As I mentioned on FB, this is all in good fun, so I do hope this doesn’t offend anyone. I bought the costume during an after-season clearance thinking that I would have a year to come up withing something cute or clever to add to it and make it our own. Absolutely nothing came to mind. Well, not until this week’s presidential debate anyway. I have to thank Mr. Romney for making Big Bird relevant again. I couldn’t post this costume without some sort of nod to the debate or I would have looked like I was living under a rock. But let it be known that Stellaween is just here for laughs and costume ideas. We really have no political intentions here. Like most two year olds, Stella doesn’t even know who Romney is and barely knows Big Bird. Now had he said Elmo, well that would have been a whole different story.
By the way, it’s not all store bought and pre-packaged. I just opened the bag this year only to discover the head piece was missing. But that one was so easy to recreate. I cut craft foam for the bill, used markers on foam balls for eyes and added a little feather clip hairpiece. I couldn’t get over how lucky we were on the socks. They’re at Target on clearance in the women’s socks department. Go get you a pair!
