Halloween 2014

My rainbow

Wonder Woman

Shark

Vampire

My Lumberjack who wouldn't stop moving

Halloween 2013

Can't believe that I never posted these cute kids on here. And I can't believe that most of these costumes were handmade the same month I had baby #5

Some Indian chief at a murder mystery party

 My little monster and monkey

 Cute little witch

 Peanut Big Top Lalaloopsy

 Twin skeletons

Halloween-The odd cat out

My oldest said she wasn't really into Rainbow (stab to the heart) and wanted to be a black cat. Simple. Easy. I can deal with that. Of course everything had to be just so and she was constantly breathing down my back as I was putting together her costume....wonder where she gets that from.

I can't get over how old she looks

I made her some mittens by tracing her hands.

I had the black fur left over from another project and found an orange tail at a thrift store. It had wire in it plus elastic for her waist so all I had to do was wrap the fur around it! And I had to make her a mouse bag since I made her sisters bags. She loved it and told everyone it was her nemesis! 

Halloween-Rainbow Brite Style

I've never done themes with my family before but this year my kids wanted one and we went with it. Well, 3 of my 4 kids did.

Rainbow Brite

I had to make sprite bags to go with their costumes, cause Rainbow has to have her little buddy with her.

Canary Yellow

Murky Dismal

He's got the evil stare down!

The Gang

Costumes

I have had a few visitors at my house and while I have been busy I have also used the time to sneak away and sew up some costumes cause even though I feel like I have no free time now that I have 4 kids I still can't bring myself to buy a costume. Not while I can respectfully sew them myself.

So here is a sneak peak. Points for anyone who can name the character.

I just finished up the last costume an hour ago and am now trying to catch up on my blogging. I still have one more bag to sew up. I have until 5pm tomorrow night before the Halloween festivities begin around here!

Papy Halloween!

Over here we have been spending the week playing with my parents. Well, the kids have been playing and I have been cleaning, organizing and looking at new cars. We haven't been able to do a whole lot else since there are 7 of us here and only 1 car seating 5 that works.

But it has been fun. While my dad (named Pappie by my oldest) was playing some of my Halloween blocks fell down and my dad promptly fixed them.

Today I will be headed to my Kinders school for crafts and games and tonight we will be hitting the cold cold streets to stock up on candy. Hope you have a good day too!

Halloween Costume-Garden Gnome

Please don't think Little Red Riding Hood. She wears a cape, not a pointy hat.

 This outfit turned out so cute and would have been even better had I finished everything I wanted to. Like the red pointy shoes and making the suspenders actually stay on her shoulders instead of falling at the sides. And then maybe people would have actually thought garden gnome instead of little red....

 I made the hat in under 2 minutes. I was out of time so I cut from a guestimate and sewed like the wind. It worked out perfect. Maybe someday I will do a tutorial. (another thing I had planned for you)

I made the skirt and love how it turned out but Clover wished she had her big sisters pink cowgirl skirt. She kept stealing it and putting it on and then running away with it around her ankles. I also made the apron. It has a mushroom applique. Super cute if you could actually see it. I based it off another I found on pinterest.(maybe I'll post a link later?) All things I planned on for making this post better but lets face it, I have family in town and am playing with them and having lots of fun.

Halloween Costume-Butterfly

Corduroy had to be a Butterfly this year. This was after Strawberry Shortcake and  million other choices. Luckily she stuck with this one long enough for some trick or treating to be had.

Already in this picture she was tired of the "butterfly" costume and changed it to a "fairy". Meaning no antenna headband but a wand instead.

She had to have the whole outfit purple. I was thinking of making some cute felt wings but got lazy and bought some at JoAnns. I do not recommend this, they broke during her first wearing-super cheap. She had to have a purple skirt that I made. I forgot how much of a pain these skirts are to cut out and tie. But it looks so cute all fluffy. And she had to have a complete purple under outfit. Luckily since it is in her favorite color she will wear it again and again. That is a Halloween costume I don't mind spending money on.

Not sure if it was the broken wings disappointing or what but she wore them twice and has since changed her costume and wears something out of our dress up suitcase. Who knows what she will be on the actual night of Halloween.

Halloween Costumes- Cowgirl

My 3 year old had to be a cowgirl this year. Country life is really taking to her.

When I asked her what she wanted her outfit to look like she told me it had to be all pink. She had to have a pink hat and pink boots. Luckily we scored with boots from the thrift store for $1 and a hat for $0.50. And the pony was a buy from the dollar store years ago.

I made the skirt because for some reason she doesn't own one pink skirt. But she was happy to wear one of the many pink shirts she owns.


And her last specification was that she had to look like she was floating on air.

Bat Garland: Tutorial

Supplies:

fabric scraps
ribbon
fusible webbing (for added stiffness but not needed)

1. Cut out 2 bat pieces for each bat.

I have had my bats for a few years and don't remember where I got the template but Martha has one here. That looks like this:

2. Follow the instruction depending on the kind of fusible webbing you use. I use this kind.

So I cut my shape out and then iron it all together at the same time.

3. After webbing is ironed one sew 2 pieces together stitching as close to the outside as possible.

4. Next sew onto ribbon. My ears and wings were both sewn onto the ribbon so they wings wouldn't flop down when hung.

Let me know if you make anything from my tutorials. I would love to see them!

Skeleton Magnet: Link to printable

Go here for a link to print this cute skeleton. I made mine into a magnet like the picture but there are so many possibilities to do with this buy.

Here is what our looks like. I mod podged the paper after putting it on the sticky backed magnets so it would last longer.

tried and failed pinterest finds

Last week I tried 3 different crafts with my kids and they all failed. They did not fail due to the sites. All fault was purely my own.

This first one we tried were ghost milk jugs. Link on how to found here.

They ended up pretty cute. I found out my 3 year old really does know how to draw a face. You just have to ask her to do it. But when we went to light them up outside my lights didn't light up. Such a let down. And then it has been so windy here that everything outside just blows away so I can't have anything outside anyways.

our version, cute in the house, wish there were lights. ..

The next craft we tried were these cute ghost lights. (I think I have a thing for ghosts). Link found here.

These would have been fine but before I put the faces on them I had already found out that both strands of lights were broken so I just never finished them.


Last craft we did were these cute acorn pumpkins. Link found here.

A few weeks earlier my 5 year old saw this craft while we were browsing the web and wanted to make them. She went out to our backyard and collected a TON of acorns. She promptly came inside and washed them, dried them and put them in a bag.

Well, they weren't really all the way dry before she put them in a bag and when I opened the bag I found a few moldy acorns and almost all of them had holes in them and worms were popping out everywhere. They did grab a few good ones and paint them and then got bored fast and never wanted to finish up the faces.


If you want to see more of my Pinterest Halloween posts then go here. So many pins, so little time.

Halloween Silhouette Curtains

I am kind of a freak about certain holidays. Going through the Martha Stewart Halloween magazine last year inspired me to make these curtains.

I love them so.

My husband and I live in the bat cave

I free-handed the designs onto a huge roll of paper and then pinned that onto my black fabric and cute out carefully, pinned more carefully and sewed A LOT. I used my blanket stitch around all the designs to make them look nice but I wasn't about to use any fusible stuff underneath cause that would have been a fortune.

the girls had to have something less scary for their room

The time was well worth it. These are my favorite things to look at in the house.

You can see the design inside and out and it is so fun to pull up to the house at night with the curtains all lite up and a witch welcoming me home.