Chesney Terry, a mother of three from Texas and an avid DIYer, dressed her daughter in a s’mores costume last year. The “last minute” outfit became a hot topic on TikTok. Terry hand-painted real-looking chocolates on cardboard. The whole project took about 2 hours as it needed to be done for the next day’s event. “Honestly, I was a little humbled and surprised,” Terry, 32, tells PEOPLE.
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Chesney Terry, an East Texas mother of three, made the costume last year for her daughter Noah Mae, now 3, after getting an overwhelming response on TikTok. , tells PEOPLE that she’s ready to give her followers another cool DIY treat.
“Honestly, I was a little humbled and surprised,” Terry, 32, tells PEOPLE. “I thought it was cute and I was proud.”
But Terry wasn’t ready for feedback from followers who praised her creativity and asked for recipes. So to speak.
“After I posted last year, before I had a lot of TikToks,” Terry says. “It got 30,000 views, it was shocking, it took everything by surprise.”
This lovely video has currently been viewed over 200,000 times.
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The idea to dress up her then 2-year-old daughter as the star of the campfire started when the Lindale resident couldn’t find any off-the-shelf costumes she liked during a “last minute” visit to a local store.
She came up with the idea to make a s’mores costume while at home on Pinterest. Fortunately, she didn’t have to look far for most of the material.
“I realized I needed a tutu, so I went to the store, but I already had everything else at home,” she says.
Terry hand-painted realistic looking chocolate squares on cardboard. The whole project took about 2 hours, which was perfect since we needed to work on it in preparation for the next day’s event.
Chesney Terry
“I feel like I’ve always been a little bit creative in my life, but I’ve never considered myself a professional,” the humble DIYer tells PEOPLE. “I just kind of fake it until I make it. Most of the time, people ask me how I do it and I’m like, ‘I really don’t know.’ I just start doing it and it somehow works. ”
And part of the key is to trust the process.
“The more you do it, the more you have to have a little bit of confidence,” she added. “Most of the time when you start something, it seems a little bad at first, and then you think, ‘Oh, no.’ But then you keep going, keep going, keep going, and you’re like, ‘Oh, I get it, this is it.’ I think it was actually okay. ”
The costume, completed last year, included a cardboard section attached around Noah May’s waist and a smaller section attached to the headband. Terry’s daughter, sandwiched in between, wore a white tutu and white top for a marshmallow effect.
And Terry’s flawless performance left her followers drooling.
“Please tell me how to make this. Please!” one commenter posted alongside a video of Noah May posing in the precious costume.
Another fan praised the mother’s efforts. It’s so cute!!!”
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This Halloween, Terry will continue the dessert theme by dressing up her daughter as cotton candy.
Sadly, Terry says her older children, a 13-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son, don’t share her brother’s love of dressing up as candy.
“As the kids get older, they don’t want to[dress up]as much,” she says. “So I’m going to enjoy this as much as I can.”
