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Phil Norris & Jake Meeus-Jones

Mum's inspirational Halloween costumes she knits for her children

A mum spends up to 80 hours making crocheted Halloween costumes for her boys - including Slimer, Pennywise and Predator - and they are epic. Stephanie Pokorny, 46, from Orwell, Ohio, US, has been making the stunning costumes for sons Jacob, 10 and Jack, seven.

The head-to-toe designs include all the intricate details of her kids' favourite superheroes and baddies. Made solely by hand using yarn, Stephanie takes requests from her children as far back in August before spending weeks making each eye-catching costume.

The kids then wear the costumes trick or treating and to school parties, where they've garnered plenty of interest from friends. Speaking about her creations - which have even featured in 'Ripley's Believe It or Not!', Stephanie said: "I really like being able to take something that you’re not going to be able to find anywhere else and create it from scratch.

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