I've always loved Halloween, so I love that the Ithaca area has so many great events for Halloween. This year we went to the Wegmans parade on Thursday, the Sciencenter on Friday and Ellis Hollow Nursery School on Saturday. We still have a preschool party on Monday and Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood in the evening. When I was growing up in the Midwest, we only celebrated Halloween on one night! I guess at least this way the costumes get a lot of use.
This year my 4 year old will be wearing a homemade “Rainbow Unicorn” costume, while my 2 year old will be wearing the dinosaur costume that big sister insisted on having last year after falling in love with it in Halloween edition of One Step Ahead, despite the large box of dress up clothes that we already had to choose from (I need to remember to hide that catalogue). At least we can get a couple year’s use out of it. Hubby will be a clown, per the children’s request; and I’m excited to step out in my homemade Dora the Explorer costume. This will be the first time since having children that I didn’t throw my costume together that the very last minute. (For those of you who still haven’t put together costumes, Mama Goose, Trader K’s and Trader K’s 2 all still had good selection as of last week.)
I’ve always enjoyed making costumes whenever I have the time and creative energy. Growing up, I remember my mom pouring her heart and soul into homemade costumes, the best of which was an elaborate Strawberry Shortcake outfit that I probably wore for about 3 years straight. However, once I was older, I learned that my memory is a bit unreliable. My mom recently informed me that she dreaded making homemade costumes and did so only because it was cheaper than buying them (which isn’t always the case anymore!). Turns out the main reason I was Strawberry Shortcake so often was because she didn’t want to make anything else.
How about you? Do you make your costumes? Buy them new? Buy them used? Borrow from friends?
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