Halloween Costumes

[katepoet]

Diana had a good idea. Let's post pics of costumes we have made or put together over the years for ourselves or our kids - how did you make it? Or where did you find all the things you bought to become some character?

[Mandy]

We dont really celebrate halloween in this country like you guys do over there, so i have never bought or made myself any halloween costume, but last year i entered my yorkies in a halloween competition, with costumes that i made, and put together myself, so i could post pics of them.

[katepoet]

That's great Mandy! Any costumes for any event and any bird, beast or being! In Brasil, we made costumes for Carnival. Lots make New Year's costumes. When do folks dress up for fun where you are?

[Mandy]

Here we dress up silly for carnaval in febuari, but that too is mainly held in the south. People up north dont do anything for carnaval.

[katepoet]

Now I find I am guessing the country - North and South with different cultures... Italy? (no pressure to say - privacy on the web trumps everything else)

[DianaB]

She changed her location recently on her profile..... she's from Holland!!!! Isn't that cool!!!

I hope that you didn't mind, Mandy!

[katepoet]

She pm'd me - but thank you. Lots of fun! What are your cultural heritages DianaB?

[DianaB]

When my son was younger we made a Halloween costume that won a prize at a local store. It was very simple but very different......he went as a boy walking on his hands.

I took a muslin sack and painted a face on it then sewed a cap on it's head. I sewed the head onto an old shirt of my husbands. Then I took a pair of jeans and put them over my son's head (we had to cut holes to see and to breathe). I pinned the shirt to the jeans. I, also sewed stuffed gloves on top of a pair of socks which went on his feet and then I put shoes and socks on his hands! It was a lot cuter in person even then it is in the photo.

What made it so funny was that people didn't know where to look for my son's face at. You could see their eyes going up and down to find his head. You know it makes us uncomfortable to look at someone's crotch!!!! The only problem was he would get very hot and uncomfortable so it came off and on alot!!!! That was a fun year!!

[katepoet]

What a clever costume, Diana! Nifty!

[DianaB]

Originally Posted by katepoet

She pm'd me - but thank you. Lots of fun! What are your cultural heritages DianaB?

My family's been in the US for years but I'm German and French with a little Irish! We've been here long enough that we don't have any traditions from another country.

I have grown up in the area that I live (southeast Kansas). I'm married to a farmer (33 years) and we have 4 children (2 are married) and 5 grandchildren. My family all lives within a mile of me and we're very close. I'm a homemaker but occasionally help my husband with the farm work. This year's been difficult because we live in an area that was flooded. It didn't affect my home but my husband's shop and equipment went under and our crops were hurt. It was a very interesting time!

[katepoet]

I was raised in a family that honored traditions from all sides. We celebrated both Christian and Jewish holidays as well as pagan and secular days like Halloween. There are Germans, English, Scottish, American back to the Mayflower and my father was an immigrant. We have Quakers, Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Reform Jews, Orthodox Jews and Christian fundamentalists.

I spent Christmas's at the Catholic church, sang in the Episcopalian and Presbyterian choirs, attended services at a Unitarian church and worked at the Quaker meeting house. Family visited from Australia, Canada, England, across the US, Germany and more. French, German, Latin, Portuguese, Japanese and English - and pig-Latin were spoken in my home. My nephews speak Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish.

I have a 5-greats grandmother who may have been a Native American, whalers, pilgrims, presidents, the head of Scotland Yard, artist, writers, historians - all sorts of people I can never live up to in the family. Even one who was instrumental in getting the wall to come down in Berlin.

But - when it comes to costumes, crafts, having fun, and raising a child in a loving, nurturing, great family - I take after my mother and I am pretty good!

I have just one child - he was in so much pain when he was little that we knew we could not do for him and for another. Of course, we had everyone else's kids in our house all the time when he was small!

I will post some costume pics later - I only have a couple I think, we moved last year and gave away a lot - we are still in that process of getting rid of what we can't afford to live with now.

[rivermom]

My kids are grown so no longer have any of their costumes. Oh i have a picture of my daughter who dressed up as a belly dancer. She was like 5 then. Oh my she looked sooo beautiful.

Hubby and I have gone to a few Halloween parties - OH those were fun!! I went as a cop and hubby my prisoner. Hmmm, don't think much has changed there

Schatzie my Yorkie dressed up a couple years ago. I thought she looked sooo sweet!

If we post pics do we do it here on on the "picture" area?

[katepoet]

You should be able to post here in the thread using the "paper clip" button above the post window to the right of the smiley face. There are other ways I think DianaB uses - maye she can tell us.

[AngieDoogles]

Wow Diana! What a cute costume! I've never made my own costumes since I don't have children yet, but my mom and Traci used to LOVE to make costumes for me when I was little. I was dressed up like I was in a beauty pageant one year, a smurf another year, a witch another time, lots of random stuff. They always did a great job on the costumes!

[Mandy]

OK ~ we can post pics here.... lets go girls, i wanna see ALL those costumes

Heres Chelsey "Beach Bum"
And Chanel "The Witch"

I had made both of them the same witch costumes, but for some reason, Chelsey HATED it, and REFUSED to look at the camera, usually she loves her picture taken, but wasnt planning on co?perating, with the silly hat on her head lol