To the Bat Cave!

We had our first Halloween party of the season today - the library trick-or-treat party was today, which meant I had to have Brailee's costume done a whole week early! So I called my SIL last weekend to 'borrow' my sewing machine back and I got started. Brailee had originally wanted to be Wonder Woman, like Kaylee, but then we got a costume magazine in the mail at the end of September, and as she was looking through it, she saw a 'Tween Robin' costume, or a 'Girl Robin' as she calls it, and that's what she said she wanted to be. I happily agreed, because Trysten had a pair of Batman jammies, so I knew they would be perfect together! Don't they make the cutest pair of super heroes!

I made up her costume as I went - we found some fun sparkly material at WalMart for the skirt and overshirt, and I used some felt I had at home for the 'R' and utility belt. We got the mask in the craft section - just trimmed it down so it was the right style of mask, then painted it with green paint and sprinkled it with Prisma Glitter while the paint was still wet - she loves her sparkly mask! I just found a plain green long sleeved shirt and some warm red tights to finish off the look.

I feel like I cheated this year since I didn't make Trysten's costume, but hey, it works, and he will use it over and over until he grows out of it since they are jammies!

Okay, so I did make part of Trysten's costume - I whipped up another quick pair of slippers less than an hour before the party ;-)

I usually don't share pics of the kids I babysit, but I figure his identity is safe here - this is C as Darth Vader.

Check back next week to see the rest of the costumes! I still need to finish Kaylee's before her piano recital on Tuesday, and Brianna's before the school party on Friday, but I don't have much left on either, so it should be a piece of cake!