Archive for October, 2011

It’s one of my favorite days of the year.

We pulled off costumes with MUCH less effort than in years past.  Yeah!  No sewing until 1:00 AM on Halloween’s Eve.  Lots of hot glue and lots done by my kids.

But the costumes still turned out wonderfully… and cheaply thanks to recycled dance clothes, used sheets and granddad’s old military uniform.

Emma’s mummy costume required the only scant sewing that needed to be done.  She was able to do some of the sewing on the machine herself… which was fun for her and nice for me.

My son’s 5th Grade (and the 6th Grade too) hosts a wax museum every Halloween, which means his costume needed to be a notable American.  He chose Major Richard D. Winters of Band of Brothers fame and a hero of World War II.

My son loves World War II history just like I do.  As part of the Wax Museum, Ben wrote a report about Winters.  Each student answers questions about his/her character when the other students and parents wander through the museum.

Next year for 6th grade he’ll choose an international historic person for his costume for the wax museum…  maybe Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, or Sir Isaac Newton?  Knowing my son, it’ll be another soldier- Genghis Khan or Richard II here we come.

I hope your Halloween is deliciously scary and fun.

Happy Haunting!

What are you going to be for Halloween?

My daughter took one look at this wonderful Mummy costume and knew ancient Egypt was calling her name.  Emmahotep.

This costume fit exactly what I was looking for too… a costume that used materials I had on hand and was light on sewing.

The Mummy costume was created by the wonderful and creative Melissa of the Polka Dot Chair.  I’ve followed Melissa’s blog for over a year now, ever since we met in person at a dinner.  I knew her tutorial would be easy to follow and well done.

When I asked Melissa if I could share her finished project, she kindly said yes.

Melissa shares the tutorial for making a boy mummy costume too.  Just like me, Melissa had one child and then had twins.  Unlike me, she’s been able to talk her twins into being “twinners” for Halloween.

You can find the step by step tutorial on how to make a Mummy here.

I am home from vacation today.  We had the most lovely time as a family imaginable.  And ouch! It’s hard to come home and get back to real life.  I have laundry to do and costumes to finish.

Lucky for me, this Mummy costume is super simple, since I need to whip it up tomorrow.  It’ll be a great way to use an old stained long-sleeve white shirt and some leggings with torn lace at the bottom.  My old sheet will make an appearance in this costume too.

Be sure to drop by Melissa’s blog, The Polka Dot Chair.  Her sewing projects are fabulous.  I love her bag patterns especially.