how to make a costume when you have little skill or how I made clio a nerd for halloween

I'm a child of the eighties (umm...very early eighties....ok....late seventies), which means I have a soft spot in my heart for Hypercolor t-shirts, z. cavaricci pants, Milli Vanilli, and arcade games.  I was inspired by one particular iconic 80s arcade game to make Clio a simple little Halloween outfit.  The problem was that I didn't particularly have the time or the skill to make it exactly the way I had imagined in my head.  Still, it was a very simple project that turned out pretty cute and it only cost me two dollars.  Seriously.

Felt squares were four for one dollar.

 I quickly traced out the shape I wanted onto the felt and cut it out.

Upon returning home from the fabric store I realized that I should have purchased blue felt instead of black but it wasn't anything a little blue acrylic paint couldn't fix.

This was the point in this project when I started running out of time to finish (stupid real job, sucking up my crafting time) so out came the glue gun.

Eek!  Setting sun!  Hurry up!  

So I ended up skipping the sewing machine all together.

 Pulled out a one dollar white onsie from a childrens' used clothing store and glued that sucker on.

Lastly I captured this adorable little wiggle worm and wrangled her into it.

 Ooooooo...scary...ghosty!

And that is how I made Clio a nerd.  By dressing her up as Blinky from Pacman.