I reused my ballet leotard, added a tiara and wings to be some kind of fairy. Another year, I added a cat mask to the same leotard outfit and was a ballet cat. Brad found some old clothes of my dad's to be a cowboy. The Belle dress was probably my best Halloween costume ever. My mom had an old bridesmaids' dress that we gathered up to look more like Belle's dress. Most of Brad's doctor outfit was mom's old nursing gear.
These jelly belly costumes were pretty amazing. We had huge trash bags full of multi colored balloons and head pieces to complete the look!
The tradition carried on in college, making up fun costumes! Cassie and I had a fun Ninja Turtles costume while we were in Italy made out of things we found around the villa. I borrowed a white belt from someone, and used yellow fabric wrapped around me to make an April O'Neil jumpsuit. Here's the best picture we have of it.
As soon as we had Mack, I knew I wanted to do a family costume for as long as he would allow. We started off our first family Halloween with Mack as a dinosaur and Nathan and me as paleontologists.
Our second family Halloween theme was Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.
Nathan was Mr. Rogers, the inspiration for the show. Mack was Daniel Tiger, of course, and I was Mom tiger. I sewed Mack's entire costume because the show was brand new at the time. I did buy the red hoodie but added the tiger hood and tail to it. The mom tiger outfit was created by creating a stencil and using it on a white scrub top. I sewed the tail to it and made some ears for the headband.
I would say this is one of my more accurate costumes. Even down to the purple flats.
Our last Halloween as just the 3 of us, I was pregnant with Paul and we went as Curious George, The Man in the Yellow Hat, and Professor Wiseman.
Paul was our little peanut when he was born, so it just made sense that he would be a perfect little football for Halloween. Mack loved his Tennessee Vols uniform, so Nathan and I joined in as a coach and a referee.
Nathan's giant headphones completed the coach look.
We joined in as a prince and princess and a baby dragon. It was actually my birthday at trunk or treat, so I told everyone I was a birthday princess and they all stopped to sing to me.
Paul hated the dragon hat that came with it but it was still adorable without it.
2017 was pretty fun. We went as aliens and astronauts.
Nathan's shirt read: "This is my human costume, I'm really an alien." This completely backfired since he continues to wear the shirt all the time!
In 2019, we were Princess Peach, Bowser, Mario and Luigi.
I made my princess peach costume from a dress that I gathered up and then wore a skirt underneath it. I made the necklace and earrings from gems I ordered online.
Bowser even had sharp bracelets! 2020 has been quite a year! With the uncertainty of whether or not we would have trick or treating or trunk or treat at church, we didn't go all out. We said, "Go find a costume in the playroom!" So, the boys decided they wanted to be Marvel characters-Thor and Iron Man.
Paul didn't have his Thor helmet at Trunk or Treat, but I will post an update with it tomorrow when he Trick or Treats.
Happy Halloween!
Update with Paul's Thor helmet:
Even Thor needs a nap!
2021 Family Theme: Ninja Turtles! I was April O'Neil and Nathan was Shredder from the original TMNT. Paul was Raphael and Mack was Casey Jones from the 2012 Ninja Turtles.
This is great! Love all of these. Had so much fun watching all of these ideas come about.
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DeleteCara, Do you have the daniel tiger mom shirt still??? can i buy it from you ?? LOL
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I just now saw this! I do have it! I ordered a white shirt that nurses wear with scrubs,free hand drew on a stencil and cut it out with an exacto knife. I found the same color of paint from her shirt, and then stenciled the design on one side at an angle and then cleaned off the stencil, flipped it over, and stenciled the mirror image side. Then I sewed the tail to the shirt. I made it out of fur material.
DeleteHow did you make the Daniel Tiger costume? What kind of fabric did you use? Did you use a pattern for the hat?
ReplyDeleteI want to make this for my daughter!
I bought a red hoodie at walmart to start with. Then, I used the hood part of it as a template to make a hood essentially out of fur material. I sewed the dark fur onto the light fur before I sewed the hood pieces together. Then, I tucked it under to make a channel to put a shoe string through. I used grommets to make holes in the red jacket. I sewed the fur hood to the inside of the red hood and then threaded the shoe string through the fur hood and through the grommets so you could tighten the daniel tiger hood around his face. I liked leaving it open mostly, because it looked more round like Daniel looks. Then, I found a pants tutorial on pinterest that was pretty simple and I hemmed the fur pants to fit my son. I sewed the dark fur on top of the light fur before I sewed the pants all the way together. It was a labor of love! haha. My son was really into Daniel Tiger and it was before any of the merchandise came out!
DeleteDo you have the Daniel tiger mom and dad outfits. I don’t know where else to look and you are on target!!!
ReplyDeleteSorry I didn't see this sooner! I made the mom outfit. I just wore blue jean capri pants, I ordered some purple flats for super cheap online. I made a stencil with the design from her shirt and then found matching paint and stenciled it onto a white scrub top. I flipped it over for the mirrored effect on the other side. Then, I sewed the tail on the back of the shirt. I made some ears and then sewed them to a channel piece of fur and then threaded a head band through them.
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