My darlin' brood enjoying our little Halloween tradition - Mommy driving herself crazy to make four fun and exciting costumes!
But hey, I spent $17 TOTAL! You almost can't get ONE store-bought costume for that amount anymore.
My oldest, the Happy Gnome. Totally his idea after he found a cornucopia at the dollar store and stuck it on his head as a hat!
My youngest, the too-cute-to-be-scary Scarecrow. She needed some prodding to decide on this one - because I was not about to do ANOTHER Disney Princess! (I know, mean mom, right?)
My Great Pumpkin - his choice (and I thanked him heartily for something easier than Batman! I really dislike doing "character" costumes!). The leaves on the bottom are hiding the word "Grimey" on the orange dollar-store laundry bag. =)
Now this costume (she's a tornado... please tell me you can see a tornado?) was my favorite this year! I love when I can think outside the box. It took me forever to figure out how I was going to make it work, but I loved the result - and most importantly, so did she!
Now this costume (she's a tornado... please tell me you can see a tornado?) was my favorite this year! I love when I can think outside the box. It took me forever to figure out how I was going to make it work, but I loved the result - and most importantly, so did she!
Yes, I drive myself crazy doing it, but I really do enjoy it and my kids, for one night out of the year at least, think I'm the coolest mom ever for doing this for them. Who could ask for more?
2 comments:
Oh, my gosh! You truly are the coolest mom ever! All four HOMEMADE!? Incredible! I love the originality of the tornado ... love that your son would put a miniture cornacopia on his head in a store ... love that shared your "grimy" secret ... and absolutely loved your sweetheart scarecrow!! THIS is what Halloween is all about! Now, someone tell that to my daughter who has pouting fits in stores to plead her case for yet, another, tween-wanna-be costume! UGH! Luckily, she relinquished to the role of a Hollywood starlet rather than Gabriella. (shake head) And, my son ... well, he will only keep his on for a maximum of 30 minutes. So, homemade costumes are just out of the question. :) Thanks for sharing!
You are so creative! Your kids are lucky to have a mom who can do cool stuff like that...
Xandra
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