Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.
Today I’m giving you an easy-to-follow NO-SEW tutorial and a free printable pattern for making a “sandwich board” style Halloween costume to fit many 18 inch dolls. There’s a list of dolls that will fit this “sandwich board” costume in the first set of bullets below.
You might be wondering why this project is a no-sew craft, since this website is best known for its sewing patterns. Well my cousin, who runs the ASMR Tingle and Tap YouTube channel, inspired me to create something she and her two daughters could make together, for Halloween. Since I know she’s not a huge fan of sewing, I created this project for her girls to work on with her.
If you have trouble sleeping, I recommend that you go visit her ASMR Tingle and Tap channel. The videos she makes are ideal for people who need help getting to sleep at night!
Before Halloween officially arrives, I do plan to post the sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making the whole costume, as seen below, including the leggings, the candy corn skirt, and the felt sleeveless crop top, along with this “sandwich board” style Halloween costume.
So watch for that sewing-related blog post, in which all four pieces of the costume will be available, all in one place!
I call this a “sandwich board” style Halloween costume, because as you can see in the image below, there are ribbons that tie the candy corn (made of craft foam and cardboard) around the shoulders of the doll, just like back in the days when people used to advertise restaurants by wearing a sandwich board sign around their shoulders and walking along a sidewalk near the restaurant.
While you wait for me to post patterns and sewing tutorials for the rest of the outfit, if you would like to make the no-sew candy corn “sandwich board” part of the costume, you’ll need some 3/4 inch or 1/2 inch Offray ribbon, some cardboard (just use whatever you have at home), a hot glue gun, some glue refills, and some craft foam in the colors orange, white, and yellow.
Today’s free printable PDF no-sew patterns will fit the following dolls:
- 18-inch dolls like American Girl dolls
- 18-inch dolls like the Adora Amazing Girls dolls
- 18-inch dolls like the Our Generation Journey Girls
- 18-inch dolls like the “My Life As” Dolls
- 18-inch dolls like City Girls from the New York Doll Collection
- 18-inch dolls like Madame Alexander 45 to 46 cm (similar body type to American Girl) dolls
- 18-inch dolls like the BFC Ink dolls
- 18-inch dolls like vintage Crissy
And here are the patterns and tutorial video you’re looking for:
- Pattern for 18″ doll candy corn “sandwich board” Halloween costume
- Tutorial for making today’s no-sew candy corn Halloween costume (found at the top of this page)
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To honor the trademark rights of the doll companies mentioned in this blog post, I am including links to their websites here. Please feel free to visit their website and consider purchasing one or more of the dolls mentioned.
American Girl dolls are products offered by American Girl LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Adora Amazing Girls are products offered by Charisma Brands, LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Our Generation Journey Girls are products offered by Geoffrey, LLC (affiliated with Tru Kids Brands and Toys R Us), which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
“My Life As” dolls are products offered by Walmart, which (although I couldn’t find it specifically listed in US trademarks) probably holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
City Girls are products offered by The New York Doll Collection, Inc, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Madame Alexander 45 to 46 cm dolls were products that were once offered by the Madame Alexander Doll Company, LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Be advised that at the time of this blog post, they no longer (to my knowledge) offer dolls in that size range; however you can visit their website to learn more about their company and the trademarked toys they are currently offering.
BFC Ink dolls are products that were once offered by MGA Entertainment, Inc., which held the registered trademark for them (™), but those dolls are no longer produced, and as of this blog post date, the US Trademark Office has listed the trademark as “Cancelled.” However MGA Entertainment, Inc. still produces toys, and you can visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Vintage Crissy Dolls are products that were once offered by Ideal Toys, Inc., but according to DollReference.com, they were “acquired by the CBS Toy Company in 1982, which eventually merged with Mattel in 1992.”1 Today Mattel holds the registered trademark for them (™). As far as I know, though, these dolls have not been produced since the 1970’s. However, you can always visit the Mattel website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.
Footnote 1: “Ideal Dolls 1970s.” Doll Reference, 28 August 2022, https://dollreference.com/ideal_toy_dolls1970s.html