But unless you are going the family costume route or teaming up with your significant other on a couple’s costume, we’re guessing that your own costume may have fallen far down the to-do list. Side Note: Razors and Illegal Drugsĭoes anyone remember back in the 80’s when each Halloween the public schools would make a huge fuss over parents’ checking all of the Halloween candy that kids receive to make sure they did not include razors or illegal drugs? What happened to make people stop putting these razors and drugs in Halloween bags because I’ve had a kid in school for 3 years now and never have I gotten such a warning! ha! (so kidding on this – as my kids dumped out their stash, I kept laughing and thinking of my mother going thru each piece of my candy as a child – JUST IN CASE).The kids’ Halloween costumes? You’ve been planning them for weeks. I have no idea the craziness that Christmas will bring if this is the case with every holiday. The $7 thermal underwear was savable.įREE – Brown pastel – had in the art drawer DONE!ģ kids is much more difficult than 2 kids. The costume unravelled thru-out the evening, but for the most part stayed together. I guess I could of used face paint, but I forgot and actually the effect of the pastel looked, as Z said – dusty and more mummy like. I did use a brown pastel stick and darkened the edges of some of the fabric and then colored E’s face with it. I saw online that some people dye the muslin, but folks I am not that hardcore. This helped with the itchiness around E’s head when wrapping his head. For E’s head, I couldn’t find a ski mask, but found a white beanie. I safety pinned the muslin at the bottom of his legs, had E put on his socks and shoes and started wrapping him up like a mummy. Good ol’ Walmart had off-white thermals which E wore underneath. This was a pain, but overall I love how the fabric for a mummy looks! I started with scissors and then ripped creating the jagged edges. I then cut about 3-4 inch strips – all the way down the 3 yards of muslin. By making wet and drying it removed the majority of this gunky powder stuff. There is this powdery substance that will make you cough like mad all over it. If you have never worked with muslin before, it is ODD. The sweet fabric girl who knows what she is talking about, unlike myself – told me to wet the muslin down, and throw in the dryer before working with it. E was dead set on being a mummy (har har har). I tried tried tried to get E to be a super hero with Izaiah – but I guess tights weren’t his thing. There you have it, throw in a Little Tikes push convertible that’s been used for the last 7 years and WHAM! You have a baby super hero! Mummy Costume Izaiah’s cape was make out of cheap silky fabric which I have no idea what it’s called, but it was only $2.99 a yard. Used another pair of red tights to create super hero gloves wiht the funky thumb cut out. Somehow I convinced his dad that he should wear red tights because cool super heros like Batman and Superman wear tights… right? Threw some extra large blue socks on him that looked like boots. I smacked some felt together for a I logo for his cape and onesie. He can fight crime and can fly and well not really. My requirements were that it needed to be something he would’t hate and that could be made in under an hour. So it’s Izaiah’s first Halloween, so of course I wanted a super easy first Halloween costume. She loved it! Super Izaiah! Baby Super Hero Costume Taylor Swift” name tag on her – and WHAM we have a Taylor Swift look-alike. Sean colored it to make it look like a guitar. Z’s Papa made her a guitar using hard cardboard. Z’s hair was done in tight Taylor Swift curls, side part – of course. We found Z some cute low cowboy style boots and a dress that maybe Taylor would wear if she shopped TJ Maxx. Here is how we put together Z’s DIY Taylor Swift Costume Since Taylor seems to be wholesome – PLEASE STAY THAT WAY TAYLOR – and hasn’t turned into anything too skanky *cough* Miley *cough* – Taylor Swift it was for Z’s Halloween costume. She will break out into Taylor Swift song mode just by saying Taylor’s name. And E well we made him a super hero – Super I! Taylor Swift Costume In return, the strangers give us CANDY! Such an odd holiday, yet we continue to participate in the crazy antics of the day! Each year we dress the kiddos up and knock on complete strangers doors and say those magical words TRICK OR TREAT.
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