
Did I forget the decorations, oh the decorations- Pinterest is a wealth of spooky goodness right now! Get some twigs, wire, and chalkboard paint, add a little ribbon, and you have a wreath! Pumpkin carving isn't just a fun family pastime anymore either! Now pumpkin couture is the way to go.
Of course I couldn't just let the season go by without joining in on the fun, so allow me to share some of my favorite Fall and Halloween crafts and costumes...
Have you met these little dudes?
I made them last year and have every intention of resurrecting them this year. Here's a post I wrote with a little DIY (and there's not much involved here.) I hate to rehash old posts, but I absolutely adore these silly little gourds and I just couldn't write about Halloween without them. While I'm at it, you may as well check out this creepy (and delicious) Halloween treat: edible eyeballs!
Check out some of my faves...


There are a lot of good memories in those photos and hopefully some inspiration for you if you're looking for some costume ideas! We've had pregnancy announcements via costume, random group themes occur with no planning (both group costume pics above happened without any of us deciding to do the group thing,) family costumes and so much more.
I've promised a little info about how I made the Mr. and Mrs. Potato head costumes, but I don't have any pictures to illustrate how I did it, and frankly I'm still surprised it worked. If you seriously want to make it though, feel free to contact me and I will break it down for you. It's actually really easy, just time consuming: It's a potato sack attached to a white shirt and stuffed. The parts were cut out of foam core, padded with batting and covered with felt and the hats were a huge, pain in the ass paper mache project...we only wore the hats for pictures anyway and the costume is still pretty awesome without them.
The Halloween party tradition was actually started by my parents. They used to throw one with their friends when we were little and I thought it would be fun to pick up their tradition. One of my favorite pics is of my mom as a bag of garbage. She wore a big, trash bag stuffed with paper garbage, black tights, tissue boxes for shoes and a wastebasket on her head- and she looked adorable:
This year John and I are thinking of using her costume as inspiration for our own spin on "trashy"...
Oh Halloween, how I love you...
Oh yeah!
Tutorial coming later this week!
(You know, in case you haven't already had your fill of Halloween wreaths.)
What! I love this. I am always saying "we should have a Halloween party!"...we are the King & Queen of talk. Always talking about a party, that never happens. Seriously, we have a King & Queen costume in the hall closet, that has been there for about....uhm...4-years!! I love the tradition you are carrying on with. L O V E it! And your wreath??? Adorable.
ReplyDeleteThat is so much fun! My husband and I dressed up last year and the kids had a blast with it. We are still deciding if we should do it again this year...but those ideas are great!
ReplyDeleteThis is the best!! I love LOVE the couple ideas...and that you make your own costumes...I tried to talk my Hubby into a couples costume this year but umm yeah that didn't happen...trying to at least get him into a mask..LOL Thanks for all the cool ideas! Can't wait for the wreath tutorial!
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ReplyDeleteI almost died at those little mustache gourds! I love those! I also love Halloween and dressing up. This year I have been feeling so uninspired though....blah.
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ReplyDeleteSO fun!! I always say every year I want to do more decorating and such for Halloween, but with it being right during football season and the hubby a coach, I never quite get to doing what I think I will! Maybe next year! But we did get invited to a party in the neighborhood this year and I talked the hubby into a bit of a costume - we're going to be little red riding hood and the wolf. Can't wait!! :)
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ReplyDeleteI love everything! My husband and I have been wanting to go as a couples costume. We were going to do Cowboy and Saloon Girl but now we've shifted gears to Elvira and Ware wolf. We'll see! Can't wait to see that wreath tutorial!
ReplyDeleteOh I love this! I miss always having a party to go to! I think I need to start a tradition to!!!!
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