Eeeek! If you haven't run away screaming after seeing this photo of a terrifying zombie, you might recognize Abe. Abe's costume was great fun to make. After sewing the pants and shirt, Becky gave Abe a pair of scissors and he cut tatters into them.
Our second scariest trick-or-treater was Gibson. This was his first year to catch the spirit of Halloween. He talked all night long, "I'm a spider! Trick or treat! Happy Halloween!"
This beauty is Miss Helen. Helen couldn't decide if she wanted to be a cheetah or a princess so she combined both ideas and was a cheetah princess.
And here's Sophie. Sophie sewed little bells around her scarf and made herself big hoop earrings for her costume.
Brandan's clinic won the Providence costume contest with their zoo theme. Brandan's group was assigned the bears. As it's not practical to examine patients in a big, furry costume, Brandan just wore bear ears. The doctor he shares an office with dressed as a zookeeper and carried a big shovel around. Several patients asked Brandan if he was the bear the other guy was cleaning up after.
Sophie invited some friends over for a party Friday night. From the left they are dressed as a musketeer, a disco queen, Granny, a dead bride, a gypsy and a devil. The girls made monster pizzas, decorated photo frames and played flashlight games in the dark. Twelve year olds are our new favorite age to host parties for. They play their own games at their own pace and you don't feel like you've been run over by a truck when they leave.
After Sophie's party, Brandan and Becky headed next door to Matt and Jen's annual couples Halloween party. There were so many creative costumes dreamed up by clever and talented people. Brandan made paper masks and we went as the Owl and the Pussycat from Edward Lear's nonsensical poem .
6 comments:
Oh my goodness--your costumes are a masterpiece! I love it--lucky lucky kids. Way to go on the Owl and the Pussycat too! It looks like your whole family had a great Halloween!
Wow! Your families costumes are truly amazing, and my favorite-homemade.
Oh Becky, these costumes are spectacular. I love the poem with the Owl and the Pussycat. Great job.
Sounds like fun! Those costumes are amazing!!!!!
Abe made a scary zombie and Gibson is adorable. Did you make all of the costumes? I am assuming you made Helen's because a Cheetah princess? That is very creative. You won't find a dress like that to buy anywhere.
Seeing all of Sophie's friends and fun takes me back to when I was her age.
Those masks are amazing. We will chalk it up as yet another thing Brandan does well.
I loved hearing about your enthusiasm in your last blog to make the costumes, and then seeing the end results. It helped me shake my grump-bugness about making costumes and realize it truly is a fun thing to be able to do. Your kids looked great and I loved seeing their personalities come out in their costumes.
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