If you haven’t worked out your childrens’ Halloween costume yet (which is highly unlikely), you may be needing some last-minute-ideas. As our society is sadly at the whim of Hollywood, some of the favourites this year are in the film category. So think of Pirates of the Carribean, Superman (this one is a mainstay really), Princesses, Angels and Devils.
If you already have stuff at home you can recycle, all the better! As my daughter has three Halloween parties over the weekend, two of them on the same day – I didn’t want to spoil the “Jessie” costume for the later event, so I made her a “makeshift” angel costume from what we had at home. Namely:
1 pair of feathered angel wings (bought about 3 years ago and still in good condition)
1 “magic” white shirt (her Grandmother got this in Vegas, its “magic” because its as tiny as a doll’s shirt but expands to fit everyone – even my husband, who is a pretty big man- it also has an “icing-like” texture which goes perfectly with the look)
1 white crinkle skirt with silver sequined garter. (the Issey Miyake crumpled look complemented the rest of the outfit well)
1 pair of Dorothy’s ruby slippers (ok, this did not really go, but it probably wont fit her next month, and she loves it, so hey)
It took about 5 minutes to assemble, then topped off with a nice bubbly white hair accessory – voila!!
[tags]Halloween costumes,kids costumes,Toy Story,Angel costume[/tags]
Originally posted on October 25, 2006 @ 10:10 pm
