A Ken Costume For a Dog

 Hello Readers. I wanted to make Little Gordon a Ken costume. You remember Ken from the Barbie movie. Little Gordon is going to be Ken for Halloween. 

 Gordon has a bit of an attitude and a lot of diva demands. He will make a great Ken.

I started with this fuzzy sweater. Look at those sleeves. I saw a tiny Ken costume when I saw those sleeves. 

 

I made a sweater vest from the sweater yesterday and I saved these sleeves for my little Ken.

 

 I did some size and shape research. 

 

I cut the sleeve to fit a dogs body. The under/stomach is shorter because Gordon is going to need to do his business. The wrist of the sleeve will be the neck and this curved cut will be the other end of Gordon's new sweater.

 

I cut the holes for the front legs and used my serger to finish the edges. I had the other sleeve and that would be the collar. 

 

I hand sewed the second sleeve into a circle shape. It is going to go around Gordon's neck. Ken wore his fur coat open but that won't work on a dog. 

 

Giant fur collar done!
 

I think I got as close to original Ken as I could. I wanted to make something that Gordon would wear without getting upset. (He can be a little high-strung.) No trauma on our fun Halloween night. 

 

So why did I make a Ken costume? Because I am dressing as Barbie of course. Thanks for reading along, have a happy Halloween.

***Later Edit***

Let's go get that candy!