Another Halloween has come and gone. I have to say that I'm glad. I love Halloween but it gets crazy sometimes. :o) The kids had tons of fun trick-or-treating and running around in their costumes. And I'm happy that all the costumes were all done in time. :o) I actually did finish working on most of the costumes in September but only finished up with Eli's yesterday! I took a break to work on other things. So here are the costumes!
SHAILEY'S COSTUME
Shailey wanted to be a witch this year. I told her a witch would be fine as long as it was a cute witch. I'd say she's pretty cute. So I can't take full credit for this costume. I started out with a very basic costume for about $10.00 from Target (shown below the picture of Shailey) and added more tulle, a faux corsette in the front, cap sleeves, and a sash (I was so lucky to find all the material used laying around the house!). The total cost for her costume was about $15.00! I love bargains! Isn't she a cute witch?
ELI'S COSTUMEEli wanted to be Peter Pan but we weren't too keen on him wearing tights. So after running A LOT of other ideas across him he finally dropped the Peter Pan idea and went with a classic aviator costume (we're pretty sure this had to do with his insane love for Soarin' Over California at Califronia Adventure.) His costume was easy in some ways and annoying in others. Easy in the sense that he's just wearing pants and shoes we already had and a jacket we found at Target. The hard part was making his cap and goggles. I won't bore you with the details but I'll just say that I hate sewing with costume pleather and never plan to again. It was so frustrating making that cap and goggles! I'm glad it turned out okay! His costume cost a bit more since we bought the jacket at Target for $25.00. But what you can't see in the picture is that the furry collar can be removed to reveal a regular leather collar--which will be a great jacket for an Indiana Jones costume next year (which we've already convinced him to be!). The scarf just has wire run through the edges so it looks likes the wind is blowing. :o) I think he gives Howard Hughes a run for his money!
ISAAC'S COSTUME Isaac's costume definitely took the longest. His obsession with the movie "Cars" made it clear that he needed to be Lightning McQueen this year. His costume I made entirely from scratch. All of the decals on the costume were found by searching images on the internet and editing. Then I just used iron on paper to get it on the fabric. If I could have done anything differently I would have stiffened up the sides a bit more so they wouldn't bend in so much. Oh, well. He loves it and that's all that matters! His costume cost about $15.00 also. (I know, the second picture was taken while he was wearing pajamas but it was the only one I had of the back of his costume.)
I really enjoy making (or adding on to existing) costumes! It's so much fun and so rewarding to see how excited the kids are to wear them.
Shailey had a Halloween party at school today, also. The boys and I went down there to take a few pictures. It was fun to see her in her class. Here's a picture of her with her teacher, Mrs. Crenshaw.
And here's her whole class dressed up! :o)
And finally, Danny and I dressed up for a Halloween party that we went to last week. He dressed up as Waldo and I was Wenda (I didn't know Waldo had a girlfriend but apparently he does!) Here are a couple of pictures of us.
We were surprised at how difficult it was to find red and white striped shirts. It's a good thing duct tape comes in red. :o) Happy Halloween!
