The Making of the Costumes

Halloween is just around the corner and I got an early start on costumes this year.  After several different ideas, I made Esme chose one on October 1st.  She settled on Rapunzel and I got to work.  Making a dress completely from scratch seemed a bit daunting, so I hit up the thrift store to see if I could find something to work with.  I nabbed this adorable pink princess dress and knew I could make it work.  I started by removing all of the lace and gold trim as well as the bottom part of the sleeves.

Here is the inspiration picture for reference.  I took the rest of the dress and the lace and dyed them purple.  I then reattached the sleeves and added the purple lace detail to the skirt.  I finished it with some white lace that was actually from my mom's wedding veil (don't worry, she approved!)

 The 40" blond wig arrived and I prepped it with a braid and some faux flowers.  The finishing touch was adding the ribbon details to the shoulders and bodice.  It's a pretty snug fit, but it's looking like things will be warm enough to go without a coat.

Next up was Parker.  I had a few ideas for him this year.  I even ordered a lazy susan to make something from, but it was not the smooth rotation I really wanted to execute my idea.  My back-up idea was a tire. I know, you're thinking the same thing Jimmy did when I mentioned it, "that sounds pretty silly."  But, Parker always been interested in spinning things and that's been expressed with tires most recently.  He loves to tap on tires in parking lots (even when discouraged) and watches then closely whenever he can.  I started with a pool noodle frame that was reinforced with cardboard.  I covered the whole thing in black felt.  For the sides, I added vinyl to mimic BFGoodrich text and painted some silver wheels.

For the tread, I picked up a cheap yoga mat at Five Below and hand cut out each of the pieces and hot glued them on.

Parker was loving every moment of the process and was so excited once it was finished.  I know he's going to have fun playing with this once Halloween is over, just like he did with the washing machine.

We've got a couple trunk or treat events we plan to attend, so it will get plenty of use.