Boots the Monkey
Posted By Kathleen David on October 1, 2005
Last year for Halloween Ariel dressed up at Dora the Explorer and Caroline went as Boots the Monkey. I have had a number of people ask me how I did it so here it is.
(REVISED PATTERN NUMBER for 2006 it is Simplicity pattern 4001 not the one below)
I used Simplicity pattern 4458 which has a very lovely Monkey Costume. The only things I really altered on it was the feet which I turned into Boot’s red boots because I couldn’t find a pair of red boots for her to wear. Yellow, purple, and stripes I could find but not red.
For the body I used fleece in the color of Boots. I used Fleece because it can be cold on Halloween around here and I wanted her to be warm. It also gave her a slightly fuzzy look of Boots. I left the face alone so she could see. You can’t see it but the upper half of the tail is blue like Boot’s tail.
Over all the pattern was not hard to follow. I used velcro rather than a zipper for the closure due to some time constraints.
I am grateful that I made this outfit.
This is absolutely adorable! Thanks for posting this ~ I was looking for the right pattern to make this for my daughter & you saved me a lot of time. Thanks!
Too cute! We are doing the same theme this year with my 5yr old daughter and 8mos old son. I have had no luck finding a boots outfit to buy – and it seems other folks are in the same situation. Looks like it time to pull out the sewing maching for it’s yearly Halloween use…. Thanks for the info! great idea on the red boots…
I have a question. I searched for Simplicity pattern #4458 and couldn’t find it. Could it possibly be a different number? Or could you tell me what else is on the pattern?
Adorable picture! Thanks for the tips. I’m about to embark on a mission to dress my 3-year-old son as Boots, and myself as Dora! I just bought the official “Backpack” at Toys-R-Us today, and frankly I’m psyched.
I am so glad that I finally found something useful when searching for Boots the Monkey. My 3 1/2 year old is going to be princess Dora and her 1 1/2 year old sister Boot the Monkey…with pink boots. This is Great! But now I have to learn how to sew…
Thank you for giving the updated pattern number. We searched all over for that number and couldn’t find it… now we have! Now my daughter and son can be Boots and Dora!