I spent the past week telling you about some of my Halloween creations: Halloween boots and balls, Boo treats, and T-shirts.
Today, in honor of the Halloween Party, I’m taking a look back at 7 years of Halloween costumes. (Please forgive the quality of these pictures. I had to hunt to find a few.)
2001- The Pumpkin: The Big Girl was only 6 days old. The costume: a babygown made in orange knit and a cap accented with a green ribbon “stem”.
2002-The Ladybug: The costume: A big-4 pattern, probably made as instructed and finished with a black jogging suit (must have been a cooler than usual Halloween).
2003-The Bumblebee: The costume: I reused the pattern from the year past to make the shell of the suit. The stripes are appliqued. I made the wings from tulle and re-purposed clothes hangers.
2004-The Butterfly: Anyone seen a theme yet? I used the same pattern (again) but left off the bottom elastic. I winged the wings and used a little heat-and-bond to apply the polka dots. The headband is a leftover from her 3rd birthday party the week before. We had a butterfly party. (Would it be too much to mention that in 2002 we had a ladybug party and in 2003-a bumblebee party?) Also, I’m noticing it must have been a warm Halloween.
2005-The Clowns: This is the year I learned my lesson. I almost vowed to never make a costume again. Oh, the pattern was a breeze, it was the cost of the fabric that set me off. I didn’t realize how much this costume cost until I was done! Anyway, the BG’s pattern is a classic by one of the big-4 and it turned out beautiful! The Little Man’s costume is from a baby’s layette pattern.
2006-The Cowboy and The Ballerina: Okay, so I cheated this year. The LM has the world’s easiest costume: jeans, a bandanna, and a cowboy hat. The BG had such a beautiful ballet recital costume that we had to reuse it. And we love the pumpkin patch!
2007-The Cowpokes: Yes, the stick horse rides again. But, this year, Mom put a little more effort into it. For the details on these costumes (that the BG designed), click out this post and this post from last year.
2008-Dorothy and the Corwardly Lion: Uhm, not started, uhm, I have 10 or so days…
The Giveaway ended October 20, 2008. Thanks for playing.
