As per their norm, the kids had very specific ideas about what they wanted to be for Halloween.
For months William has been alternating between wanting to be a dragon and wanting to be St. George. I was able to find him a costume on our buy nothing group that looks like he’s riding a dragon, so he gets to be both St. George and the Dragon.
In addition to the dragon costume, I made him a helmet based on this template (his head is bigger, so I just added an extra panel, super easy fix). It took about an hour to make, and since I had felt and embroidery thread on hand, it was an easy project. We also have a wooden sword from a trip to a thrift store a few months back.
G wanted to be a princess for Halloween, and since it’s also a pretty easy Halloween costume to DIY, we took a trip to JoAnn Fabrics to get tulle and lace. G has been very interested in sewing lately, so she was very excited to get to make her own costume. We decided (for ease and simplicity) to stick with making a long tulle skirt with a lace train, and it came out pretty nicely. I bought a sparkly elastic belt, which saved me some steps and finishing, so really all that we needed to do was gather the tulle at intervals and sew the lace over the top. I chose to create the train by angling the lace backwards, which had the added benefit of keeping her from stepping on it quite so often.
The top is a hand me down from one of my own years of trick-or-treating; I’m pretty sure it was from when I insisted on being a bride, but a pink one. The most special part of it though, is that Gram is the one who made the costume for me, and she gets to see it live on with G.
We used felt to make crowns for everyone in the family other than William, and I tweaked this template by securing ours using ribbons instead of sewing the ends together. We also added jewels courtesy of Nana, because obviously a crown needs lots of those.
In G’s mind a princess must have a wand, so we made one for her using a stick, some clearance ribbons, and washi and duck tape. She’s pretty happy with the results.
Per G’s request, I am also a princess, and thus decked out in similar fashion, though my skirt is simply lace pinned with a broach. G also intended for Charlotte to be a princess as well, but Charlotte is still firmly ensconced in the clothes hating stage, and is refusing all costuming.
Mark is a bit of a curmudgeon about dressing up, but G made him a crown and insisted. That’s about all we can manage to get him into, and only briefly.
