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Halloween

I interrupt this regularly scheduled program….

to announce that my children have chosen COSTUMES!!!!!  (Good news for me.)

I gave them the deadline of Monday to choose and then quickly got to work.  I have two costumes down (I have been up until all hours of the morning) and one more to go.  And the best part of the deal….all of them were made for $15 each or less!  (I love budget costumes.)

Aaron decided on the red Ninjago figure (I forget his name, Kai, Cole?  One of the two….).

(I found this awesome cookie rendition from HERE, don’t they look so good?)

I bought red broadcloth and made basically a pair of boys pajamas for the ninja suit.  The shirt is exactly like THIS tutorial from back here, but no buttons and a karate belt to tie it closed in the middle.  The pants are red pj pants and I figure I can add buttons to the shirt after Halloween and he will have a pair of real pj’s to wear (which he needs anyway.)   The only other thing I bought was some gold rope to go around him like the figurine, and he is drawing the fire-dragon/lion (?) thing for on top of the ropes.   Our school doesn’t allow any type of mask or face-thing so he’s decided to spike up his hair like the character and wear black stretchy gloves.  Done and done.

Hannie’s costume deserves a post on its own, because I drafted a pattern for you all and a tutorial to go with it….but let’s say it’s a vintage one….that makes for a darling dress.  Show you that one soon!
And the rambunctious 2-year old in the house has gone through lots of ideas.  I was really rooting for Mickey Mouse (he sleeps with “Big Mickey” every night), but he really wanted to be a witch, then a ghost, then the lorax.
He finally did what any reasonable kid would do….and combined all three.  He will consistently tell anyone who asks that he is going to be a “WITCH-GHOST-WITH-A-MUSTACHE.”  Awesome.
So, here’s the plan for his costume which is on the docket for today.
I bought a cheap 70″ round tablecloth yesterday, because it was cheaper and easier than making the circle myself.  I think we are basically going to drape it over him and cut out a face hole for the ghost.  We already had a child’s witch hat (I just pulled off all the frilly stuff) and I am going to make a brown felt mustache on a  piece of elastic to go around his head.
Here’s to hoping that it works…..because the first neighborhood party is tonight (talk about cutting it close around here.)

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  1. Sweetbug Studio says

    You beat my mom on the cutting it close I think! She only had one dress for Homecoming and stayed up all night. But wait…she did make two bridesmaid dresses (very simple look) the week of?? I love the creativity again–witch, ghost, mustache–great! Good luck on whipping them up in time!

  2. Poists says

    I have a five year old boy who makes his Halloween costume decision very early because inevitably it becomes a task beyond belief. His costume when he was almost 3 was a pirate ghost because he wanted to be both. We actually just used white flannel for the body and with the hole cut in the middle we rimmed it with white ribbon. I had a great pirate hat that he wore with it. :)Image here http://www.yandeathome.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html Each year since he has wanted to be a very interesting character. A spiderman dragon, the original wolfman, and this year indiana jones.
    I can’t wait to see the ninja costume as I have a feeling this is going to be coming in the future.

  3. {jen} iCandyhandmade says

    When I was finishing up school, I was a nanny for a little while. The 2 1/2 year old boy, who I loved, talked for months about being a crocodile ghost. (Your two year old reminded me of that) So on Halloween that year, I made a crocodile ghost costume and showed up at their door. I made this crazy crocodile mouth, out of a box, covered in croc fabric, with teeth, and attached it to a large chip clip so the mouth could open, I stuck it out of a hole in the sheet over my head (the ghost part) It was SOOOO wierd. But my little friend LOVED it. The whole family didn’t even know what to say!!! I can’t wait to see how your mashup costume turns out!

  5. 2littlehooligans says

    too funny and cannot wait to see them! i am sewing a brown barba-loot and the lorax today! i will be up all night but i am determined to get it all done in one day. the fur is insanely messy!!!!

  14. cbaker says

    I love your idea for making the ghost costume from a round white tablecloth! Very creative. The ninja cookies look fabulous. Makes me hungry. 🙂 I am anxiously waiting for the post on your daughter’s costume….

    As always, thanks for the inspiration! I love your blog!!