This year, the kids chose some random costumes....Elli found the basis for her Minion costume at Goodwill which we combined with her Minion goggles & yellow face paint. The hunt was on for a "less than $10.00 yellow beanie" that we could add black pipe cleaners too (no luck on the beanie, yep paid $10.00 bucks for that sucker! Halloween Spirit had the market on that item this year!)
Sean's original costume was the 10th Doctor from Dr. Who...ummm, yeah. When I informed him that there was no way we could find a brown suit for this costume and he would need to choose something else (first year in history I've told any of my kids they needed to find a new costume) he informed me we could just go to Sportsman's Warehouse and get one. He was shocked when I informed him that they did not sell brown suits and to think of something new, I wasn't paying a fortune for a suit for him to wear one time. He thankfully discovered that one of his BFF's had a Hot Dog costume and was STOKED to become a Hot Dog.
And then we have Nicholas, or Link, as he became on Halloween. This character derives from the video game Zelda and I do have to say was pretty creative. I found the green shirts (one for the hat & one for the tunic) on sale at Jo-Ann's, sewed together the hat & attached one of Elli's old headbands to the inside so it would stay on, combined with a pair of already owned slacks and a long sleeved white shirts, costume done! And then came the boots...those dreaded boots, which had us driving to 3 different thrift stores only to drive back to Goodwill to spend $20 on a pair of boots he's only going to wear once. (Thank goodness for Facebook and the local sell it page, those puppies are heading there soon!) Oh but wait, what about the sword & shield you ask? Nicholas and Dad cut them out, sanded them, Ray gave them the silver coat of spray paint, and then Nicholas finished with the blue spray paint and art work. They turned out amazing and a lot of work went into them. He was pretty stoked with his costume, especially since the accessories were homemade by him and Dad. (Despite the grumpy picture, he had a good time!)
I was just thankful Sunday rolled around and I could breath a little. No mad dashes to every store in town trying to find pieces of costumes, no more adding finishing touches to costumes, no more running in general....just a go to church, come home & spend the rest of the day watching football and lounging in sweats. Perfection!
