The Costumes of Halloweens Past

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I am now a fan of Halloween and ever since having my boys, I try to make it as fun as possible for all of us.  This, of course, includes costumes!

When my boys were born, I wanted to dress them up in twins/couples costumes for as long as possible.  I thought it would be fun.
Sadly, when they were three, they started coming up with ideas of their own - despite my strong persuasions to try and dress them as 'Wreck-It-Ralph' and 'Fix-It-Felix.' No...Matty wanted to be Spider Man because he had just started learning about Super Heroes...and Liam wanted to be an ICE CREAM CONE!  That kid! Even when he surprises me with his answers, Liam knows the way to my heart - it was challenging and rewarding to make his ice cream cone costume.

So I thought I'd revisit and cherish, for one more moment, all the costumes (there are only four in this blog, five in their lifetime) from their Halloween pasts that were either homemade or semi-homemade.  Being a full-time working Mom, you can imagine that I don't have a lot of time to spend on homemade costumes but I do my best and find workarounds to make it look great.

So impressed with Mommy's skills!

Age: 5 Months
Costume: Bacon and Eggs
Method: All homemade - made out of felt; no patterns






Age: 17 Months

Such a cutie!

Costume: Dr. Seuss's Thing 1 and Thing 2
Method: Semi-homemade.  Turtlenecks from Children's Place, Fleece pants from Old Navy.  Hats from Baby Gap with blue boa 'hair' from Jo-Ann Fabrics. Thing 1 and Thing 2 labels made out of felt and ironed on to the front of the turtleneck.

Did not LOVE the wig.

Age: 2 Years, 5 Months
Costume: Package of Twinkies
Method: Semi-homemade by my super, craft pal, Kassinda.  She used her Silhouette CAMEO to get the Twinkies label onto heat transfer/iron on material.

Disco Dancing Spider Man

Age: 3 Years, 5 Months
Costume: Spider Man and Ice Cream Cone
Method: Spider Man was store-bought.  Ice Cream Cone was semi-homemade.
The 'cone' pants are todder girl plaid pants from Gap Kids.  The 'whip cream hat with crochet cherry on top is from Etsy.  The ice cream is made out of felt with pillow stuffing to make it more 3D.  The sprinkles are made out of wooden dowels from Home Depot - cut at Home Depot and then painted at home; then glued onto the costume.

The cutest ice cream cone!

Age: 4 Years, 5 Months
Costume: Iron Man and Hot Air Balloon
Method: Iron Man was store-bought.  Hot Air Balloon - see my previous post!

Even though I kind of shudder when Liam tells me his Halloween costume of choice, I secretly enjoy the way he challenges me.