I was pretty excited when I realized I would have a baby bump during Halloween! I really wanted to utilize the bump in this year's costume, and I think this idea worked pretty well...? Can you tell why? The bump is supposed to be my "belly full of grandma." Not sure if anyone made that correlation at our church party on Saturday, but whatever! My costume was a little hard to place if Gwen wasn't right next to me. A friend thought I was an old cat lady, which would've been pretty clever!
My husband didn't make it into these photos, because we do things last minute over here. The sun was quickly setting, and he didn't have his (very easy) costume put together. Plus, he's the one who took all these photos! He dressed as the Woodsman who saves Little Red- he was basically dressed as a lumberjack. I'll include an Instagram photo at the end of the post :)
I was stressing a little over Gwen's costume because I wasn't sure if I wanted to make a red cape (I haven't sewn anything in years, so the thought made me a little nervous), or order one online (I was afraid it wouldn't arrive in time). I tried looking in a couple of thrift stores and Halloween stores for a toddler sized cape but had no such luck. I had given up on this costume and had decided to just dress Gwen in her skeleton PJs for Halloween. Then I went shopping at Target and was surprised to find this red hoodie thing in clearance!! It was a Target miracle. I bought the basket for $1 at Savers. The rest of Gwen's costume are items already from her closet.
The only thing I had to buy for my costume was the black face paint. Luckily, my sister was a wolf last year for Halloween, so I just asked her to send me her ears! I made the granny glasses from an old pair of sunglasses, gold paint (that I already had), a necklace, and a couple of Gwen's elastic hair ties.
I'm so excited to see what we'll come up with next year once we're a family of four! I already have a couple of ideas in the works....
Happy Halloween! Have fun trick-or-treating!
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So cute! I knew instantly what you were. Also hellllooo bump! So cute.
ReplyDeleteI love costumes that are semi-homemade and easy and the pieces can be re-purposed! This is amazing and hits all the marks in my book.
ReplyDeleteAdorable! I think this is a great and easy costume (especially for dads who don't want to dress up in anything extravagant). PS - Can you believe how close we are to having two babies!?
ReplyDeleteYou win the award for best Target find with that hooded cape- thing! So perfect!
ReplyDeleteThis is the cutest idea!! Also, bonus that you get to trick or treat in your slippers!
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