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!!!!

The Holy-Rolling Family

I am really so happy with the frugality of Halloween this year!  This pile of napkins:


Gave me a vest, a carpenters apron, 

 

These cool arm guards


AND a tunic!  

Check out that pose!

And there is even one more napkin left over for Leo to wear on his head with a rope as St. Joseph


It isn't like we have a shortage of costumes around here.  


The kids found one of our costume boxes and went to town!




But these are all just for playtime.  We wear this to the grocery store,...uh...that's it actually. We only go to the grocery store and Church...


But when I spoke to my friend and she told us that the Trunk or Treat at Church costumes should be saints, I freaked out.  And started googling.


Those idea sites are a GOLDMINE!!  Bookmark them for next year, and every subsequent year after that!!

As it turns out, not many other children were dressed as saints.  Maybe 1-2%???  Now we just look like the holy-rolling new family at Church.  


But they were an awesome Holy Family!!!


Baby Jesus taking off.


Roman's costume was really involved.  


It actually took a long time to wrangle his legs into that swaddling pillow case


The trunk or treat program was pretty awesome

It was just entertaining to watch Mary and St. Joseph do really weird stuff.  Like fish for candy.


The beginning of the sugar rush 



And the end.


I can't wait to do this all over again in 3 days :)

7 Quick Takes (#39)

1) I can't vote. It really bothers me, but when applying for citizenship was only a couple hundred dollars, I was waiting tables and lived on Ramen noodles.  When I was making enough money to spend a little, I spent it all on a wedding and starting married life. Now, the cost of applying for citizenship has skyrocketed, and we just don't have an extra $1,000+ lying around.  So, please vote.  Especially for your local delegates.


And if you are in California, please vote yes on Prop 37!!

2) I spent yesterday morning searching through the entire house for the 4 different boxes labeled "Sewing".  I finally uncovered my sewing machine and started making Elena's costume for Halloween.


3) When we were packing our old house up, I found this drawer full of brown napkins from Bed Bath and Beyond that we had received as a wedding gift from our registry.  I used them a whopping ONE time and washed them.  Then when I realized that they needed to be ironed, I threw them in a drawer and started buying paper napkins.


I was this close to tossing these napkins in a bag for Goodwill.  But, in a very dramatic back and forth in my head, decided instead to bring them along to Texas just in case I could re-purpose them into pillows, a blanket, or something else creative.

I may not have had room in the truck for my nightstand, lamps, our trash can, the treadmill or the Glider, but damnit!  I've got my once-used napkins!!!

4) Something creative:


It kinda looks like a napkin with buttons...huh...but it was modeled after this vest


And fits her pretty well for a one-night costume.


Now I have to get to work on the rest!!

5) While I was sewing the napkin with buttons above, Brooke called to chat and she asked me what the kids were going to be at the church Trunk or Treat event this weekend.  I said they would probably just pick a random costume from their stash for the 2 hour event.  She said, "Uh, I think they are supposed to be dressed like saints since it will be more of an All Saints Day celebration?"

...Uh....WHOOPS!!

Usually it wouldn't bother me too much.  But since my husband JUST started his new job at the church, wouldn't it be ridiculous if Skeletor and Pretty Princess were running around with all the little Mother Teresa's and Blessed John Pauls!!  

So I spent the rest of the day piecing together a St. Joseph the Carpenter and Mary costume:


I used a couple more napkins to make a carpenter's apron for Leo.  The button is my favorite part:


And I found some white fabric in the stash my mom gave me to make a dress for Elena.  The veil is just a cheap white apron with blue fabric sewed to it!

The apron

Now I just have to make a dress for Leo to wear under his carpenter apron.  Heathens no more!!!

Update: St. Joseph is done!


6) Our house is tiled throughout the living areas.  It is pretty, but so painful after walking on it all day!! So I searched for a remedy:


Then Jason picked up this sexy number...


Yelled in a warbly old woman voice: Any suggestions on comfortable (non-sweat-inducing) house shoes?? 

7) Thank you Granny and Papa for the Halloween Stickers!

They were de-LICIOUS!

I'm back to work in my old lady slippers.  Visit Jen for more takes!!

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