The Sewing Mom

Yes, we are talking about Halloween costumes and yes, it is still September. But, if you don’t plan ahead, the good costumes will be gone and you’ll get stuck with something you don’t like! My daughter loves wearing Halloween costumes and actually starts thinking about the next year as soon as the current year is done! This works out well for me since I have been known to make a few of her costumes in the past.

The first costume I ever made for my daughter was a beautiful witch costume. This was actually probably my favorite one to make because it was a simple black floor length dress with a coordinating overcoat that I created from a shear black webbed fabric. It was a lot of fun and, topped with a witches hat on her head, she looked fabulous!

The most difficult costume I’ve made for her would have have to be the Egyptian Queen costume pictured above. I swear I thought I was making a gown for a wedding. The dress of the costume had so many layers and the fabric was fairly heavy. In the end though, it turned out to be the most beautiful costume with all the beading and cords. This costume was completely sewn by me, including the neck piece. All of the beading and cords around the waist were also created by me. We did hit a couple of halloween costume stores to find the wig and head dress to complete the look.

So, what will your kids be for Halloween this year?

My daughter attended a school dance on Friday night and the theme of the dance was Superheroes. This was a strange theme for 7th graders and it made it difficult to dress for the occasion. I had suggested to my daughter to wear all black and go as “Cat Woman”, but, not surprisingly, she didn’t go for it. Apparently, most of the kids who did dress for the event basically wore a cape and said they were a super hero, no particular super hero, just A super hero!

The process of deciding what to wear to the dance did get my daughter thinking about Halloween though and what she might wear as a costume. The past few years, I’ve made her costume myself. One year it was a witch (still my favorite costume that I’ve made), the next was an Egyptian Queen (the most complicated costume) and last year was a bag of Sugar Babies candy (the easiest and cheapest costume). All of these costumes were fun to make, some more complicated than others, but always cheaper to make than to buy. This was especially true because my daughter could never find the costume she really wanted and so I created them for her.

This year looks like it will be different. My daughter has gone online looking at costumes and has found a fun, inexpensive costume that I think she would have a lot of fun with, a taco. You read correctly, she is thinking about being a taco! Here’s a visual aide.

Come on, tell me that’s not a great costume! To go along with the theme, she could get our dog dressed up in the Lil Bandito costume, check it out! Of course, both of these costumes are extremely reasonably priced and available from buycostumes.com where we’ve purchased costumes from in the past. I’m confident she’ll find something she likes from their site, even if she decides not to be a taco!

School will begin again on Monday. Summer vacation is all but over. So, what’s the next major even on the calendar? Why, Halloween of course! I do believe that Halloween is the favorite holiday of both my husband and my daughter. My husband loves decorating the outside of the house and making everything appear to be very scary. His favorite thing is watching from the front window as the the trick-or-treaters approach the front window and listening to them scream or panic from all the scary affects he has created. My daughter loves all the decorating too, but she really loves picking her costume and going around the neighborhood to collect her bucket loads of treats.

The past few years my daughter has decided way in advance what she wants to be and I have made my daughter’s halloween costumes myself. I’ve created everything from intricate Egyptian queens to simple candy costumes. This year however, she’s still undecided. I’m thinking that we may be purchasing her costume instead of me making it. If I were choosing a costume for her, I might pick the Geisha costume from Pirates of the Caribbean.

My daughter has grown out of the kids costumes so we’re looking at adult (not too sexy) and teen costumes to give her a lot of choices. I know it seems really early to be thinking about Halloween costumes, but if we wait too long, the better costumes will sell out. Plus, if we order before October 10, we can use coupon code PPP05BLOG2008 to receive 5% off the price.It is interesting every year to see what is popular in costumes. The boys always like the scary, demon like characters. It’s the girls that always seem to go more trendy. To keep up with what’s new and interesting in the world of costumes you can check out http://blog.halloweenadventure.com and who knows, maybe you’ll get an idea of what you want to be for Halloween.