Before my mom took her super duper awesome Angry Bird handmade costume to my nephew for his school Halloween party, I had to try it on myself first.
I'm just kidding about the title...obviously he wears it better...he won Best Costume at his school dance! (Can you believe he's only 6 and goes to school dances???)
Here he is his with his little sister....you have no idea how appropriate this costume is for her~
And here's where my mom got the instructions, in case you want to make your own Angry Birds costume for next Halloween.
As most of you know it was niece and nephew's birthday recently. Those two little kids are pretty lucky and they have lots of relatives who can't help but shower them with lots of love...and lots of toys.
So for their birthday's I wanted to do something a little different.
If you grew up in Canada you know who this is:
Mr. Dressup
aka Ernie Coombs
And I'm sure you'll remember what this is:
It's the tickle trunk!! For those of you who weren't lucky enough to grow up on this stuff, Mr. Dressup was surrounded by puppet friends, he drew and did crafts, and always always ended up having to dress up in some crazy costume or hat every day.
Anyway, the tickle trunk, which was always full of the best costumes, was one of the best parts of the show. So...I made one for my niece and nephew!
My pictures aren't so hot because the kids were so excited and all of our camera's either ran out of batteries or disc space at the same time.
Basically, I just took my sister's old trunk that was still at my mom's house and filled it with handmade costumes and halloween accessories.
It was filled with capes, wings, tutus, dresses, swords, and wigs. It was so much fun watching the kids try on one thing after the other.
By the time they left my nephew would only answer to King of Hearts and my niece to Princess something or other.
With all of the technology and blinking loud toys kids have these days I wasn't sure how this would go over but I was so happy that they enjoyed it. And now I can add more and more costumes to it~
In the spirit of Halloween I thought I'd share some of my past Halloween costumes with you.
I can only remember one year, when I was about 3 or 4, when my mom purchased my Halloween costume (Barbie Bride). From then on she always made my costumes, either sewing them from scratch or using things we had around the house, and I have proudly carried on that tradition throughout the years.
I was all set to go back to my university days and share my pics with you of me dressed up as a hippie, and a vampire, and a pirate. And then I took a look at the photos, and remembered that they were all taken in the 80's and 90's. I realized that I 'm not quite ready to share my big hair days with all of you just yet....maybe next year.
So for now, I'll show you my top 2 favourite Halloween costumes from my past:
#2-Star Trek (original series)
It's not a great picture but trust me this is a great costume! So great that I actually call it my uniform...not my costume. I made it from scratch with the perfect polyester fortrel and ironed on the communicator emblem. If I could wear it on days other than October 31st I probably would. I'm not even going to ask you if you think that's weird because I'm pretty sure I already know the answer~
#1-Flower Fairy
I love this outfit the most. I just took a slip and hot glued lots and lots of fake flowers to it and then basted some netting onto the bottom. It's so pretty! If you look closely in the first picture you can see my home made wings too!
I was living in Japan when I made this and had only been there for a couple of months when I went to a Halloween party/dance in this. Throughout the night people had to vote on their favourite costume and I made it to the finals! Unfortunately I lost to a fellow dressed up as Kim Jong Il. I'm not sure his costume would've been quite so popular or even recognizable at that time if we had been in North America but I have to admit, he really did look like him.
However, I only just noticed now that my little number card that I was holding was backwards. Maybe I should've won after all! Hey! Kim Jong Il! Get back here with my prize!
Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Are you a flower fairy kind of girl or would you like to spend some time with Jean-Luc Picard????? (Next Generation, I know, but don't make me get all nerdy on you and explain time travel~)
Hey you guys! I just entered my Flower Fairy Costume into another contest. Check out While He Was Nappingand give me a vote. I have some very, very good competition~
