Flashback Friday

Well, I've had a busy week and sadly missed this week's Wordless Wednesday, but I am making myself take a minute to at least put up something this week! My hubby has been in Texas all week (and hopefully he gets to come home today, as he's been stuck in Denver since yesterday), the kids have been busy with their different activities this week, and I've been making a few trips to the dr. and just not feeling like myself, but hopefully the weekend will be better! Anyway, here is a flashback of the last few Halloweens - forgive the repeat as I already posted these pictures last year. If you want to read any of the details on how I made all of their past costumes, you can check out last year's post HERE.

I hope you all have a safe and fun weekend!

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2008 - Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, and Hook

2007 - Ro the Island Princess, and her friends Tika the Elephant and Azul the Peacock

2006 - Ghost and Spider

2005 - Dora the Fairytale Princess, Sleeping Boots, and the mean old witch!

2004 - Snow White and Cinderella

2003 - Devil and Angel

2002 - Little Ladybug!

And now a flash forward to this year - it's a SUPER Halloween.

We have Batman and Robin...

...the Flash...

...and Wonder Woman!

I actually got everyone's costumes done by Sunday night - a whole 6 days before Halloween! It only took me one week to make all three costumes - not bad! Oh, and another awesome fact - the material that I bought for all three costumes only cost about $15 and the rest of the supplies I already had in my stash, so they were pretty cheap, too! Brianna got to wear her costume to dance class and Kaylee wore hers to her very first piano recital this week. They have their school parties today, our ward party tonight, and of course Halloween tomorrow, so they will get some good use out of their costumes! I already posted how I made Brailee's HERE, but here is how I did the other two...

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Brianna originally wanted to be Bat Girl, but then she saw a Flash Girl costume in a magazine and after that, she had her mind made up! I just bought her a red long sleeved shirt and matching pants. I cut her Flash emblem, belt, and hair clips out of felt, and made a quick skirt out of the same shiny material that I used for Brailee's costume. I did her mask the same as Brailee's, with paint and Prisma Glitter. Brianna's was so quick and simple and the emblem is just attached with a quick hand stitch so I can just cut it off and it's back to a normal shirt.

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Kaylee's was a little more difficult. She already had a red long sleeved shirt, but it had a big red heart on the front, which wasn't a big deal as I just covered it up with the Wonder Woman emblem. That was probably the trickiest part of the costume and didn't turn out like I wanted it, but it works! I had to sketch a pattern then trace it onto the gold material - then since the material frays so easily, I glued it onto some black felt and that's where it all went wrong. I had originally tested a piece of scrap and the glue dried fine and you couldn't see it through the gold, but I must not have spread it well enough on my final piece, so it didn't turn out as nice. Anyway, after I glued it on the felt, I cut it out and traced it with some black puff paint. Like I did with Brianna's, I just did a quick stitch onto the shirt so once Halloween is over, I can just cut it off and she can still use the shirt. I used the same gold material to create a belt and a crown. The crown piece was built around an old headband, so the headband goes across her forehead instead of on top of her head. The star was just a wood star I had in my stash that I painted and sprinkled with Prisma Glitter and hot glued onto the crown. I made a quick blue starred skirt and some simple silver cuffs that just slip on and off, and the Lasso of Truth was braided out of some gold cord that I had in my stash. I am probably most excited about her boots, however. I have never done anything like those before and I just made them up as I went and I was so thrilled when they worked perfectly with the first thing I tried! Kaylee has some tall black boots, and I just used those to get a general pattern going - plus she wears them under the Wonder Woman boots as part of the costume. I created the boots out of felt that I had in my stash - I just did two red sides and joined them with a white strip and topped it off with a white piece. The boots have velcro that hold them on and closed in the back.

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Anyway, if you've made it this far, thanks for checking out my super long post - have a great weekend!