Halloween 2008 - Mom, Everybody is Giving us Candy!

Oh, Daylight Savings, I'm not so sure about you. When my kids "slept in" and woke me up today at 7:00, it just seemed so much worse for the clock to say "6:00". So, while we've got a long day ahead of us, I'll go ahead and write about Halloween! Sorry, I know it's the Sabbath.

I don't sew, as most of you know. I made a "pillow friend" in Home Ec in Middle School, but that's the extent of my experience and ability. However, I don't let that stop me from being creative and pulling some costumes together! This year's theme: Peter Pan!

Amy (Tinkerbell), Yaks (Peter Pan), Boo (Wendy), Josh (Captain Hook)

I found Boo's dress at the DI for a dollar. I didn't capture her hair, but it's curled in ringlets and has a blue ribbon in it. She hated it the first time we made her wear it for the ward "Harvest Fest". She wanted me to hold her the entire time, and insisted on hiding her dress with her ZZ. If anyone mentioned her costume, she would try to climb into my shirt. Then she noticed that all of her friends were dressed up and wearing costumes. It was so funny to see her peer at her friends, then look down at her dress, then look to her friends again, and check out her own dress. Click. Costumes! Pretending! Halloween! On Halloween night, as she walked around, proudly wearing her costume, she looked up at me and said (totally amazed), "Mom, everybody is giving us CANDY!" We hit a dozen houses or so and then went home where Boo really found her calling - candy passer-outer and door-opener. She had a blast! "Someone's here! Someone's here! I'll get the candy!"

"Dis is my Don (John) hat!"

Yaks was John. You read that right, John. He changed his mind about a week before Halloween, and started carrying around an umbrella and wearing one of Josh's hats. We managed to dress him in this costume, but had to call him "John". He would correct you when we would say, "You're Peter Pan!" "No! I Don (John)!" Okay, buddy. You can be John.

One of our neighbors gave out these mini cans of soda pop (So-Pops).
Yaks drank his that night. Boo still carries hers around.

I found the green top and pants for 10$, the hot glued two pieces of green felt together for the hat, and added a red feather.

I wanted to be Mr. Smee, but Josh objected. I got stuck being Tinkerbell, which the kids pronounce "Dingerbell". I used my green swimsuit wrap, a white t-shirt, a camisole and some green fairy wings from all-a-dollar. My hair was cool - this picture doesn't show it quite so well.

Josh went as Captain Hook "Cackin' Hook". I'm so proud of this costume! I found this velour jacket at DI for $3.00. I bought gold buttons for the front and his cuffs, and gold ribbon. Sewed on the buttons, glued ribbon to the collar and shirt front. I found a hook and that hat at DI for a dollar.
I couldn't find a big red feather anywhere, so I made one out of a large piece of red scrapbook paper. I cut it into the general shape, then sliced small pieces and curled each piece and glue gunned the whole thing to his hat. It was awesome! I made his collar ruff from a piece of lace remnant from the material store. The socks are mine, the pants and white shirt and belt are Josh's.


We carved the pumpkins that Nana and Papa grew in their yard. They were just the right size! Yaks really liked this activity because it involved a sticky mess and a "ife" (knife). Notice he's wearing a helmet. When I asked him why, he said, "So my hair doesn't get awl messed up."



We also went to a neighborhood kids' Halloween party, hosted by our friend and neighbor Jeanne. The kids had the day off of school, so there were kids EVERYWHERE! It was so fun - crafts, snacks, games and a costume parade. My kids didn't want to dress up. Boo said, "I don't want my Wendy dress to get wrinkled. I'll just save it for tonight." There she is in the pink t-shirt.

Costume Parade!


Story time!


She loves Toy Story, and I could tell she was digging this costume.


Yaks was nowhere to be found, because he found this CARS toy.
"I jus playing wiff dis twuck." Awesome.

Let the candy pillaging begin!