But, Sissy now knows how to read a calendar, so she would not stop nagging me about her countdown to halloween.
So I gave in.
Luckily the kids already knew what they wanted to be dressed up as, so it was just a matter of mommy executing the costumes.
And since it was 10AM on halloween and I hadn't even started, I had zero time to drive all the way to Billings to buy some stupid expensive yet cheaply made costumes...and I had even less money to try and make that happen. So I decided I needed to just do what I could with what I had.
Sissy was the easiest of all. She wanted to be a Princess. She pretty pretends she's a princess all of the time anyway, so she already had a pretty party dress, shawl, and crown. She just wanted me to curl her hair, add some faux fur to her shawl, and attach her crown to her head.Being that I'm uber crafty, I had faux fur in the basement, and clear lastin in one of my many supply drawers. And once upon a time I bought 3 curling irons.
< with her hair curled
Jeremy was a little more complicated... he wanted to be Optimus Prime. I was trying to figure out how to make that costume.
I had thought about somehow using cardboard to create him.. which probably could have been done, had I started a week ago. So, instead, I used his batman costume from last year, looked at his picture of Optimus on his pillowcase, and covered some pieces of cardboard with some blue and red fabric to make the main parts of his armor.
I figured since Optimus has a lot of grey and black on him as well the duct tape shouldn't be too horrid lol. And with his helmet from his aunt and uncle last Christmas it didn't really turn out too horrible.
Then for Nicky. He wanted to be a rocket ship.
That sounded pretty easy to me.
Big box cut down to his size, covered in aluminum foil, with some kind of triangular hat.
He decided he wanted green lights on the front and orange lights on the back.
Felt to the rescue!
I used felt for the fire as well!
I planned Tommy and Becky's costumes weeks ago!
Pebbles and Bam Bam!
Bam Bam was VERY fun to make! I did not have orange with black spots faux fur, but I had white, so I figured it would just have to do. So I used it to make a skirt, with brown fleece on the inside, and it snaps open and closed. I used brown fleece for the shoulder strap and white felt to make the bone, and more faux fur for the hat.
And for fun, I made his club out of aluminum foil and covered it with brown minky!
And my little Pebbles!
I used green felt to make her a little tank dress and drew the triangles on it with black permanent marker.
(She kind of looks like a green strawberry now that I look at it LOL)
I used red printed FOE to make her a little headband to hold her "hair" on.
Once again, a felt bone, and some red ribbon for Pebbles' little tuft of ponytail.
And I used a solid blue diaper to cover her actual diaper, that way it wouldn't need to be changed. :)
Pebbles and Bam Bam together
Here is the candy leftover from last year that I had to throw out
a gallon sized zip lock bag! Yay for the fall festival and no actual trick or treating!! The kids had a blast- there were games they played to win candy, and we took a hay ride! My poor broken toe didn't have to suffer inside my sneaker while walking around the entire town, my back didn't have to suffer the walking either, and daddy was called off work so he was able to enjoy it all with us! I'd say, despite the fact my boys are sick with a tummy bug tonight, and I threw the costumes together in like 6 hours, we had a pretty good time!
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