All Dressed Up....

10/31/2014

My kids are all dressed up and ready to go Trick-or-Treating today! I actually managed to get everyone a costume, and get them all to pose together for a group portrait....

My goal is to eventually sew enough Hallowe'en costumes so everyone can have one.
But there's a lot of little kids, and I had five who either weren't here, or didn't participate
last year. There's quite a few fairies and witches this year. My kids like to dress up, but
they aren't into creepy or scary things - little witches is about as 'scary' as they'll go.

Lisa, Efreet and Ringo, all of whom have never experience a Hallowe'en
before, all scored a brand new costume......

Nami wanted to be a Candy Corn Witch, while Bonnie chose the Ladybug costume.
Peach also participated for the first time....

These four girls chose the older princess, witch, and fairy costumes...

..and Tillie and Cinnamon had to make do with things already in their closet....

I really like Lisa's witch costume, and think the black hair really suits her.

Efreet was thrilled with his pirate costume, and loved waving around the sword I gave him
(could have been a big mistake on my part)

And Ringo - what can I say - he wasn't too pleased to be a clown, but I doubt he'd be
happy with anything I made. I personally thought he looked very cute.

*to see all the photos of everyone in their costumes, check out 'Hallowe'en'
(currently photos still being added)

6 Comments

Donna

10/31/2014 04:35:21 am

I love all of them!!! It must have taken all day yesterday to get them dressed, and probably several days before that for them to make up their minds what costume they wanted to wear this year!

Efreet is an adorable little pirate, and Ringo is so cute in his clown costume, pout and all :o) This is the first time I realized he had freckles over the bridge of his nose.

I'm glad your kids aren't into scary costumes. They all look wonderfully sweet!

Martha

10/31/2014 04:59:18 am

Yes, it did take me all day! I first dressed the seven who weren't going to carve the pumpkins, and hollowed out three of the pumpkins. By then it was almost noon. I set up the pumpkin carving station on my counter, and by the time I had that series done it was already three. I changed the last four, and set up the scene with the steps on the picnic table in the backyard, hauled everyone outside and it was four before I even started taking pictures. It was heavily overcast and threatening to rain, so by five it was too dark to continue. Then in late evening, after dinner and shopping, Jan helped with Trick-or-Treating photos (posting tomorrow) I would really have liked some interactive photos of the kids in their costumes as well, but it's pouring rain today. Maybe I can try again tomorrow - as long as their pumpkins don't shrivel up in the meantime.

Sue

11/1/2014 09:00:41 am

Sounds like me and my crew - why does doll photography take SO long - then you got editing on top of it.

So so worth it though. I always enjoy seeing your pictures.

Brigitte

10/31/2014 05:27:35 am

They look so cute in their wonderful dresses. I love all of them.

Jane

11/3/2014 02:32:48 am

I am not surprised to hear it took you so long to get everyone ready....but it was so worth it!
I just love all the colour.

You must have had such a smile on your face when you saw them all in the big group at last.
And I have to keep reminding myself that you made all the costumes and didn't buy one *gasp*

Martha

11/3/2014 03:07:41 am

It was a BIG job, so they are all still standing around in their costumes. The thing to remember though, is that I didn't make all those costumes at once. I made a couple last year, and four this year, and the rest just had to make do with existing things - like the fairy and elf outfits.

All Dressed Up....

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