By
eHow Holidays & Celebrations Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Round Hobby Paintbrushes
- Baby Sleeper Suits
- Baby Turtlenecks
- Infant/toddler's Warm Socks/booties
- Dressmaker Shears
- Fabric Paints
- Needles
- Threads
Step1
Gather your materials. You'll need a white, one-piece, full-length, long-sleeved sleeper that fits your baby; white baby socks; a white baby turtleneck shirt; black fabric paint; a 1-inch, round-tip art brush; fabric shears; a pen; a needle; and white thread.
Step2
Use the fabric paint to paint black dots of varying sizes on the sleeper and the white socks. Allow the paint to dry.
Step3
Meanwhile, start on the puppy's ears. Begin by turning the turtleneck shirt inside out.
Step4
Cut away the lower section of the body of the shirt with the fabric shears, starting from about 1/2 inch beneath the armholes; cut in a slight arc across the front if you can, so that the fabric remaining below the arms is rounded.
Step5
Hem the bottom of the shirt closed with your needle and thread, with your hem about 1/4 inch from the fabric's edge, maintaining that slight arc in the fabric's shape.
Step6
Turn the turtleneck right-side out again (a little bit of a challenge now that the body is sewn closed) and try it on your baby's head, using the top opening of the turtleneck as a hat's opening. The slight arc in the fabric that you've left should fit over the head; the sleeves of the shirt will be the puppy's floppy ears.
Step7
Decide how long you want the ears to hang down. Lightly mark the sleeves with a pen.
Step8
Remove the turtleneck shirt from your baby's head and cut the sleeves to the desired length, angling the ears slightly like a dalmatian's.
Step9
Turn the turtleneck shirt inside out again and hem the sleeves closed, about 1/4 inch from the end of the fabric.
Step10
Turn the turtleneck shirt right-side out one final time and paint on black dots with your fabric paint. Allow the paint to dry.
Step11
Assemble the dotted pieces: body, warm feet and ears. Trick or treat!