Olaf from Frozen Costume

My son, Leo (age 4), is dressed as Olaf from Frozen. Olaf is one of his favorite characters, and he requested that he be Olaf for Halloween. I made the costume by starting with a simple "dress" as the lining. I then took a basic shirt bodice pattern and added pieces in front/back and under the armpits so that it would be poofy. The bottom snowball is basically a "donut" I created by taking a long rectangle, sewing the ends together, and gathering the top and bottom before I pieced it to the middle snowball. His hood is elongated to make the head stick up above my son's face. I appliqued the eyes, eyebrows, and smile out of felt, and I made the carrot out of cotton and then hand stitched it in place. The twigs are from Joann's floral department; I snipped off the flowers from the wire stems and glued/stitched them into the head. The coal buttons are faux leather balls that I hand stitched in place. Lastly, the costume is open on the bottom and easily slips over my son's head; then you tie everything together by buttoning the snowflakes over his shoulders as well as two hidden buttons under the hood.