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Do You Have Your Kids’ Halloween Costumes Yet?

It’s 8:30 AM the day before Halloween; I don’t have Tyler’s costume. If you read my previous blog,you know that we returned to New Orleans last week. I wasn’t planning to do anything for Halloween but when I picked Tyler up from school yesterday, his teacher told me that they are having a party tomorrow at the site of the new school. Right now, the lower grades (pre-K through 3rd) are attending school at a temporarily location. The rest of the school (grades 4th through 12th) has moved to the new campus. And I do mean campus. The school reminds … Continue reading →

Gorilla and a Cage Costume

I’ve been busy for the last few days making a costume. I don’t know how I get trapped in these things. Two years ago we went to a small local amusement park on the Sunday before Halloween. The park had advertised a half off day for anyone in costume. They even let the children trick or treat in the gift shops and we got to ride all the rides we wanted. The park had a costume parade and invited all the children to participate. My oldest, dressed as a zombie, won $25 for the scariest costume. The next year we … Continue reading →

Halloween Costumes for Pregnant Moms

Expecting mothers don’t have a lot of choices in Halloween costumes. I think dressing up is great fun for parents, even if you just wear a special hat or tie on a pirate’s bandanna. You shouldn’t have to miss out on the fun just because you are pregnant. A friend of mine one year was quite pregnant on Halloween. On an impulse, she decided to dress as a pregnant cat. She glued baby bottle nipples down the front of her shirt, put on a headband with cat ears, and drew whiskers on her face. The effect was hilarious! Another friend … Continue reading →

My Favorite Halloween Couple Costumes: Spookiest Costumes

I didn’t exactly set out intending to do a My Favorite Halloween Couple Costumes series, but that’s what happened. I’ve covered funniest, sexiest, period, and classic characters costumes. I have one final category left: spookiest. I’ve never dressed up as anything spooky for Halloween. I have a sneaking suspicion neither has Wayne. (I know he hasn’t since we’ve been together, but I can’t vouch for when he was a wee thing.) It might be fun to break out of our molds and try something completely different though. Here’s the costumes I could see us doing that with: • Ghostly Gentleman … Continue reading →

My Favorite Halloween Couple Costumes: Sexy Costumes

Wayne can pull off sexy. He’s tall and athletic and in good shape. He’d make a dashing officer or chiseled gladiator. Then there’s me. Sexy and I don’t really mix. For one thing, I’d need to lose a dramatic amount of weight to make most of the costumes work on me. For another, I’ve got more of the girl next door demeanor. But I like to look at the sexy costumes nonetheless. I fantasize about living in another dimension where I am in good enough shape where Wayne and I could both wear coordinating sexy costumes. (But then I wonder … Continue reading →

Dressing Your Pets For Halloween

Let’s face it. Dogs and cats in costumes are pretty darn cute! Some pets like being dressed up; some pets will tolerate being dressed up. Some won’t stand for it at all! If you are thinking about including your pets in the Halloween costume parade, here are some ideas for you. Dress your pet as another animal. A black dog just needs a white stripe down her back to be an adorable (and stink free) skunk! A leopard patterned coat makes a great jungle cat costume for your furry friend. Dress your pet as a super hero. Capes aren’t just … Continue reading →

This Week’s Crafts at a Glance: Oct 9-15

I hope you like this week’s ideas. Costume Tips Making costumes is fun but it can be challenging sometimes, depending on how elaborate you want to make it. As our family expanded, I began opting for quicker, easier ideas and things I could pull together rather than creating from scratch… Styrofoam Ball Pumpkins You can use any size Styrofoam balls for this project, and if you mix and match different sizes, that’s even better. You will also need some orange and green construction paper, black if you want to cut out eyes and stuff, scissors, glue, and some straight pins… … Continue reading →

Frugal Unique Costumes for Halloween

In my collection of Frugal Halloween ideas I came across some really adorable costume ideas that seem more unique and original than others. I wanted to share them in case you wanted to try them out too. I think we might be utilizing a few this year with five kids! Talk about winning costume contests! Want to be a basket of laundry? Grab a sweat suit in any color you want. Take an old plastic laundry basket and cute a hole in the bottom that a child can fit through. You want the basket to fall somewhere just above your … Continue reading →

More Out of the Box Halloween Costumes

Continuing the trash to treasure concept from yesterday’s article, Out of the Box Halloween Costumes, I have a couple more ideas to share. Creating costumes out of old boxes is a cheap and easy way to have a fun and unique costume. Boxes can be had easily by just checking your basement or garage or asking around to friends, relatives and neighbors. You can also request them from local retail establishments and usually they are happy to provide them free of charge. So grab a box and try one of these ideas for a costume. Lego’s You need a small … Continue reading →

More Halloween Costumes for the Truly Frugal Mom

Since frugality seems to be the way we live, there is no reason why it doesn’t play an important part at holiday time. Halloween is no exception and I still have loads of great ideas for handmade Halloween costumes. Today’s articles require sweat suits in various colors to complete the costume. Sweat suits are extremely inexpensive at discount clothing chains and come in a wide variety of colors making it easy to create these costumes. For a Skunk You will need a black sweat suit. Create a white stripe out of felt, or purchase some of that specialty fuzzy fabric … Continue reading →