Do It Yourself Costumes!

I am a big fan of Halloween!  I had 3 really cute hand me down costumes for my son to choose from this year including Mickey, a lion and a tiger.  Andrew refused to wear any of the three.  I was not about to waste the money on a new costume seeing as how he had no interest and the costumes are quite expensive these days.  So, I attempted to make my son a dump truck since that is all he talks about.  I used an empty computer paper box, yard stick for straight lines, children’s paint and purchased two thick straps from the fabric store.  I looked at a few of his dump trucks for inspiration and created a dump truck.  Unfortunately, while Andrew loved to look at it, he refused to put it on.  I tried to entice him even further by adding Bob The Builder pictures I printed off line and added his construction outfit to the costume.

Still, no dice.  We ended up finding a superman costume on clearance before Halloween that resembled pajamas and this was a win for us all!  I guess as long as it was not a costume he was happy.

I didn’t push the issue with the dump truck.  Maybe next year.  Funny thing about this was after returning from a trip to Florida in November Andrew came home and found the dump truck like he had never seen it before.  He spent the afternoon playing with it and wanting to wear it.  You have to laugh a bit at the irony there.

We had a Frozen party this winter at our church.  That had to be one of the nicest family events I have been to.  Of course, my daughter wanted to be Anna.  She  has been Anna so many times and loves everything Anna.  I didn’t know what to do for Andrew since I wasn’t sure if he would even consider putting on a costume.  So, I googled Kristoff costumes and with an old blue polo, hot glue gun, my husbands old tie, purple ribbon and some poor excuses for stitches (I can’t sew well) I put together a costume.  Believe it or not, he wore it and it cost nothing.  The evening was a blast and he was the only Kristoff there!