This year I whipped up five Halloween costumes in a little over a day. That's a personal best! Granted, they were all pretty simple costumes. The fifth (not pictured here) was a store-bought costume that received some alterations and accessories.
For Cultural Day at school, Sutton dressed up an American flag, and Sawyer was Abraham Lincoln. Sawyer delivered his first large-scale oral report to his class that day, and even though he was super nervous about it, he knocked it out of the park - YAY!
In the evening we dressed up and went Trick or Treating with the usual crew - Stella, Deacon and the other kids from the neighborhood.
I altered Mitch's old suit jacket to fit Sawyer and tattered the edges, but I kept the shoulders huge and Frankenstein-like. I couldn't get his neck bolts to stay on no matter what I used, but luckily he wasn't too bummed.
Sutton went as Steve from Minecraft. Mitch fashioned the box head with a kid's hard hat inside so that it didn't wobble all over the place and took the weight off of his shoulders. We ran into a LOT of other box heads running through the neighborhood that night!
We opted not to put green makeup on Sawyer's hands since I didn't want it to rub off on everything, but this picture looks even sillier with his mismatched hands!
Simon didn't want anything to do with his puppy costume (surprise, surprise!), but at the last minute he decided to put it on and go around the neighborhood with everyone. He LOVED trick or treating, and he'd cheerily proclaim "Happy Halloween!" to everyone who gave him candy. He was SO excited about everything, but he was still leery about some of the creepy Halloween decorations.
Happy Halloween!
