Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle Costumes!!!

A fairly long time ago (over 10 years which is worrying) I made a teenage mutant hero turtle costume for various fancy dress parties at university (cartoon character, animal, superhero....). We only had one fabric shop at uni, which wasn't great, and for costumes, there was the added challenge of only buying remnants of fabric from the bargain bin. I think the fabric for my original costume cost less than £2 and it has been worn many many times.

When we were invited to a New Years superhero fancy dress party, a friend as if I had any ideas of what her and her boyfriend, and me and my boyfriend could go as, and I practically shouted at her: TEENAGE MUTANT HERO TURTLES!!!

It was high time Donatello got some friends.

So I took my costume into my local favourite fabric shop (A-One Fabrics on Goldhawk Road) and although I couldn't find anything exactly the same, as my original costume had been so cheap, and they only sell nice fabrics, I found some pretty good matches.

Here are some photos from New Years Eve....I think we all rock the green look!

Not bad for an afternoon of sewing....