First of all, although I'm liking them all, I must give props to the chicken with the alien from "Alien" bursting out of his chest. Although on second look, it could be reminiscent of something much much worse. Oy. I almost want to take it down and start over. Can we just agree to look away and go back to the task at hand?
Mazzy's Halloween Costume. I need ideas. Here are the parameters.
1. Preferably not store-bought. This doesn't mean I can't buy the items at a store, they just must not all come together in one individually wrapped bag that says: Spongebob Squarepants.
2. There must be no complex construction. I don't have time for glue guns and pattern-making. And no, I don't own a sewing machine. I'm also not sure I want to be involved in anything felt related. Alright- maybe felt is ok.
That's it. Overall, I'd like it to be cute, possibly funny, and like I didn't agonize over every last detail. You know that Martha Stewart thing where she says, "Oh this thing over here? It's just a trio of layered canapes sitting on top of an ice sculpture shaped like a seahorse that I threw together this morning between my bath and a cocktail. Easy breezy!" Something like this.
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dirt on her face + dirty shirt + a little headlamp + if possible, try to make her binky look like a cigarette = Chilean Miner
I love how to you always have to take it to somewhere uncomfortable. Should I give her a little laptop too?
I made my kids spiders at that age. Black sweat shirt and pants from wally world. Cut extra arms out of black felt and attached under arms on shirt. Did the same with pants (Attached extra arms near thigh. Then I tied a string from the kids’ arms to the fake arms so they all moved at the same time. Last I took sliver glitter glue and drew a spider web on their shirts, topped them off with a black ski cap. And, if you are really feeling good, buy dollar store white gloves and put them on baby’s hands and on the fake arms.
It got tons and tons and tons of compliments.
Oh, and this past year he was a deviled egg. Wore devil horns and I took white felt and yellow felt and tacked it to his shirt like a fried egg. Two years ago he was an M&M. Cut a large red circle out of felt, attached a white felt M and then took a sharpie and copied a face from google for the M&M guy. Put same white gloves on as spider costume. VOILA! FIVE MINUTE COSTUME!
I am the least crafty person alive, so I am the last person to ask about DIY costumes. However, I do know quick. As did my mom, who dressed me as “a bum” when I was four. She smeared black stuff on my face, put me in holey old clothes, and tied a stuffed bandana to a stick. When she speaks of this horror (often whipping out photos), she still maintains it was genius, while I keep yelling, “MOM! NO ONE USES THE WORD ‘BUM’ ANYMORE!”
So really, whatever you do, it won’t be the worst costume ever, since I took care of that for you.
So you’re saying, no matter what I do, white gloves are a good investment. Got it.
I’m liking the spider- it’s got the added mechanical aspect that makes it seem super clever but it actually sounds easy to pull off…this is a strong contender. Thanks!
I’m thinking if I just call her a “homeless person” and give her a sign that reads “The Recession is over? Tell that to my unemployed mother!” it will seem very Halloween 2010.
Whatever you do, don’t go for the Lady Gaga Meat Couture gown, cause everyone in the neighborhood will be doing it.
Please. If Mazzy was going to do Gaga, clearly she would do the Kermit the Frog coat. Sheesh.
kitty cats are always easy…black pants and shirt. Buy some ears and a tail and paint her nose black and some whiskers and you’re done!Put a witch hat on yourself and you’ll have a theme…..good luck. My 5 yr old daughter has changed her mind about 10 times since she 1st said she wanted to be a pumpkin and I bought her costume last month. Big mistake….so now she must wear something we already own!
I was very hungry, may I take the burger? her baby is cute when she wears a costume burger.