Halloween has always been a bit of a struggle in the costume department as far as decisions go. There are just so many possibilities that Brady has never been able to decide on just one costume without a lot of convincing. But this year there was one thing he definitely knew he wanted to be: a pirate.
I really love making his costumes so we ended up doing a bit of creating and a bit of collecting. Here's how we made it happen:
- Pirate Hat and Eye Patch: Borrowed from a friend
- Vest: Sewn from the Oliver + S book, Little Things to Sew
- Shirt: J. Crew, from his closet
- Pants: From his closet
- Sash: Cut from an old shirt
- Pirate Loot Bag: Sewn from this tutorial and stamped with a crossbones potato stamp
- Boots: Polarn O. Pyret
- Sword: Target
We also had a bit of fun making this amazingly fast and cute vampire pumpkin that I saw in Martha Stewart Living. All you do is carve out the mouth area, wedge some vampire teeth into the hole, and add two red-headed pins for the eyes. Easy and adorable.
For a few Halloween parties we had over the weekend, Brady also dressed up as the old man, Karl Fredrickson, from the movie Up, which was the greatest. But he did that more for me than as his own idea. I'll share pictures of that costume and how we put it together on Facebook later today.
How was your Halloween? Did you or your children dress up? What were your favorite costumes?
