Hello Sewing Friends!! 
It's a HAPPY day here at Blue Susan Makes. The time has come to release my Baby Bumble Bee Costume Pattern. If you've been patiently waiting for this pattern, today is your lucky  day!  Make this cute costume and bring home a Baby Bumblebee this Halloween. Get the Pattern details below...

Baby Bumble Bee Costume PDF Sewing Pattern

About the Pattern

This Baby Bumble Bee Costume Pattern is written for a confident beginner. This means you can make this even if you have never made a costume or even a piece of clothing before! There are  plenty of photos and step by step instructions to help you along the way. The supplies you need can be easily found at your local fabric/craft store.

This cozy costume is made using soft fleece fabric. Fleece is easy to sew, doesn't fray, and requires minimal hemming.  Instructions are included to make it into a tunic without the snap flaps  (pictured below). Add leggings and an undershirt for colder weather!

Tom as "Super Bee"!

The Baby Bumble Bee body is constructed using a onesie style pattern piece with the stripes appliqued on before sewing the side seams - the black and yellow stripes are NOT pieced together. The wings are made using two layers of fabric fused together with pipe cleaners hot glued around the edges. The stinger and wings are hand stitched in place. There is a button closure in the back of the neck and a set of snaps at the bottom.  

Download the Baby Bumblebee PDF Sewing Pattern

Isn't the NB hat just the cutest!!!

Supplies and Sizing Chart

This PDF Sewing pattern includes sizes from Newborn to 4T along with plenty of photos and step by step instructions to help you along the way. It's written for a confident beginner and the supplies you need can be easily found at your local fabric/craft store.

Here are the sizing charts and supply list if you want to get a head start on gathering them.

Baby Bumblebee Body  Size Chart - Fabric Requirements
Age	Weight	Height	Black polar fleece	Yellow polar fleece	1/4’’ elastic
Newborn	5-8 lbs	17-21 inches	1/2 yd	1/4 yd	17’’
0-3 month	8-12 lbs	21-24 inches	1/2 yd	1/4 yd	18’’
3-6 months	12-16 lbs	24-26 inches	5/8 yd	1/4 yd	19’’
6-12 months	16-24 lbs	26-30 inches	5/8 yd	1/4 yd	20’’
18 months	24-28 lbs	30-33 inches	5/8 yd	1/4 yd	21’’
2T	28-32 lbs	33-35 inches	2/3 yd	1/4 yd	22’’
3T	32-36 lbs	35-38 inches	2/3 yd	1/4 yd	23’’
4T	35-39 lbs	38-41 inches	3/4 yd	1/4 yd	24’’

For the Body, Hat, and Stinger

1/2 - 2/3  yd Black Fleece (see Size Chart above)

1/4 yd Yellow Fleece or Felt for the stripes

15-20 inches of 1/4 inch elastic  (see Size Chart) for the leg openings

Black twill Snap Tape with 3 snaps for the bottom closure (sold by the yard) or three sew-in snaps 

3” length of narrow black elastic for the loop closure at neck

1/2‘’ black button

1 black 12’’ pipe cleaner for the antennae

2 yellow pom poms, 1-1 ½’’ diameter

For the Wings

2 squares about 13’’x 13’’ of white quilting cotton for the wings 

1 scant 13’’ x 13’’ square of double sided iron on adhesive such as Heat n bond Ultra.

12  white 12” pipe cleaners for around the wings

1  black 12” pipe cleaner for wing center

Additional supplies

Printed PDF pattern sheets

Yellow and black thread

Needle for hand sewing

Safety pin for threading elastic

Glue stick

Hot glue gun or tacky glue

Wire cutters or old scissors to cut the pipe cleaners

Pins

Inside the Pattern

Here is an example of what a couple of the instruction pages look like inside the Baby Bumble Bee Pattern. As you can see it's loaded with photos! 

This pattern has been YEARS in the making! I sewed up my first version made of felt as my baby's first Halloween costume 22 years ago. All of my kids wore it as their first costumes too. I have always wanted to turn it into a pattern and each year I work a little on it. 

This is my first pattern with multiple sizes and there has been  a LOT to  wrap my head around. But I'm so glad it's finally ready to share with you all. A BIG thank you to my pattern testers who helped me tweak things here and there. Please let me know what you think!

 Download the Baby Bumblebee PDF Sewing Pattern

And as always if you make one I'd LOVE to see it. Tag me @bluesusanmakes on Instagram #babybumblebeecostume

Happy Halloween Sewing!! 

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