Costumes from Halloween's Past

One of the best parts about Halloween are the costumes. My favorite thing to do as a family is coordinate our costumes, though hubby isn't to into that so it's usually me and the kids...or kid as it was for a few years. I am probably just indulging myself, but I thought I would post some photos of costumes from previous Halloweens.

Lizard was destined to be a fan of Halloween. Here she is at 3 months.

The poor girl was sweating like crazy in this costume. It was an unseasonably warm night and she couldn't keep the head of her chicken on because it was just too hot. (Not sure why dad was in a jacket, I guess he gets cold easily.) That year Halloween was on a Sunday so we had a multi-ward trunk or treat on Saturday that was a lot of fun.

It was total luck that Lizard and I coordinated so well. I bought her costume the year before on clearance and found mine on sale the following year at Old Navy. It was meant to be.

 

This is Lizard as Little Miss Muffet. The dress was her Sunday Easter dress and I sewed the petty coat and bloomers out of pillow cushions and eyelet trim.

It's a little hard to tell in this photo, but I was the spider who sat down beside her. I sewed stuffed dress socks to a turtle neck for my extra six arms. I ran fishing line through all of them so they would move when my arms moved.

These are some costumes I sewed for pumpkins I entered into hubby's work party contest. They didn't win anything, but I did have fun making them.

They weren't allowed to dress up at Lizard's school so as a way around it the kindergartners were all allowed to dress up as scarecrows. I bought the shirt at Goodwill and added flannel to look like straw. It is a little thick, but at least it isn't scratchy.

I was the witch one more time and Lizard was my black cat. I think this was one of her favorite costumes. She loves pretending to be an animal.

 In first grade you could dress up by choosing a "career." She wasn't so sure about this costume I suggested, but when she got to school and everyone wanted to play with her net she decided it was pretty cool after all.

 The coolest part about these costumes are the toe socks...only your big toe is separated so you can wear the flip flop like Japanese shoes.

This costume actually was on loan from her aunt who received it when my parents went on a trip to Holland. I had big plans to be a windmill with her, but it didn't quite come together.

 

This was for our ward trunk or treat last year. I wouldn't let her wear her "real" costume because I was saving it for the big day. She makes a cute cowgirl.

 

I had bought the Dumbo costume on super duper clearance at a Disney store when Lizard was probably 2 years old hoping that someday I would get to use it. Little Bird happened to be just the right size for it and so her costume became the inspiration for our costumes.

 

So the peanut hat didn't last long, but I really enjoyed making this costume. Lizard was a good sport to be a vintage bag of peanuts in order to match her sister. The back of the costume has red stripes on it. 

 

At some point in the evening Little Bird managed to kick off her elephant feet and though I scoured the neighborhood I could never find them. I'm surprised she kept the head on. 

As you can see I decided to be a clown. I made the skirt out of various colors of tulle and the bow tie out of felt.