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So, DS comes to me the other day and says - "Well, I know what I'm going to be for Halloween. A serial killer." Excuse me, WHAT?!?!?! Then he describes the costume....He is going to have a Cheerios box with a knife in it.....oh.....A CEREAL killer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I nearly fell on the floor!!!! At least he can dress warmly for trick or treating!!
So what are your kiddos gonna be???
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DS is going to be Commander Rex from Star Wars. DD is going to be whoever the girl was in Prince of Persia (I didn't see the film). Both outfits arrived today!
There was a kid in DD's bowling league that was a "Cereal Killer" two years in a row! He glued those little boxes of cereal to black sweats and stuck plastic knives in them, then glued pieces of the cereal in a "trickle" to each box to make it look like each box was "bleeding".
As for DD . . . who knows this year. She is the queen of waiting till the last minute. She and I have gone over and over the big costume websites online and she still hasn't been able to settle on anything.
She's to the age where it's considered "babyish" to dress up as a Disney Princess or anything like that . . . and the rest of the costumes are far too "sexy" for my 9 year old to be wearing. It may end up being the same this year as it was last year when I just pick her something. (last year she was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz).
Both my kids are too old for costumes according to them. I can't say that I miss the days of searching for the perfect costume, especially since for two years in a row, my DS insisted on dressing as Barry Manilow. Try finding that in Walmart!
We figured out last night DD is going to be a 80's Pop Satr like madonna material girl,,,,,,DBF was like she is not wearing cones right....Really?? Did he even have to ask...we will do the fluffy skirt jean jacket leggings toar up t shirt over a tank....big bow in teh hair the hobo gloves and bright makeup....I am excited about this costume.
DD3 will probably be one of the faries from Tinkerbell. I got an outfit last year clearanced at the Disney outlet store. DS10 wants to be 2faced. So I went to a thrift store today and bought a typical button down shirt and then a few hawaiian looking shirts. I plan on cutting the shirts in half and then sewing them together and then I got the face paint and some hair color spray for half of his head. I was thinking of Tommy Lee Jones 2faced more so than the one from The Dark Knight. DS12 hasnt decided. He really wants to be one of the things from Halo Reach that I got in a magazine but right now we cant afford $60 on a halloween outfit. So I told him it has to be something I can make.
I use my DD ballet/tap recital costume for halloween every year, so what she is depends on what the costume is (if I can use it). Her first year of dance she was Peter Pan, the second year Alice in Wonderland...this year's costume was A Bug's Life and DD was a ladybug.
My friend said "Hey without the antannae and wings, she looks like Minnie!" (The wings and antannae are seperate from the actual costume) So I asked DD if she wanted to be Minnie for Halloween, she said yes! She is excited about it. She already has Minnie Ears(from our trip in 2005) and hands/gloves (from our trip in 2009) so I bought her Minnie shoes at WDW while there last month to complete the look.
I realize that this may be my last year of pulling this off, as at 6.5 I was surprised she so easily went along with it this year. She didn't say no or complain once.
which is a creature from star wars, but it is impossible to find that costume so he is now settles on "something" from star wars. We are taking him next weekend to the costume store with 50.00 and letting him pick something.
The last few years, Katie said she was too old to go trick or treating with her dad. Amazingly, she is not old to go with her friends, so she said she wants to be a cat...go figure.
I use my DD ballet/tap recital costume for halloween every year, so what she is depends on what the costume is (if I can use it). Her first year of dance she was Peter Pan, the second year Alice in Wonderland...this year's costume was A Bug's Life and DD was a ladybug.
Did something similar to DS one year....he wouldn't/couldn't decide a couple years ago....so I told him that if he didn't decide soon, I was sticking him in his boy scout uniform! Well, he got this evil little grin on his face and suddenly he was "The Ghost of Boy Scouts Past!" We put every bit of scout/camping stuff we could think of....he had rope, a mosquito net over his head so you couldn't see his face, scout hat on top, three or four compasses around his neck, a couple of flashlights, a bota bag (think that is spelled right - its a kidney shaped water bottle with leather on the outside on a strap), a walking stick and his treat bag was made from a silver emergency blanket! It was actually kinda neat!!!
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
I think the cereal killer and Barry Manilow are hilarious! 1st Halloween dd was a cat. Last year she was a ladybug. This year, she is Alice. She wore it to MNSSHP and got rave reviews. I got it from Etsy, so haven't seen any others like it. I made her costume last year from a red leotard and tutu.
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Excuse me, WHAT?!?!?! Then he describes the costume....He is going to have a Cheerios box with a knife in it.....oh.....A CEREAL killer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I nearly fell on the floor!!!! At least he can dress warmly for trick or treating!!
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Stefanie doesn't dress up anymore unless we're going to MNSSHP.
. . . and the rest of the costumes are far too "sexy" for my 9 year old to be wearing. It may end up being the same this year as it was last year when I just pick her something. (last year she was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz).
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