In Which I Admit That I'm Already Thinking About Halloween

It must happen when you buy a house. At least that's what I'm blaming my cute little display of mums, a pumpkin and three gourds outside my front door on.

Seriously. Someone better call a doctor.

I have a holiday themed "display" on my porch, people. I have definitely jumped the shark.

And if that's not all, I'm already thinking about Halloween costumes.

Go ahead. Shiver right along with me.

I blame my daughter for this one since she dragged me into the Disney Store (okay, I offered it as a reward for making good choices at the food court but still...). And there they were in all their glory.

THE DAMN PRINCESS COSTUMES.

And of course, she picked Snow White. Which then, in turn led me to think "What could Drew be?"

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

A DWARF.

C'mon. You'd think about it too.

Now, I'm not going to pay $69.99 for a freaking baby dwarf costume on eBay (Shame on you, you Unamerican costume dealer). So then, my friend suggested an Apple.

Now that's funny, except I don't think people would get it. Well, smart funny people would. But everyone else would be like "Is he a strawberry?" and I'd have to explain the irony and well... that's just annoying.

So, I think I'm sticking with dwarf, except THIS MAMA DON'T SEW.

Any ideas on how to create a dwarf like outfit?

And please, pretty please, with large tasty cherries, go here and show your support. Spread the word, send in your pictures, please please please! This whole breastfeeding in a closet because that's the only "appropriate" place to do it is driving me nuts.

Comments

[jaelithe]

Aw, man. An apple would have been SO much cooler. But then again, I am a major literary geek, so what I think is cool re: fairy tale costumes may not coincide with what the rest of the world might deem so.

Anyway, I would think the key to a good dwarf costume would be the hat and the belt. If you concentrate on getting the hat and the belt right, I bet the rest won't matter so much. (This is of course assuming you can get your child to wear a hat all night without taking it off).

You could probably make a good peaked hat easily out of stiff felt-- you wouldn't even necessarily have to sew it at all-- you could just use fabric glue, and felt doesn't really fray, so you wouldn't have to worry about seams. You could make the belt out of any decent black fabric, and a square gold buckle won't be that hard-- you could cut that out of some sturdy cardboard and paint it with cheap gold paint from the craft store.

Then all he would need would be a tunic-y sort of shirt-- you could just buy a decent button-down in the next size up from what he currently wears-- and any non-denim pants ought to do.

[Heather]

I'm sorry. I'm still gaga trying to figure out how to make Payton's naked soul costumer. My brain cells are all used up.

[Tiffany]

Good luck, I don't sew either so I'm no help. I'm still trying to figure out costumes for my twins and new baby boy....I have to admit though I liked the whole apple idea.

[Awesome Mom]

I was going to do something similar and have my youngest be a garden gnome. I was planning on making a pointy hat out of felt and cardboard (just cut a slit halfway into a circle and then glue it into a cone shape). I was then going to punch a hole on both sides for ribbon to tie the hat on. Then I was going to glue some fake beard material that I was going to actually buy at a store. For the clothing I was going to pick some solid colored items that he already has in the closet. You can then use felt to make some pointy shoes if you want.

I say was because I am not sure we are going to make the effort this year as the usual party we go to was canceled this year.

[SusieJ]

Oh, I have a couple of cute Halloween costume ideas I'm planning on posting with pictures. But here's a quick tip. You can do A LOT with the large size coffee filters from Starbucks. (hint: My son was Pinocchio, and we cut one slit, and put it around his neck as a collar.) I'll try to get my how to post up -- complete with the hat I made in the microwave early next week.

[ktjrdn]

I have to admit, I just bought my daughter a Sleeping Beauty costume last night. It was her second choice. We couldn't find a Superman costume that fit.