Eleanor loves Olivia, so we dressed her as her porcine heroine for Halloween this year.
Eleanor’s pig nose was drawn on with liquid eyeliner, which held up surprisingly well. I made the ears with fleece, wire, and a headband, and I sewed the sailor collar to go over her store-bought dress. The collar even has stars on the back (drawn on with a marker) for authenticity.
We hope you had as great a Halloween as we did!
Amanda B.
October 31, 2010 at 10:13 pmToo cute! I love homemade/put together costumes. I need those tights in my size!
Lemon
November 1, 2010 at 7:22 amCheck Target in the Halloween aisle. They’re there!!
Erin
October 31, 2010 at 10:14 pmThat is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
Emily S
October 31, 2010 at 10:21 pmI cannot even begin to describe how adorable this is. Love the last one with the little piggy face!
Funnelcloud Rachel
October 31, 2010 at 10:22 pmOh my! That is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.
(Also, I love how she is playing with the rats!)
Beryl Lynn
October 31, 2010 at 10:22 pmShe is so freakin’ cute! And BIG! Time flies..
Ana
October 31, 2010 at 10:24 pmWhat an adorable idea! (not to mention little Olivia)
Ali @His Birdie's Nest
October 31, 2010 at 10:26 pmOMGoodness, this is quite possibly the cutest Halloween costume EVER!
liz @ bon temps beignet
October 31, 2010 at 10:28 pmHehehe she’s super cute
Andnowlights (KMSull)
October 31, 2010 at 10:36 pm… I think my heart just melted into a million pieces. Adorable.
Amanda
October 31, 2010 at 10:36 pmVery cute!
My little girl was Hello Kitty this year.
Courtney
October 31, 2010 at 10:42 pmShe is adorable! I love Olivia!
Amanda
October 31, 2010 at 11:10 pmWhat a great costume! I dare say she’ll look back on that one and love it.
Natalie
October 31, 2010 at 11:10 pmWow, what a fantastic costume idea! Flawless. Your daughter is as cute as a button, too :) xo
holly
October 31, 2010 at 11:24 pmoh man, THE CUTEST EVER!!!!
heather
October 31, 2010 at 11:31 pmthat is the cutest costume ever! love it!!!!!
Athina
October 31, 2010 at 11:34 pmEeek! How adorable!!!!
Adventures In Babywearing
October 31, 2010 at 11:42 pmAbsolutely precious!!
Steph
Audrie
November 1, 2010 at 12:18 amSo so so cute! And that last picture is my favourite picture of her ever!!!
ampersand-design.blogsot
November 1, 2010 at 1:01 amSo cute Nicole.
Eleanor looks adorable.
Might have to steal this idea for one of my nieces next year.
Sandy K
Heidi @ Budget Wise Home
November 1, 2010 at 1:05 amSimply adorable! There’s really nothing much else to say.
Tatyana
November 1, 2010 at 1:11 amShe is so adorable! And you did a fantastic job putting it all together – it looks great!
Ludmila {creamylife.com}
November 1, 2010 at 4:01 amShe’s SO cute!
Lisa
November 1, 2010 at 4:11 amAbsolutely adorable. Her costume is a perfect ode to Olivia. I wanted to dress my daughter (Olivia) as her namesake pig friend, but I wasn’t sure I could pull it off. I will have to keep a tab on Eleanor’s costume for reference next year!
Happy Halloween,
Take care,
Lisa
Mrs. Kinne
November 1, 2010 at 4:31 amThat is too cute! Plus, the first-grade teacher in me loves that you made a costume based on a book. :)
Melanie
November 1, 2010 at 5:10 amgosh, the last picture is hilarious!! :DD
so cute!!
Maureen
November 1, 2010 at 5:12 amShe really is too adorable for words! And the last picture is just perfect!
Eugénie
November 1, 2010 at 5:26 amShe is adorable !
Cindy
November 1, 2010 at 6:12 amWhat an adorable costume. Love it!
Gwendolyn Wise
November 1, 2010 at 6:24 amAdorable!
Amy Awesome
November 1, 2010 at 7:25 amWhat a great costume! She looks so adorable. Esme loves Olivia as well, and I think we may have to rock an Olivia costume next year now.
Steph
November 1, 2010 at 7:32 amThe nose! Perfection.
Breenah
November 1, 2010 at 7:59 amThat’s beyond adorable!
Lisa
November 1, 2010 at 8:13 amsuper cute!
Clair
November 1, 2010 at 8:14 amThe little nose embellishments make the whole outfit!
michelle
November 1, 2010 at 8:33 amYou did a great job and geez Nicole she just keeps getting cuter and cuter!
Anita
November 1, 2010 at 8:36 amAdorable..great costume and even cuter little Olivia look alike
celeste
November 1, 2010 at 8:46 amso cute! and the collar over a store-bought dress idea is genius!
Samantha
November 1, 2010 at 8:57 amMy daughter loves Olivia, I should have thought about this for a costume, how great does your daughter look!
Allison S.
November 1, 2010 at 9:08 amSuch a great idea…that last picture may be the cutest thing ever!
Marianne
November 1, 2010 at 9:09 amI have a red sailor dress that I wore as a 2-year-old, it’s already bookmarked for next year’s Olivia costume! This is Lulu’s favorite book series.
Jen K
November 1, 2010 at 9:30 amWell done! You did a great job and she looks so stinking cute! Your post made me smile today, thank you.
Susan @ Jubilee Furniture
November 1, 2010 at 9:34 amAs everyone has already said – but it bears repeating – too cute! She’s adorable!
Your Mother
November 1, 2010 at 9:47 ammelting..my heart is melting…just adorable
Debra
November 1, 2010 at 9:48 amI would have just handed that little doll all the candy and called it a night, she looks so adorable!!!
Cheryl
November 1, 2010 at 10:03 amThat is THE BEST! Super job mum! I love love love Olivia, too!
Rachel Ripardo
November 1, 2010 at 10:21 amLinda! (beautiful in portuguese)
Fiona
November 1, 2010 at 10:26 amAdorable! I can’t believe how big she is now.
kristy
November 1, 2010 at 11:26 amAdorable! I need to put this in the idea bank for next year.
Jenn
November 1, 2010 at 11:49 amThat is absolutely adorable and I LOVE the little dress too!
Rebecca Newport
November 1, 2010 at 11:54 amSo cute!
marisa
November 1, 2010 at 12:21 pmAdorable! Homemade costumes from book characters are the absolute best.
Michele
November 1, 2010 at 12:35 pmLove it!!
Samae
November 1, 2010 at 12:37 pmWhat a cutie pie!
Danielle
November 1, 2010 at 12:49 pmAbsolutely the sweetest costume I’ve seen…
Tarcia
November 1, 2010 at 2:14 pmThat’s so cute.
Olivia @ Swan White Curtain
November 1, 2010 at 2:18 pmThat is easily the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! What a creative costume. :o)
Beth
November 1, 2010 at 2:28 pmOkay, I just have to say once again how inspiring this is! I love that you not only gave your daughter an artful and unique costume, but it was based on a book character and not a t.v. character! Seriously, I hope I’m able to do as many fun, loving, and unique things for my kids as you do for yours (when I have them, someday, a long time from now. LOL.)
Miss B
November 1, 2010 at 2:47 pmI saw these on Flickr, they are perfection! What a fabulous costume idea and I can not believe that she is big enough to go trick or treating, she is growing so fast before our eyes!
Lindsey@ClassicIvory
November 1, 2010 at 3:20 pmShe is absolutely adorable…and what a super idea for a costume!
jbhat
November 1, 2010 at 3:22 pmIan Falconer would be proud. LOVE it.
jbhat
Amanda
November 1, 2010 at 3:28 pmVERY VERY CUTE!!!
Kristina
November 1, 2010 at 3:34 pmGirl’s Gone Child did the same for her daughter. I opened them both up today over lunch and was all….hmmmm, Olivia must be popular this year. MUST get my girls some Olivia books!
justme
November 1, 2010 at 4:34 pmAww, she’s darling!
PriscilaPetersDecor
November 1, 2010 at 4:43 pmOh my…. simply cute! I love the dress
Lisa
November 1, 2010 at 5:15 pmOh, my gosh, cuteness just oozed out of my computer and all over the room! Absolutely adorable!
Amy
November 1, 2010 at 5:24 pmOk, this might be the cutest costume ever! I loved Olivia when I was little.
Savvy in San Francisco
November 1, 2010 at 5:51 pmOMG! She is adorable! I love her outfit! Precious!
Savanna
November 1, 2010 at 7:26 pmSo cute!
Natalie
November 1, 2010 at 7:44 pmoh my gosh, that is the cutest idea for a costume! Olivia is such a huge hit with kids these days. i’m a kindergarten teacher, and my students are OBSESSED with the olivia books. have you read the haunted house one? it’s adorable!
Marilyn
November 1, 2010 at 9:29 pmLove it! She is adorable and I love Olivia too!
Ellen
November 1, 2010 at 9:40 pmLove the Olivia costume! You did a great job…very authentic! And she is darling too!
Laura_theSCOOP
November 1, 2010 at 9:43 pmThis is just excellent!!!
Lori
November 1, 2010 at 10:29 pmTruly adorable. I am completely stealing this idea for my daughter next year. Love it!
Raquel
November 1, 2010 at 11:41 pmLove it!
jja
November 2, 2010 at 5:26 amReally adorable little girl!
drey
November 2, 2010 at 8:11 amshe’s so gorgeous nic!!!!! you did such a good job!
Stacey
November 2, 2010 at 9:28 amadorable!! her and her costume!
Joy
November 2, 2010 at 9:39 amSo adorable! I have to say, her dress looks so much cuter in your pictures than it does at gap’s site online, too.
julie @ shorts and longs
November 2, 2010 at 10:12 amCutest costume EVER!
charity
November 2, 2010 at 10:44 amYou couldn’t have done that costume better! Or cuter! So jealous.
Camellia
November 2, 2010 at 11:05 amSo so very cute.
Keri
November 2, 2010 at 11:16 amWhat an adorable costume! We tried to do Olivia, too, but our 2 year old refused:-). Eleanor looks amazing as Olivia, though!!
Christine
November 2, 2010 at 1:31 pmThis is pretty much the cutest costume ever! Love the ears, she wears it well.
kim
November 2, 2010 at 6:42 pmvery sweet!
Andrea
November 2, 2010 at 7:41 pmMy daughter was Olivia when she was two! So cute…
janny
November 2, 2010 at 9:28 pmlove the costume! wish i was as crafty for my daughter!
April
November 3, 2010 at 10:44 amOmg this is the cutest outfit on earth!
suzanne cabrera
November 3, 2010 at 2:37 pmWhat a doll!!!!!! Love the expression in the last picture. Priceless!
Brooke
November 3, 2010 at 2:40 pmThe most adorable costume of the year!
Katrina Babic
November 3, 2010 at 7:56 pmFabulous! Adorable!
STYLIZIMO
November 3, 2010 at 7:58 pmThat is the most adorable I have seen in my whole life! <3
You are the luckiest!
Hugs,
Nina
Oonafey
November 3, 2010 at 9:36 pmI really think this is the cutest, most original kids costume I have seen this year.
Lindzie H
November 4, 2010 at 9:52 amWe love Olivia! Nice job!
Hanna
November 4, 2010 at 11:16 amthat last photo is awesome!
karalee
November 4, 2010 at 2:26 pmthis is brilliant!
Nicole
November 5, 2010 at 3:12 pmThis is so adorable!
Dawn
November 5, 2010 at 4:55 pmShe is so adorable and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this costume…you are genius…as always :)
Sharon
November 6, 2010 at 12:54 pmWe are big Olivia fans at our house, so I LOVE Eleanor’s costume! It is fantastic!!!
Anna
November 8, 2010 at 7:59 pm* How darling *
arre
November 15, 2010 at 2:36 pmomg. the cutest. ever. i love olivia too but have never seen her looking quite so precious! good work!