LOTR Halloween!

Sometime after Halloween last year, I noticed how Elena's messy hair always reminded me of Frodo.  Also, Leo was obsessed with the bow and arrow.  So, I made a mental note of a possible Lord of the Rings Halloween costume.

Leo's Legolas costume:

An old blonde wig I had but never used

His bow and a fake arrow (knitting needle stuck inside a cardboard tube)

A brown tunic I sewed out of the old napkins

A belt with a sword

Tight brown pants (...uh...girls pants...)

Wrist guards made out of the napkins

And a homemade cape

Elena's Frodo Costume

A homemade cape

A vest made out of the napkins

Pants sewn out of napkins

My old dirndl tunic

My ring on a shoelace

A sword

But something was missing.  Something very important.

(Or so I decided while drinking wine.)  

She was missing Frodo feet!!!

So I used a wacky setting that doesn't really exist on the sewing machine to make "hair" on nude fabric...

*I'll wait until you stop giggling to continue???

Okay - so there you have it:

Frodo - The Small,

Mighty,

and Powerful! 

Then, I was chatting with my sister over the phone about the kids costumes and somehow, she came up with a baby Gandalf on my shoulders and I was completely sold on the idea!!!!

So I sewed a white Gandalf hat for him and grabbed a white sheet!

TA-DA!!!!!

I made Jason take a ton of pictures since I couldn't actually see it under that 500 degree cape...

And they are all freakin hilarious :)

I hope you all had fun Halloweens!!!!