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I love making my kids' Halloween costumes. I don't sew, but I'm pretty good with duct tape and a hot glue gun. Actually, come to think of it, I'm not all that good with a hot glue gun as I always seem to burn my fingers when I use one. Anyway, I love coming up with creative ideas for costumes. Here are a few I've made in past years...
The Whack-a-Mole costume I made for Austin a few years ago
The Marge Simpson costume I made for Savannah a few years ago
Here's a young Jackson, dressed as Jimmy Neutron.
I think it's fun coming up with creative ideas for costumes. It sure beats the kind I had as a kid. You know, the plastic costumes that tied in the back and the hard, molded plastic masks with the little rubber bands of death that would always snap you in the face. These masks had those little slits in them for the mouth and we'd stick out tongues out and cut them on the sides of the hard plastic. Ahhh yeah, good times, good times.
This year? You want to know what my kids are going to be this year? Well, I don't have all the pieces of their costumes in place quite yet, but I'll give you a hint. The kids will probably build a rocket, or fight a mummy, or climb up the Eiffel Tower. Maybe they'll discover something that doesn't exist, or give a monkey a shower...
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I'm hoping for Barbie and Ken, but it could be Captain and Tenille.
ReplyDeleteMy sons will be Iron Man and a Blue Crayon, while my daughter will be Snow White.
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My older daughter is going as repunzel and my younger one...who knows? I sort of have to leave it up to the day and see what she's willing to wear. She might end up going as a crazy 3 year old...which means she won't need a costume at all.
ReplyDeleteMy oldest is going as Iron man..ick the costume is so creepy, but he loves it so I guess that's what counts, and the baby will be a lion this year:)
ReplyDeleteLove the P&F costume idea!! I have always wanted to do a theme but my girls won't agree on one (and with only girls it's hard to find a good theme...). So my girls are going to be - Bellatrix Lestrange, Batgirl, Madeline and Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl.
ReplyDeleteThanks, now I have THAT song stuck in my head again!
ReplyDeleteI am not one to make costumes so we just go to the store for those, but I always carve a pumpkin for each of the kids and usually one for each of their teachers too (on foam pumpkins to use year after year)
one will be a fireman and the other a policeman
ReplyDeleteI am going to be a clown for Halloween. Pretty simple: colorful pants and top, a big bright bow tie, some floppy shoes, and of course…a big red nose. It is a fun costume that I wear every few years when I can’t think of anything else.
ReplyDeleteMy kids will be dressing up as A Fairy, A SpiderWeb Girl, A gruesome monster, and another midnight fairy.
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one is a farmer and the other a ninja!
ReplyDeleteMy sweet 12 year old daughter is planning on going as a Gothic fairy. Lord help me.
ReplyDeleteI do not have children but I will be answering the door in a witches hat as my sister will be taking her three young sons out. Her children are all under the age of 5. They will be dressed as a pumpkin, spiderman and a pirate.
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My 2 year old loves trash cans, so using a silver sprayed 5 gallon paint bucket, green sweats, and 2 styrofoam balls, he's going as Oscar the Grouch.
ReplyDeleteI like making costumes also, however this year my 12 yr old kept vetoing every idea I could come up w/. He's a hard in between size. Boys are all to small & Mens are to big. We found what is called Shredded Nightmare at Wal-Mart & it came w/ a belt so that we could gather up the extra material. It wouldn't be my first pick but we were running out of options since I'd waited so long. He calls it a swamp monster, which sounds way better than shredded nightmare.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter will be dressed as a pirate.
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My kids usually want to be costumes we can buy in the store so I haven't had to make their costumes. This year my daughter is dressing up as Hannah Montana and my son is going to be a vampire. I don't usually dress up although I do have a purple witches hat that I got a couple years ago so I'll wear that. :)
ReplyDeleteMy daughters will be kids dressing up as a ballerina, a princess and a fairy this Halloween
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Wanna hear something sad? None of my kids are trick or treating this year. They all say they're too old! :( No costumes here...
ReplyDeleteMy daughter wants to be a Who this year.
ReplyDeleteI think the cutest lid's costume this year is a bed bug LoL
ReplyDeleteMy son will probably go as a rock star!
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My two youngest will be a ballerina witch and a bobblehead pumpkin
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Snow White and a Camo-covered soldier. :0)
ReplyDeleteI still think Superman makes a great costume for boys and Supergirl for girls.
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Lego Bricks!! Easy and cheap to make!
ReplyDeleteHavnt decided yet probably a princess or fairy
ReplyDeleteMy daughter may be Raggedy Ann or a princess.
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my kids are going to be sponge bob and a cute kitty
ReplyDeleteMy girls are being Dorothy and Toto. Although the Toto costume looks more like a werewolf, oh well!
ReplyDeleteso not only am I leaving you a comment that I was a princess with the plastic mask....but I emailed your link to my local radio station because they were talking about halloween costumes and how they used to be.....this morning they thanked me on the radio for your link and talked about it...even read this entry!http://www.wiog.com/default.asp
ReplyDeleteMy oldest is going as Bride of Frankenstein, my middle is going as an 80's girl (so excited about that one!!), my son is going as Jason and my 4 year old is going as Dorothy. So much fun making their costumes!!
ReplyDeletePhineas and Ferb? That's awesome! That's probably my favorite kid's show on TV right now.
ReplyDeleteMy son is going to be a dragon, again. Because I'm not creative at all, and I couldn't find any cute costumes for a two year old this year. So, he'll be re-using his costume from last year which was quite a bit too big then and just barely fits now. Although, last year we were in a different state, so nobody got to see him in his costume really... so it's almost like it's a new one!
My kids are going to be Tinker Bell and Obi Wan Kenobi.
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I’m thinking of some movie character I can transform myself into with just what’s in my closet and craft bins. We’ll see…
ReplyDeleteI think a ballerina costume would be cute this year, even though it's not very creative.
ReplyDeleteMy 9 year old is going to be a twin ninja warrior with his best friend.
ReplyDeleteMy 7 year old is going to be a gorilla. The costume is meant for a 5 year old and is about 3 inches too short on him but it is warm, adorable and he likes it. Why don't they make warm and adorable costumes for older kids?
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We'll be the werewolf family
ReplyDeleteI'm not creatively-inclined (I wish I was!) so I just rely on what we can find in stores or online. My daughter will be a 50's soda shop girl and my son will be Lightning McQueen.
ReplyDeletemine loves dressing up like a clown!
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i'm dressing up as heather chandler from heathers :) it will be very.
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ReplyDeleteI will toting around a ladybug and a devil!! For some reason neither wanted to be a princess which is what they talked about all year!!
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Kids all want to be princess this year.
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ReplyDeleteMy boys will be a transformer and a pirate.
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I may or may not have a ninja. My older ones are too old and the youngest is balking because the second youngest is his partner in crime.
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My girls are the devil and Aphrodite - pretty appropriate to their personalities! They let me take a picture and I made a great trick or treat card. I will probably go as a bat since I have bat wings!
ReplyDeletei am going to be a witch- my son is going to be a cowboy.
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My dd is going to be a witch and my son is going to be Venom.
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I probably won't dress up this year and the boys are not as they are now 13 and 16. But if i do it will be as a gypsy.
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My kiddos will be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and Darth Vader!
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My daughter is going as a black cat
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My daughter is going to be Snow White and my son will be Annakin Skywalker.
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NOT MANY OPTIONS THIS YEAR AS I AM DEAD BROKE RIGHT NOW kytah00@yahoo.com
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ReplyDeleteMy girls are going as Dorthy from Oz and a cowgirl!
ReplyDeleteMy son is going to be Toothless, I shudder at the walmart blue night fury costume so I put my sewing skills to the test and made a really kick butt black dragon, wings and all.
ReplyDeleteMy kids will both be pirates. I helped put together some felt shoe-covers that look like boots, but the costumes were basically assembled by my 4yr old. And they came out really nicely!
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ReplyDeleteDD is Jessie from Toy Story and DS is something Star Wars-ish!
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I saw on another site the pside down man and I am stealing the idea.
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ReplyDeleteI got a mummy and a soldier this year
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My son is going as Will from the Ranger's Apprentice book series and my daughter is going as Artemis Greek Goddess). Thanks for the great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWe have Yoshi,Woody,pinpress (princess) and the cutest lil devil you ever saw
ReplyDeleteMy granddaughter is going to be a scary bloody bride!
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My daughter is going as a princess this year
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ReplyDeleteFor Ethan's first Halloween, he'll be a firefighter!
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My kids are grown but as children my sons always wanted to be one of the superheroes
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nothing this year.
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My son is going to be a Rock Star
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Thanks so much
I have Sleeping Beauty and Snow White in my house.
ReplyDeleteThis Halloween, we are going as bacon and eggs, my daughter is a princess and everybody else is too "grown up" to participate:(
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Booo hoooo I don't have any kids at home any more. And where we live, we've never had a single trick or treater, so I don't even get to see any other kids costumes.
ReplyDeleteVery sad about that.
my 7 yr old decided to be Yoda
ReplyDeletemy 5 yr old The Cat in the Hat
my 22 month old a panda
My kids just got back, they dressed as Harry Potter, a Southern Belle and a gypsy.
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My son dressed as a farmer and his little sister dressed as a chicken! Thanks for the chance to win!
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my little guy was a cute-as-can-be Tigger!!
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