My children had Hawaiian Day at their school last week (yes they are in school--very short story but long in so many other parts--but they are loving it) and I wanted to share how I made my daughter's costume just in case you would like to make one for Halloween.
1) I love these plain tanks and they were so cheap, 90 baht ($3) at Cotton On Mega Bangna. You will see that I am using these as the foundation of all my costumes this year. I took brown fabric and used fusible webbing and ironed them on for the coconut bikini top.
2) Then I used some pom pom ribbon for the string of the bikini, you will need to sew all along the back and also the shoulder straps too and just a little right in the middle of the coconuts. And you're done with your top!
*** Quick Tip: I found the lint sticky stick works great when you want to clean up all your thread bits!
3) Now the bottom part, the skirt I used this wonderful tutorial here and do everything the same but before you put in the elastic, get your scissors and cut strips! I used 2 layers of different color green fabric so it looks just a bit more grassy!!
And there you go! Easy and fun! Btw the grass skirt gets a bit frazzled if you put it in the washer and dryer but I thought it added a nice effect to the skirt. As for the lei, I got them at Daiso but cut and strung them on some green yarn. Made one for my daughter's head piece and one for her neck. If you like, you can also use the left over petals and decorate the skirt with them. Aloha!
