costume on! No one can see what's under the costume and the kid is warm & still showing off the amazing outfit. I love it.
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Bob Beltcher 6 years ago
That's smart. I'm sure she's make good money that day.
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darubyprincess 6 years ago
It's so weird to see these scary faces, and then the face is removed and BAM! there's a grinning 8 year old sweetly saying, "Trick or Treat!" It would make me do a double take...
Pittsburgh rare 6 years ago
Am I the only one who wonders how does she find the time for this?
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
From her website (it is in the intro above): To see all my patterns available, check here: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/stephanie-pokorny>
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Mark Fuller 6 years ago
OMG. Who'd have thought crocheting could actually be cool. Like... seriously. These are amazing!!
Tara 6 years ago
All of these are phenomenal and pay amazing attention to detail. I’m so impressed. But I’m confused by the Jason mask. That one doesn’t seem to fit the quality of the rest...but I can’t even hold crochet needles the right way, yet form a straight line. So, bravo. I bet her kids are the talk of the town.
Full Name 6 years ago
Agreed. It's not the same, and the pizza one is a bit blah but the other ones are literally beyond belief. I didn't know that level of "realism" was possible with crocheting.
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Carol Roeder 6 years ago
Lady, I crochet freehand doilies but I have never attempted anything this detailed. Take my word for it, this woman is extremely talented! This takes years of practice and hard work and if your family doesn't honor you in some way, they should be ashamed of themselves! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful creations.
Claire Armstrong 6 years ago
These are absolutely phenomenal! Totally blown away! One of my aunties made my Halloween costume every year when I was a kid - first one was Boy George (I was obsessed with him at the time, I was only 3 or 4 lol), sunflower, apple core, pint of Guinness, Smarties tube. They were amazing but they can't compare to the time, work and effort that has went into these! Do you think she would be up for adopting a 39 year old??
Tenay Douglas 6 years ago
What we should really be focused on is the amount of candy her kids get just for WEARING these
Julie Anderson Horn 6 years ago
And I thought of myself as a pretty creative mom...and grandma...! Whew! Hats off to this wonderful artist!
David Bradbury 6 years ago
Fantastic photos of children costumes, a good laugh, thank you.david Bradbury
Jennifer Erdossy 6 years ago (edited)
Those are some mad skills! To get such detail while essentially creating your own pattern is high level stuff. Kudos!
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
Please Pandas! Help shout down the swarm of trolls that are attacking the Jason Momoa piece. I don't know who they work for, (US fossil fuel industry or Russian troll factories) but they all downvote everything written by Pandas and upvote each other. https://www.boredpanda.com/united-nations-small-islands-event-climate-speech-jason-momoa/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
Steve Cruz 6 years ago
I love these. The only full-body costume I've ever seen were "Body Suits" in solid colors, complete with crazy hairdos, nipples, buttocks and genitals.
Full Name 6 years ago (edited)
Hundreds? She's nuts if the sells them for hundreds. These take serious time and creativity. I can't imagine how many hours go into them but I can't see them selling for less than 4 figures. If they were just $1,000 each, to earn $60k/yr she'd need to make 5 per month. Can you imagine producing more than one per week, every week all year long? That's an insane amount of work.
Load More Replies... Natasha Forchione 6 years ago
I love all of them, I also love how they keep the child not only comfortable but warm.
Parmeisan 6 years ago
Yes! It was always disappointing as a kid when most of October would go by and it was still warm, still pretty warm, BAM last few days of October and it's cold and snowing and we had to go out with coats over our costumes. With this, you can bundle up and THEN put the costume on! No one can see what's under the costume and the kid is warm & still showing off the amazing outfit. I love it.
Load More Replies... Bob Beltcher 6 years ago
That's smart. I'm sure she's make good money that day.
Load More Replies... darubyprincess 6 years ago
It's so weird to see these scary faces, and then the face is removed and BAM! there's a grinning 8 year old sweetly saying, "Trick or Treat!" It would make me do a double take...
Pittsburgh rare 6 years ago
Am I the only one who wonders how does she find the time for this?
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
From her website (it is in the intro above): To see all my patterns available, check here: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/stephanie-pokorny>
Load More Replies... Mark Fuller 6 years ago
OMG. Who'd have thought crocheting could actually be cool. Like... seriously. These are amazing!!
Tara 6 years ago
All of these are phenomenal and pay amazing attention to detail. I’m so impressed. But I’m confused by the Jason mask. That one doesn’t seem to fit the quality of the rest...but I can’t even hold crochet needles the right way, yet form a straight line. So, bravo. I bet her kids are the talk of the town.
Full Name 6 years ago
Agreed. It's not the same, and the pizza one is a bit blah but the other ones are literally beyond belief. I didn't know that level of "realism" was possible with crocheting.
Load More Replies... Carol Roeder 6 years ago
Lady, I crochet freehand doilies but I have never attempted anything this detailed. Take my word for it, this woman is extremely talented! This takes years of practice and hard work and if your family doesn't honor you in some way, they should be ashamed of themselves! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful creations.
Claire Armstrong 6 years ago
These are absolutely phenomenal! Totally blown away! One of my aunties made my Halloween costume every year when I was a kid - first one was Boy George (I was obsessed with him at the time, I was only 3 or 4 lol), sunflower, apple core, pint of Guinness, Smarties tube. They were amazing but they can't compare to the time, work and effort that has went into these! Do you think she would be up for adopting a 39 year old??
Tenay Douglas 6 years ago
What we should really be focused on is the amount of candy her kids get just for WEARING these
Julie Anderson Horn 6 years ago
And I thought of myself as a pretty creative mom...and grandma...! Whew! Hats off to this wonderful artist!
David Bradbury 6 years ago
Fantastic photos of children costumes, a good laugh, thank you.david Bradbury
Jennifer Erdossy 6 years ago (edited)
Those are some mad skills! To get such detail while essentially creating your own pattern is high level stuff. Kudos!
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
Please Pandas! Help shout down the swarm of trolls that are attacking the Jason Momoa piece. I don't know who they work for, (US fossil fuel industry or Russian troll factories) but they all downvote everything written by Pandas and upvote each other. https://www.boredpanda.com/united-nations-small-islands-event-climate-speech-jason-momoa/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
Steve Cruz 6 years ago
I love these. The only full-body costume I've ever seen were "Body Suits" in solid colors, complete with crazy hairdos, nipples, buttocks and genitals.
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