I think this may be the first year that I haven't loved Halloween...shocking, I know. I have been so tired and overwhelmed with health issues that the house never got decorated, no party planned and I murmured during most of the costume making process (who am I kidding, I always murmur during the costume making process)
Having said that I think the kids looked adorable this year. We ended up with Robin Hood (Megan), Circus Ringmaster (Emily), Mad Hatter (Nathan) and Dracula (Luke)
Lets start with the most time consuming costume of the lot - The Mad Hatter. I found a tutorial on the internet for making this costume and it deceivingly said it would take 4 hours to complete - lies, all lies! I started it Thursday afternoon at about 2 pm with Derek jumping in to help later in the evening. He went to bed sometime around 1 am and I finally put down my elementary school child safety scissors (yes, we created the whole costume with a stupid little pair of scissors) at 3:15 am. Four hours, my foot!
Looking at the costume I'm trying to figure out what took so long since there wasn't much sewing (jacket was a brown jacket from Goodwill and pants were khakis from Target - both dyed) but trust me when I say it took us forever.
The hat was the hardest to create but since I'm married to the best man in the world I had lots of help. Let's just say we can now understand why the hatter was "mad".
Megan was on make-up artist duty and I think she did an amazing job. This was one costume where the make-up really added to the whole appearance of the costume.
Emily looked adorable in her "I didn't have to sew a thing costume" I love those types of costumes! The shirt and jacket were purchases from Goodwill (man, I love that store) and the rest of the costume was pulled together with stuff from Target and a local Halloween store.
All Megan wanted for her costume was something that allowed her to carry weapons and wear boots. She would have loved to have been Katniss but I was not feeling terribly creative with that idea so we went with Robin Hood. The only sewing here was the vest which turned out cute but while sewing I decided that sewing isn't really my thing. I don't have the easiest time with it so I'm not quite sure why I keep sewing costumes every year. Her shirt was from a costume I made her in 7th grade and everything else was Goodwill or Target.
Then there is Luke. He wins for easiest costume...church pants, shoes and shirt put together with a purchased vest and cape from the dress up box. Oh yea, I forgot...also a sweet little Dracula necklace. My little blood sucker looked fantastic.
I'm glad the costumes are done and that Halloween is on its way out but I am hoping I'll be back into the Halloween spirit next year. I'm also hoping that all my kids want to dress as Dracula next year!
And just because I love these pictures I'm including some photos that my girls (and their friends) took Tuesday after our youth Halloween party at church.
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