2017 has literally flown by. Here it is, the end of October
and I have not even caught up on my posts from September! One of my favorite
things about fall, besides the cooler, weather, changing colors, crunching
leaves . . . . Okay, let’s be real. I
love almost everything about fall! But, one of the most fun things I do is to
create Halloween costumes for each of our grandkids. And this year is no exception.
We now have six grandchildren, ranging in ages from 11 years
to 16 months. For the first time since
I’ve known him, Michael picked out a store-bought “morph suit” costume and I
can’t wait to see him all dressed up.
But, each of the others had special requests that I was happy to comply
with. First up was Adellelyn. I received this picture in a text and knew I
needed to follow up with a Facetime consultation to be sure I could capture her
vision.
Adellelyn had very specific instructions for her Blue Maccaw (from RIO) costume:
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Feathers under her arms to be her wings using the boa below
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Light aqua blue color
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Tulle is too scratchy
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Soft full skirt for tail feathers
For some reason, I can't find any photos of the outfit while working on it--I could have sworn I took some. :-( While she added different pants for a book character day costume, you can get a glimpse of what I created in this picture:
Archer loves dinosaurs! Last year I made a fun triceratops
costume from a pattern I found online, but this year he wanted to be a T
Rex. There aren’t lots of great
tutorials or patterns for a T Rex, so with old episodes of “Project Runway”
playing, I channeled my inner Tim Gunn and “made it work”. I pretty much love the way it all turned out!
Toddler D has been talking about his costume for months: a
pumpkin! He went to the fabric store with me and also requested that it be very
soft, so soft he gets!
His other request was that his baby brother be his pumpkin
seed. Instead, I was able to negotiate with him to carry seeds and let BabyD2
have a different costume. I made a treat bag with felt seeds on the front, but
he really wanted to carry real seeds, so I added a clear plastic pocket to the
front to hold his real pumpkin seeds.
Silas didn’t quite understand what picking out a costume
meant, so his parents and I decided to go with one of his favorite books: Dragons
Love Tacos. Silas will be the
dragon, Jana the taco and Rob will be the jar of spicy salsa.
One of my favorite features of Silas's dragon costume is the fact that I made slits on the inside for his hands, so that when he raises his hands, his wings soar a bit. :-)
Of course, he discovered that they still don't let him actually fly, but I think he's okay with that.
Last, but not least, is our tiniest grandson, BabyD2. He
loves dogs and cats, so a black cat seemed like the natural choice for him.
Well, Halloween is just hours (or days) away, so I'd better hit the Publish button and move on. I can't wait to see all of our little goblins decked out for the holiday!
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