Tag: cosplay

Darla from Finding Nemo

“Why are you sleeping? Fishy! Fishy! FISHY!” Now, I’m not a big animated movie girl but I love Finding Nemo. Stella does too. And the image of that crazy little girl Darla shaking the poor fish will forever haunt my mind. She’s scary! So perfect for Halloween.

Her outfit is pretty easy to find in your closet. She’s wearing a very tarnished old silver necklace of mine as her head gear. The semi-braces were added post-processing to enhance the effect. I don’t recommend gluing anything on your teeth=) And thanks to hoarding I had that blue cloth from my maternity visit delivering the twins. Add it to a beaded necklace and some alligator clips and voila! That fish. We looked in the cat section at the dollar store for a goldfish and got nothing. So I grabbed an orange sponge from under the counter, cut a fish and glued a googly eye on it. Be sure to check your bag for leaks before adding water. We didn’t think to do that=/

I add all this extra info because some people actually ask about ordering some of the costumes. So I want to share how we came up with them. But I also want to point out that I’m not out spending hundreds of dollars doing this. It’s all about doing it yourself and I try to go for free to $5. It all evens out in the end when I go over though. Also, I’m super lazy and short on time because I’m so unorganized so I really do try to think of the shortest cuts for everything. Hope you guys are enjoying!

Another Flashback Friday here. Look at my baby growing up! From nine months for four and a half. Well, that makes me a little sad…

October 24, 2014
1983 Cabbage Patch Riots

For those of you who don’t remember or are too young to, Cabbage Patch kids were huge in the 80s. They were the Playstations, or whatever the hot thing is these days, of that time. Parents began to fight over these things. They couldn’t keep them on the shelves. So there’s your retail history for the day.

I know it’s overdone and there are tons on the web done better but with Scarlett’s big cheeks I couldn’t resist. So Stella is the rioting mom who is proudly and almost psychotically posing with her new prized position. She looks rough and fought hard for that doll but you should see the other guy! All this is stuff we had. I can’t crochet and those Cabbage Patch wigs are really expensive so I went to my old trusty box of wigs and found this ragdoll wig. I braided it and added the bangs. Those were a little tricky. Stella was supposed to have a bat and a wig also but we settled for this look. Stella had a lot of fun painting the box. It really is fun to put all this stuff together=)

October 23, 2014
The Princess and the Black Eyed P

Stella asked to be a princess. Shocker, right? Well that’s fine. But you know I’m going to have add to it. So the logical thing to do is make Harris a black eyed “P.” It’s a play on words with the children’s story The Princess and the Pea, hence the bed in the back. I’ve seen the black eyed pea done a lot but not with the princess and there may be good reason for that. I’m open to that=) I think it would actually be a good couple’s costume for when one likes to dress up and the other doesn’t. This P thing is pretty low key.

Harris’s outfit was super easy and free. I used the foam P from their alphabet play mat and just covered it in black tape and added the first black string thing I saw. Then some black makeup around his eye. Since he’s just one, I didn’t get close to the eye and took it off right after the pic. As far as Stella, well there’s nothing crafty nor thrifty on this one. I like to buy her one nice costume for actual trick or treating. We got it at TJMaxx so it wasn’t terrible. ($25) Plus it fits better than all the play princess dresses she’s had. Hopefully it will hold up better those others as well and can be used again.

Yep, she’s quite the little actress isn’t she?

October 22, 2014
Day 26 2012 {Bride of Chucky}

Oh horrors! This is Tiffany. For those unfamiliar, she is a character from the movie Child’s Play 4: The Bride of Chucky. I’ve always wanted to be her for Halloween, but never did. I guess I’m living through my child on this one. I must say that applying all this eye makeup on a toddler is for the birds! That was a horror scene in itself! But doesn’t she look like a cute little psycho old lady? Makes a mother proud. We used the no-sew tutu from the Ghostbusters costume, a lace romper from my photography prop box and the cute little biker jacket that I got earlier this year at the consignment shop. The bloody knife made another appearance as well.

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October 26, 2012
Day 23 2012 {Stella the Warrior Princess}

Princesses seem to be pretty popular these days, but this is no ordinary princess. She’s a tough little warrior! Actually as I uploaded the photos, Stella said “Look it’s me!” I said “Yeah, you’re a princess” and she replied “No, I’m a super hero!”

I was glad to finally use that shield that we bought a couple years ago. Most of the accessories are made of felt, craft foam and ribbon. We also borrowed random pieces from other costumes. The funniest thing to me though, is the “shirt” that she’s wearing under the shield. I couldn’t find her tank top, so she’s wearing one of my leg warmers in a tube top sort of way.

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“Charge!!!!”

“Don’t make me get medieval on your….” (We all know what he said. But that is one face she’s making there huh?)

“Well so much for this sword.”

October 23, 2012
Day 22 2012 {The Tao of Pooh}

An awesome friend and client gave us a few of their old costumes and this sweet little Winnie the Pooh was among the loot. I was going to do a picture with a jar of honey but decided to do something a little different, so we re-created the white jacket version of the book The Tao of Pooh. I think it looks pretty close. The coat was a little bit of a struggle. The only yellow coat I could quickly and cheaply find was this windbreaker from the Goodwill. I untied a dollar store Christmas bow to make all of the red trim. It’s just stuck on with glue and safety pins. A yellow swing coat or raincoat certainly would have been a better alternative. Stella was very excited over the kite. She’s going to be disappointed if she actually tries to fly it though.

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In case you are not familiar with the book, here’s what the cover looks like.

October 22, 2012
Day 18 2012 {Minnie Mouse}

Okay, so it’s a little late in the day, but it’s not over yet. Stella has been hit with a terrible rash that has covered almost every inch of her body from her cheeks to the tops of her feet. We thought it was beginning to heal today, but it looks like it’s starting back up. Most likely an allergy, but as of now, it’s a total mystery. That is partly why we have been posting late these past few days and choosing costumes that cover most of the body. By the way, she doesn’t seem bothered by it at all, or else we would take a break from Stellaween.

Today we have Minnie Mouse. We tried to use the ski mask but it was just too scary looking. It’s cute out in the snow, but here it’s sort of creepy. I still have to post a picture of it. But in the middle of shooting, I realized this couldn’t be the final look. So I quickly grabbed last year’s super homemade ladybug antennae and shortened the stems, though you can’t really even see them in the photo. And then grabbed an old, wrinkly scarf to make a bow. It was very haphazard, but still cute. Oh, and no, I didn’t put makeup on my child with this outbreak. I cheated and added the black nose while post processing. We’ll try to get back on track again this weekend=)

And here’s the one that resembles a crazy bank-robber=)

October 19, 2012