Elliot is EIGHT MONTHS old Today!!

Halloween - a recap from years before a blog

2006 - Beaver, store bought, fit much like a sleep sack

2007 - Skeleton, store bought jogging suit, very practical for the age

2008 - Pile of Leaves

Handmade by: me


Materials: jogging suit, silk leaves, needle/thread, knit cap


Process: I literally sewed every lead onto the jogging suit by hand. This took a lot longer than I thought it would. A friend tried to copy this costume the following year but instead of sewing on the leaves she decided hot glue would be quicker. It was quicker, but didn't look nearly as good. The best thing about this costume was the fact that the leaves were sewn onto a regular jogging suit so it was very comfortable and practical for a slow moving toddler.
Cost: $50 (silk leaves are expensive!!)








2009 - Jellyfish

Handmade by: Me

Materials: old hat, bubble wrap, ribbon, tulle, jogging suit, beads
Process: I took one of Jenny's old sun hats and wrapped bubble wrap around in multiple times. Next I covered it in pink fabric and tulle. Added some shiny beads onto the body to make it sparkle. Finally, attached ribbon in different size and textures. She wore a black jogging suit to contrast the pink jellyfish. Once again this was super comfortable and warm. Even that hat was pretty light because the bulk of it had been made with bubble wrap.

Cost: $20



2010 - Glinda

Handmade by: Me

Process: The entire account for the making of Glinda can be found at an earlier post.

Cost: $45 (I had most of the fabric already)










2010 - Munchkin

Trick or Treat

I had an absolute BLAST making the costumes this year for the girls. Audrey made the request for Glinda early on but I still didn't get on it quite as early as I would have liked. Still, the finished product was exactly what she wanted and we both could not have been more pleased. Since Elliot was obviously too young to have an opinion on the matter I took the opportunity to make the choice for her. I figured what better to suit Glinda then one of her munchkins. The end result receive rave reviews and in the end I was sad to have to pack these costumes away.

Cowen Lake Fall Campout Weekend

This weekend we get to combine two of our favorite things - camping and costumes! It's that time again where we set up camp, dress up the kids, and parade them around the campground. Seriously though, it is really fun (Especially when you have the best dressed child in the campground). The weather was a bit cool but nothing a tiny space heater in the tent and a fire burning outside couldn't take care of. This time we opted not to bring the pack and play for Elliot since it would be colder this time camping and let her sleep with us. So we set up 2 queen air beds and each took a kid to snuggle with. They both did great, with the small exception of a bit of ash from the fire landing on Audrey's shoulder and slowly burning a hole through the layers until reaching her skin and her freaking out. She may or may not be afraid of the camp fire now.

Pumpkin Carving

Can you guess which one is mine?

I just could not resist. 

Elliot is SEVEN MONTHS old Today!!

Elliot is SIX MONTHS old Today!!