I know I am not the only mom out there who would do anything for her kids; I would think any loving mother would feel the same. But where do you draw the line on that? I want my kids to be independent, self secure, and proud of who they are. To me there is nothing more important than to be able to stand out and have the confidence in yourself as soon as you wake up; seriously, Halloween should be no different!! Like what I did there? Trying to give you wisdom and be all serious about life (which I am always striving to instill these qualities in my kids, even myself on some days), but Halloween is kind of on those same lines.
Every year around July, yes July, I am thinking about Halloween. I love Halloween and I always want to be elaborate with my costumes and my decorations. I can't stand buying costumes and then showing up somewhere and having someone else be dressed up the exact same way. Man, it irritates me!! I know many people can't be crafty, but we can always take some time to think about creating something original or try our best to copy something we found cool on Pinterest!
I think this was back in 2011; this is by far my most memorable Halloween ever with my kids! This is the year when Despicable Me 2 came out; you know when the purple Minions came into play? I made these costumes out of foam and random fabrics. All these kids had to do was slip this over their heads and bam, done! We were living in California at the time, so the weather was perfect for the kids to run to each door yelling Trick or Treat!! Everyone gave them so many compliments; which again, enhances their confidence!
As a mother of daughters, I can assure you the "P" word was never used in my house; we never called our girls Princess. Yet, there was one year where my 6 year old wanted to be one, and my then 8 year old wanted to be the evil witch. Just like the title of this post; the things we do for our children.. oh the stories I could tell you.. sigh. So me, being the sucka I am for my kids, was like which princess would you like to be? Glenda the Good Witch.
So back to the drawing board, how to do I make such an outfit? I came across an article on how to make tutu's. My thought was instead of making it short, why not leave it longer? (You can go to my Pinterest page and see how to make a tutu in my Halloween board: https://www.pinterest.com/glassartistamy/) So I purchased a mannequin body for $30 and proceeded to cut the tutu lace in strips (from my daughter's belly button to the floor) and tied them to a longer length that could easily be tied around my daughter's waist once the skirt was complete.
To help give the skirt a fuller look, I simply cut random strips into shorter pieces. I really wish you guys could've seen how beautiful my daughter looked in this skirt; her facial expression was priceless! She twirled around the room in that skirt!
For the top portion of this costume, I went to Kohl's and bought a long sleeved shirt; one in light pink, the other in black for the "evil witch"! I basically did the same thing for my other daughter's witch costume; I used black and purple. For the tuling over the shoulders, I took two long pieces of tuling and tied little knots at the ends, cut a small slit in the shirt where her shoulder blades would be and stuck them in. I hand sewed the shoulder tulling in place. I used a poster board for her crown and hot glued on rhinestones to accessorize her outfit. She was a princess after all!
For the evil witch, I did just about the same thing as I did for the Glenda costume, but I added extra lengths for a more dramatic look around her shoulders. I found a witch hat that had a veil material hanging from it and I made my own broach of the skull for effects. I tried my best to paint her face like a ghoul.
Yes, my older daughter won 1st place for ORIGINALITY at her school! The look on her face just says it all! Of course, our dog Georgia got in the mix too; why can't our dog look beautiful too!
Making memories is where it's at for me a mom! My kids will never forget the time and effort I put into their costumes! My baby unfortunately didn't win in her Halloween costume contest; yea it was a bummer. But she looked beautiful!!
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