Making up costumes...

My cool mom and dad (the two on the right) looking snazzy in their costumes. So cute, they really did put in a good effort this year. No grumpy scrooges this year for Halloween! So Daniel and I were invited to a costume party on Halloween this year, and D was pretty excited to dress up but I really wasnt feeling it after the move. I just wanted to sleep for days...well, I wanted to go see everyone but I wanted to skip the costume party...unless mine could be my pajamas. :) D wouldnt have it, and neither would my mom. I had absolutely no creative energy....scratch that, energy left at all so I was lucky when my sister decided that she needed help designing her mermaid costume and we were going to do that at JoAnns.

She was hoping to be more of a of grunge-type, barnacle encrusted, natural sort of mermaid. It was actually fun!

We found a really great green stretchy velour (?) type fabric that we could wrap around her waist and cut into strips to tie at the side - looking like seaweed! Super easy too! Then we took two different sheer, tulle-type fabrics in taupe and brown colours and layered and tied them over a tank top to make her upper body and fins in the back.

The colors were less sparkly than the turquoise bright ones that Ariel or other disney mermaids wear but they ended up being really beautiful together...kind of the opposite of what she expected. We found little gold/pearlescent shell-looking chips and decided to use elmers glue to put them all over her body and face to look like barnacles. It was such a neat idea and really fun. And those turned out to be the most noticed and appreciated part of the costume on Halloween. A little bit of hot glue, an old ring, a few saftey pins and some sea shells and we were done! Super cute idea for anyone wanting a homemade, cheap, creative costume!

The best part was that after she wore it on the 30th she was kind enough to let her lazy sister wear it for our Halloween party!

While Kendra and I were at looking at fabrics at JoAnn's D was running around looking for idea for his own costume. He would pop up enthusiastically, show us an idea and dart off again to find more goodies. He was really cute and I was, again, impressed with his creativity. His Batman costume was born from a childsize Batman mask he found at JoAnns. He also decided to buy this really great shiny black material to make the rest of the face mask and his cape...he sewed it all himself too. Check out how creative he was with his underarmour underwear and tshirt, a belt, his bike pants, and (the best part) his little black work shoes. :) So cute! He had so much fun. And everyone wanted a picture with Batman :) Superheros are always a great way to go. Everyone loves them!