Tag: DIY costumes

  • The Cat in the Hat and Double Trouble

    The Cat in the Hat and Double Trouble

    From day one I said we will not do Thing 1 and Thing 2. Ever. It was too expected but it was also too easy not to do it. We had gotten these souvenir shirts at the beach this summer so of course, Dr. Seuss it is. But it turned out the twins weren’t too into the idea either. Especially Scarlett. So pretty much all I got were outtakes today.

    The Cat’s hat was made from a paper towel roll cut in half vertically, then horizontally and taped back together to be wider. Covered it in felt. I ran out of white felt before I could put it on her belly but then remembered I had that white yarn stuff and it was perfect. (I’m resisting doing a purrr there.) I again used that little bread bag twist tie tip I mentioned yesterday. Needle and thread would have been more ideal here but who has time to thread a needle? The rest are just pieces that we’ve used before and keep around in the costume box.

    The troublemakers are wearing sleeves from an old sweater turned into a hat. I didn’t have a lot of blue boa so I figured I’d do mohawk style. Scarlett hated it.

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    What’s so funny here is that they’re dancing. And it’s to that techno sounding Microsoft commercial song again. I love Harris’s moves for this! He usually goes to another room to dance and quits when you see him. Very bashful. But this is his jam=)

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  • Raggedy Ann and Andy

    Raggedy Ann and Andy

    Today we have the obligatory boy + girl twin costume, Raggedy Ann and Andy. It’s also the ultimate DIY costume so it was a no brainer that it must be done. My very first costume was Raggedy Ann and Stella also did it for the first Stellaween. It’s a tradition now.

    And yep, another awesome photoshop job. I’m not even going to pretend. Can you tell I don’t typically do fake lashes and green dogs in my work? They had the makeup on and it looked soooo cute. But as soon as they saw each other, they knew what I had just done. They rubbed it off each other and then themselves. I should have known better.

    All this stuff is obviously just stuff from the closet. Harris is wearing the hair from the first year though, which was just a few strands of yarn tied together under the hat. But there is an incredible tip I must share. I learned it from watching the new show The Real. They said you can put a button back on using a twist tie from sandwich bread!!! You just strip it down to the wire and then push it through. It was the easiest thing ever!

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    Here are a couple of outtakes showing how they rubbed all their makeup off. Man, one year olds! They were having fun though. We played the music from the Microsoft Surface commercial. They love to dance to it! (I kind of do too.)

     

    And here’s a little look back at a few of my favorites over the years.
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  • The Mythical Cherokee Princess

    The Mythical Cherokee Princess

    I can’t speak for the rest of the nation, but down here in the south nearly everyone has a trace of Cherokee in them and many will tell you their ancestor was a princess. Well I recently learned this is but a myth. I haven’t done enough research on the subject to say for certain, but I’ve gathered that they didn’t have princesses. It’s possible it was a loose translation for a chief’s daughter. Don’t shoot the messenger here. I wanted to go with the mythical aspect because it has a fun and lighter air to it. Something that isn’t real so doing the whole pink and purple princessy theme kind of worked. I hope. It’s supposed to be historically inaccurate since she didn’t exist in the first place. See, costumes can be enlightening as well. I’m all about pushing the envelope but not into offending an entire race of people. Most of these costumes are based on an item of clothing already in the house. I really wanted to use these pink moccasin boots. Native American was the first to come to mind. While I’m sure it’s a minute little drop, I’ve always been proud to say I had a little Cherokee in my blood. As a child I was certain that the right side of me was Native American and the left, witch. Yeah. Totally normal=)

    So the cute boots are from Zulily. We reused last years Daphne dress. I self-fringed some baby pants that weren’t worth donating and pinned and glued to the dress. I can’t sew. For the headdress I pulled out an old belt from high school. Let’s face it. I’m not going to wear that again so I went to cutting. Glued the feathers and the applique things on and attached elastic to wrap around her head. We used her Merida bow and arrow. I would say this has a total Disney theme but I guess they did Pocahontas so never mind.

    As usual, I didn’t prompt this expression. I don’t know how, but she usually nails it. This solemn face was just right.

    Hope everyone is getting their costumes ready! Only five days left!

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  • King Kong, Ann and the Empire Stella Building

    King Kong, Ann and the Empire Stella Building

     

     

     

    King Kong

    It finally felt a little more like fall today so I suppose it’s time for some Stellaween. I hate that we haven’t been doing the daily pics but these twins have been a real game changer. I attempted to do this photo one day while Rob was at work. I guess I was feeling a little confident. Oh boy. It all went horribly wrong. Harris kept running away crying. Scarlett took off her diaper and decided to pee all over the place. Poor Stella was in that box and could barely move. She’s such a pro though=) I re-shot them the following weekend when I had an extra hand. That black and white image, however is from the first attempt. As Stella says “You get what you get and you don’t pitch a fit.”

    I always like to talk a little about the costumes and the thriftiness. I saw a gorilla suit posted on a Facebook yard sale page for only $2. Naturally I had to get it. I didn’t realize the head piece was missing. I put an old hat of my mom’s on him to compensate but he didn’t really care for anything on his head. Surprise Surprise. My first thought was King Kong and we went with it.  Scarlett is Ann Darrow. White dress, done. And Miss Stella is the Empire State Building. A couple of diaper boxes, backdrop paper and electrical tape was all we needed.

    So Happy Stellaween to everyone!  Grab your candy corn and enjoy=)

     

     

  • Day 28 {Oh My Goth!}

    Day 28 {Oh My Goth!}

    Kids these days. We’re hoping it’s just a phase. Seriously, you should have seen some of the looks we got while shooting this. Apparently toddlers in black lipstick isn’t a hit in these parts. We were at Oakland Cemetery, which is a beautiful garden graveyard in Atlanta and the final resting place for Margaret Mitchell. Btw, if you didn’t catch the Gargamel photo from this weekend, you gotta check it out. It was posted on Saturday.

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  • Day 26 2013 {Gargamel}

    Day 26 2013 {Gargamel}

    Maybe you didn’t know yesterday’s character, but surely you’re familiar with this guy. I spent many Saturday mornings watching this evil villain and his cat, Azrael, chase little smurfs around. I think this is my favorite so far this year.

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  • Day 25 {Bubble Guppies – Molly}

    Day 25 {Bubble Guppies – Molly}

    If you’re around small children, then you probably know this show and more than likely get the theme song stuck in your head. Otherwise, she’s just a mermaid with pink hair. Fun fact: That’s a dog costume!!!!

     

    Bubble Guppies

  • Day 6 2013 {The Peach Picker and a Sweet Georgia Peach}

    Day 6 2013 {The Peach Picker and a Sweet Georgia Peach}

    Don’t you love my tree? Hey, I never claimed to be an artist.

     Peach Picker and a Sweet Georgia Peach

  • Day 5 10/15/2013 {Good & Evil}

    Day 5 10/15/2013 {Good & Evil}

    Today it’s TWINOWEEN! And I have to say that they’re really both good angels.

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  • Day 4 10/14/2013 {A Sweet Witch}

    Day 4 10/14/2013 {A Sweet Witch}

    {A Sweet Witch} Scarlettoween! This cauldron is filled with sugar and spice!

    A Sweet Witch