This year we decided to go in several different directions with costumes. Attman wanted to be a dragon, so we built his costume out of some clothes from the DI and a bunch of cardboard, and some sponges. We painted the shirt to look like a dragon belly and then glued the sponges all the way down his back. I made a tail out of a bunch of fabric that I bought to make Atticus some onesies when he was an infant (ha ha!). I love the way it turned out! Junie's princess dress started out as a DI dress as well. I added some ribbon, a bunch of tulle, and I braided the tulle to form a trim for the waistband. I found that great wig for 27 cents, and then made a crown out of a teddy bear accessory! Talmage wanted to be bumblebee (again) so I painted a helmet that Ridge and Holden had given him and morphed it into a transformer helmet by adding a little bit of tin foil and the autobot symbol. I had big plans to make Indi into a dalmation, but once she saw her big sister's pretty princess attire she whould have none of that. Her little yellow dress was actually one of the dresses that the flower girls wore at my wedding. With the addition of the yellow cape from the dress up bin and a crown, she was all set! For my Cruella Deville costume I sprayed my hair black and white, and then wore one of Junie's sparkly red dresses around my neck. ... and the most expensive part??... was the speeding ticket I got on the way home from the craft store. When I walked in the door Jordan said, "WOW! you're fast!" and I said, "Um, apparently too fast." Jord had a hay day with that. He kept teasing me that I looked and DROVE like Cruella. Pity that I don't have her bank account as well.
4 comments:
Ok, ROCK ON!!!! Everyone looks great!!! I'm loving the dragon! Attman even posed with his hands in dragon stance in the first pic. Everyone looks wonderful. I love the ribbon on June's dress and your cruella hair is rock'in. Didi looks great and yellow and I love your new take on bumblebee. I could ramble on and on, but you get the point!!
Dear Atticus, What a fabulous dragon costume!! I just loved the tail with all of the horns sticking out and the giant head with the scary teeth!!! I have never seen such a clever dragon costume. You look fantastic!!! I love you soooo much and I am sooooo glad you had a happy, scary, Halloween. xoxoxoxoxxoxo Gram Tam
Dear Juniper, What a gorgeous princess you make. I love your dress with ruffles on the bottom and pretty colored ribbon all around the skirt. I think your long hair wig is really amazing and you look sooooo beautiful wearing it with your big, blue, adorable eyes!!! I love your gloves and your crown and your pretty shoes. You look just like a real live princess. I miss you sooooo much, and I am excited that you had a great Halloween. I love you !!! xoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxox Gram Tam
Dear Talmage, What a great transformer you make!!! Your helmet looks just like the bumblebee that you love to play with, and I love the bright yellow color of your costume. You have a handsome smile beneath that helmet that Gram Tam loves!!! I really miss you sooooo much. It makes me happy to know that you had a very fun and happy Halloween. I love you!! Gram Tam xoxoxoxoxox
Dear Indigo, What a fancy little princess you are and soooo anxious to look just like your big sister who loves you too. I love your real princess cape out of soft yellow cloth and your princess crown and the beautiful smile on your precious face. I think that you and Juniper should be real princesses in your very own castle. Gram Tam misses you soooo much and I just love you to pieces!! xoxoxoxo Gram Tam
Dear Cruella Deville, You are totally awesome!! What a woman, and what a creation. No wonder you won the prize!!! Your creative abilities top the list. I cannot even imagine the hours spent on all of these costumes, but the results are worth every bit of the time you invested. Thank-you so much for all of the fantastic pictures. It makes me feel sooo included and not so very homesick. I love you and can hardly imagine Halloween without you and yours. xoxoxoxoxxoxox Gram Tam
Love love love the costumes! I think they all turned out great!
Ah, the creative genius strikes again. I love all the costumes.
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