Halloween is my favorite Holidays; hands down. Why? Because
I can dress up, in whatever I desire, call it a costume, and no one will look
at me funny. In fact I suspect envy in some people’s eyes because I was brave
enough to do so. I guess we can’t all keep our inner child. Such a shame since
I suspect the world would be a better place if we encouraged it.
But back to the topic of Costumes! It’s been a while since
I’ve actually made myself one. After all I have two kids and you can’t get them
to make up their mind until Halloween is drawing nigh. Take my son for example
– for six months he wanted to be Spider man, but then Grammy showed him a
costume website and he wanted to be Sonic.
At that same time my daughter decided she wanted to be Cinderella.
No biggie, I went out and snagged two patterns (on sale no
less) and started putting together my list of materials. But as I started
cleaning out last year’s costumes I gave them one more chance, bringing out
what patterns I had. After some back and forth between the two of them, and
some discussion with me, they decide; a Prince (he likes costumes with weapons)
and a Princess (she doesn’t have to be a specific one).
They love to coordinate – you can easily see that if you
look at what they’ve been over the course of the past 3 years
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| 2011: Cheetah and Snake 2010: Batman and Batgirl 2009: Pirate and Mermaid |
This year I totally scored though. We were able to find the
majority of the fabric in my stash (I used to buy fabric I liked when it was on
sale all the time). Still it cost more than I’m willing to admit to get the
trim and two small pieces of fabric, even with some coupons. But hey, my kids
love them and they get good use out of them. My daughter can still wear the
Mermaid costume (after I let out two inches) and my son his batman one (though
it’s almost a crop top with shorts now).
For the Hubby, I’ve already made a pair of ‘Ren Fest’
wearable pants (not authentic, having an elastic waist, but much more passable
than jeans).
I’ve started on my son’s costume, which is coming out nicely
and I only have the hood and pants to finish his look. Then for my daughter we
found we already had a dress in the pattern she wanted in their Costume
Closet. Now They’ll be definitely set for Girl Scouts Trunk or Treating on The
19th.
As for me, I’m pulling out a fancy cape I made (just need to
hem it) and a Princess dress my mom made. It’s not like I have a Costume Closet
of my own to go through *wink*
What about you? What goes through your mind when you see
adults dressed up, outside of some sort of fair or conference? Do you dress up?
(And do you secretly wish you could do it more of the time like I do?)
:} Cathryn
