Our Halloween costumes all started after a visit to Danny's grandma Rich in August. She has a reputation for always winning costume contests. So after a weekend with her we were committed to not being lame like last year and to dress up for Halloween.It was late September early October when we found out that our friends were having a Halloween party. Now that we had a place to wear our costumes we had to come up with an idea. My first idea was to be indians made completely out of paper bags from the grocery store. (I had an art teacher at the Y that did it and well you can't get much cheaper) However, Danny couldn't wrap his head around the idea so we kept thinking.
Then one night Danny blurted out of no where how about a toaster! A toaster? Where the heck did he get an idea like that? He said ya know I could be a toaster and you could be a piece of toast. In my head I was thinking a piece of toast? How lame is dressing up as a piece of toast? As you can tell I was not really supportive of the idea. Then, he said ya know like the brave little toaster. Ah hah! That was it the brave little toaster and then I could be blanky. That sounded like a nice soft, comfortable costume.
So with a little less than a month we set off to make our costumes. btw I googled it trying to get ideas and no you cannot buy a brave little toast or a blanky costume. I guess that means we were original.
I was tempted to use a "snuggy" for my costume but that would only cover the front and the color would have been hard to find. Then, I remembered these horrible pajamas my little sister had growing up. We called them penguin pajamas because that was her favorite animal and the legs were connected so you kind of had to waddle to walk. They were horrid but she loved them. (sorry crys) Anyways my mom found the pattern for them during that time so she could make another pair when the original pair wore out thankfully she never did and still had the pattern and sent it to me. Just to be on the safe side with my growing belly I made the large well it turned out GIGANTIC but I was a blanket so it kind of worked. Then, I painted my face on foam board and I was all done in two days.
Danny's toaster however took forever and we were actually attaching the straps 20 min. before the party started. Here's some pics of his costumes being constructed.
Well anyways we hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween!
