Trick or Treat! Blog Candy!

This is my 100th post, so I figure it's the best time to have some blog candy! I will have a fun package of goodies (that I haven't quite decided on yet - but I will) that will go to the winner. To enter just share your favorite Halloween costume. If you don't do Halloween or costumes, just share your favorite thing about Fall. I will draw a name on Wednesday the 15th.

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I know some people don't like Halloween, but I just love it - I love to get the girls all dressed up in fun costumes and luckily so far they have all wanted to coordinate (I let them pick what they want to be as soon as they are old enough to care), so it's fun to dress up together! I don't care about Trick or Treating, I just love to get them dressed up! Yes, I make their costumes, but I make them really simple! I love that they are unique from others, even if they are the same character. Here are some fun pics of past costumes...

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2002 - Kaylee's first Halloween she was a ladybug - I don't have any good pictures from that year, it was before I had a decent camera ;-P I just bought black sweatpants and hooded sweatshirt, an antenna headband, and then made a simple red 'cape' with black spots to complete the look. This is the only picture I could find - it's just of the costume!

EDIT: My mom found some pictures of Kaylee in her costume and sent them to me this morning - they're horrible quality, but you get the idea! Thanks again, Mom! Oh, and I tried to edit in Photobucket, but apparently it's not working tonight ;-P

2003 - Kaylee was a little devil and Brianna was an angel - our computer crashed and we lost the pics from that Halloween, but luckily I did have these pics from our regular camera, so here is what I scrapped. For Kaylee I made a jagged skirt from red fleece, found some warm red tights and shirt and some horns, then I made her staff from a stick and foam. For Brianna, I had a friend who had this outfit and gave it to me - it says "I'm an Angel" - I just sewed some silver sparkly garland onto the wings and then made her a little halo out of a stretchy headband.

2004 - The girls were princesses. Kaylee was Snow White and Brianna was Cinderella, but in a pink dress instead of blue. My awesome mom made their costumes for me that year - aren't they cute!

2005 - Kaylee was Princess Dora, Brianna was Sleeping Boots, and I was the wicked witch who put Boots under the sleeping spell - you'd probably have to see the movie to get it ;-) For Kaylee's costume I just made a simple yellow dress and jacket and sewed the ribbon on to match Dora - then I made her little hat out of foam and had some fake hair coming out of the top to match Dora's 'magical hair' - for Brianna I just found red sweatpants and a sweater and then made her monkey ears and tail out of some gray fleece I had around. Notice that we use sweatpants and sweaters a lot - it's Wyoming, you have to be warm for Halloween! Plus, then we can re-use them after you're done using it for a costume!

2006 - Kaylee was a Ghost, Brianna was a Spider, and I was a Mummy (a 7 month preggo mummy, keep in mind). For Kaylee's I just took a sheet of white fabric and cut it jagged and cut a hole for her head - then put it over yet another sweatshirt and sweatpants - white this time. For Brianna, I just sewed spider legs on a black turtleneck and attached them with clear fishing string so they would move with her arms - then I used yarn to create a web on the front of her shirt. Oh, yeah, and for me, I just wrapped myself with torn pieces of fabric and put some horrible make-up on. I look deathly, don't I!

2007 - Kaylee was Barbie the Island Princess (once again inspired by a movie), Brianna was her friend, Tika the Elephant, and Brailee was her friend, Azul the peacock - for her first Halloween. I really struggled making an elephant costume for Bri, but we made what we had work - I tried to sew ears onto a headband and of course found a gray shirt and gray pants. I didn't get very good pics from that year of Brailee ;-( just right before the church party and then she was sick on Halloween so I never took the chance to try and get better pics. For the peacock, I used cardboard and batting to create her feathers - I just sewed a bunch of shapes together to create the look of feathers - I also made her the little hat out of fleece and put it all over what else but a matching sweatsuit ;-)

2008 - stay tuned to see what the girls picked this year - I think this year is the simplest of all!