I am one of those mommies that starts to think about Halloween at the beginning of August! My kiddos enjoy being part of a theme. Last year, they were all monsters! I couldn't do all 3 from scratch... so I hit my favorite stores! At Once Upon a Child in Ballwin, MO... I found the butterfly costume for $6.50 and Sully was $10.00. I had to have them! If I were to buy the fabric it would cost way more than that! We found Cookie Monster at the Thrift Store for $4.00... and there you have it 3 warm costumes for $20.00!
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| This was the first Halloween that Brooke really understood that she was getting candy at each door! Look at her patiently waiting for our neighbor to answer the door! |
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| I added green claws to "cookie monster", a green striped belly, orange nose, purple horns, 2 white teeth, a puff of blue hair, and one eye! For "sully" we covered the claws with purple fleece, striped the horns with purple and orange, added 3 teeth, orange nose, and the spikes in the back are purple too! |
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| This one-eyed flower monster cracked me up! I added blue fleece to the belly, made the pants from scratch and hand-sewed flowers on the pants and top! The eye had black felt lashes and "blue eye shadow" with 3 rounded teeth! It was warm on a cool night and tickled my heart. My 3 monsters! Go find a costume and customize it to your child's liking. My children had a lot of fun picking out the colors and designing the faces! |
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