Halloween 2019

This year I tried to cut down on the Halloween Last Minute Crazyness by having “Costume Choosing Day” on the first Saturday in October.  I got out my 2 huge Rubbermaid tubs of dress-ups and past Halloween Costumes and encouraged everyone to choose what they wanted.

It sort of worked.  Except I then thought my work was done and forgot about everything until the day we needed costumes.

The Scooter Pies chose to be Buzz Light Year and Woody from Toy Story.  However, on Halloween night, Zeke decided that he wanted to be “Mr Game-n-Watch” who he knows of from playing Smash Bros Brawl on the wii.  Here is his last minute costume:

Skeeter refused to wear anything except “normal” clothes, so we talked him into wearing his monster face hoodie.

Apple Pie wanted to be a honey bee with a honey bucket.  I forgot that this costume needed to be made until the day of our church trunk-or-treat.  So that morning, I dug through my fabric sash, and found a fuzzy yellow scrap just about the right size to make this bubble and some shiny black for stripes.  I made a hasty description to Peach Pie of how to sew it and left to go grocery shopping.  When I returned, Apple Pie had a costume!

Banana Cream Pie chose to be a Princess riding a unicorn.  All of her props came from the costume box, and I love her for choosing that.

Key Lime Pie wanted to be the Blind Earth Bending Princess, Toph,  from Avatar: The Last Air-Bender.

I also forgot that this costume needed to be sewn until the day of the trunk-or-treat. She found a green shirt, and I found a scrap of green fabric, traced off a hasty pattern from some shorts and zipped out these culottes.  I found the brown in my tubs as well, and cut it into a poncho.  Pumpkin Pie constructed the headband for her.

Peach Pie wanted to be Frida Kahlo.  This was the only costume that cost me money this year.  I spent $3 on those silk flowers at Dollar Tree.  She refused to allow me to draw in a uni-brow with my black eyeliner, which was the only thing this costume lacked!

Pumpkin Pie wanted to be Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender.  I forgot about this costume needing to be made also.  (Have you noticed a theme yet?)

While Pumpkin Pie was at school, I traced a pattern from a knit dress she has and hunted out some navy blue fabric and a bit of white from my stash.  I still can’t believe that I was able to find every fabric I needed.  It was a blessing.

Cherry Pie wanted to be Kisame Hoshigaki from the anime Naruto.

She made this entirely by herself, drawing off a pattern from her winter coat.  I did teach her about the magic stuff called Heat-n-Bond when I found out she needed to applique the designs.  Luckily, I had some of that in my stash too, as well as these black, red and white fabrics.

I am still in shock at how little crazy sewing I had to do this year, thanks to the growing talents of my most impressive daughters.

Halloween was a success!!!