I made this pink flamingo costume for my niece last year. I love the Pottery Barn costume but I thought I could created my own version of their pink flamingo kids costume and save a little money. Pink Flamingo Body: I needed a pattern for the body of the costume. I used Simplicity 2070 pattern pumpkin costume (Design A in the pattern) using a light pink fleece fabric. It looks almost exactly like the Pottery Barn version. You can make it without the arms as in the Pottery Barn costume but since my niece lived in New England she needed something warm to wear. The Design A pumpkin version comes with long sleeves. Since you are using fleece you can easily cut them short without the need to hem since fleece does not fray very much or not add the sleeves at all. Pink Flamingo Hood : Next, I made the flamingo hood using the same pattern as ...
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