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| Snow White, the Seven Dwarves and the Evil Queen with her apple. |
Halloween is a holiday that has always been a big hit in our family. The kids start talking about it months before it comes around and are constantly changing their minds about who they want to dress up as. I have always enjoyed making their costumes as original and creative as possible, rather than using store bought costumes that seem to get more expensive and cheaper quality every year.
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| Christian the tree! |
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| Old Couple, Cody and Callie. |
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| Angela might be hiding behind this pirate costume! |
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Tiny Amy and Jon Boy
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Bethany began helping with the costumes early in her life. Being a creative individual, she has been able to help figure out ways to make their costumes more and more creative every year.
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| Nikki the elf shows off her candy cane. |
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| Old lady Emily |
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| Noah Boone |
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| "Elementary, my dear Watson" (Jimmy) |
A few years ago we came up with the idea of dressing the kids up as storybook or movie characters. Why not, when you have a group as big as ours? This year it was The Wizard of Oz. It was a challenge coming up with all of the outfits. I spent many hours browsing Ebay and thrift stores for the perfect pieces, and the kids spent many hours watching the movie for what I can only assume was character research! Amy's flying monkey costume was especially challenging, but with a few pins, felt and Styrofoam, Bethany and her fiance were able to turn a wolf costume I had found into the perfect wicked sidekick!
We had originally planned to have Amy be our Dorothy, but she has always loved monkeys and when the idea of this costume was flying around she insisted it was the one for her!
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| Lindsey the not-so-wicked Witch. |
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| Kristina as Glinda the Good |
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Emily, Julia and Callie represent the Lollipop Guild!
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They were a big hit this year, because of the costumes and because of their wonderful personalities that shone through! We took them to a local Farmers Market party where they entered a costume contest and won "best over all costume". They were so excited and proud! Afterwards we walked to a local pizza place and put the prize money towards our own little pizza party. And finally we closed out the evening with the best part..Trick or Treat!!
