{Halloween} Costume Parade ...

We are costume people & Halloween is our holiday. If you have followed this blog for awhile, you know that we make our costumes every year & really enjoy the process. It never fails, but we usually end up making them all about 48 hours before Halloween (& sometimes it's 24). This year was no exception. October is always so busy for all of us - my goal is to finish or manage making orders so I can take a break to make our costumes- Chris always comes up with something cool on his own so I don't have to worry about that. Honestly, it goes back to art school days- I love the adrenaline rush of doing things at the last minute I think. We've been reading Roald Dahl books to Sayer lately (along with watching the old school movies to match). We just finished Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and Sayer came up with what we should be for Halloween this year. I love trying to wrap my brain around how to make what he suggests... like a Wonka Bar & how to make Oompa Loompa hair. This is what we came up with.... 

Speaking of Roald Dahl... I made this Fantastic Mr. Fox (Ash) mask for Sayer last year & he didn't end up wearing it, so it became his costume for his pre-school Halloween party this year (that was a week earlier than Halloween so the other wasn't made yet). As you may notice, the Ash costume was the beginning of the Oompa Loompa costume. It worked out quite nicely actually.

As I do every Halloween, I like to trip down memory lane a bit.  We started documenting our costume madness with a family photo three years ago. We'll do it as long as we can pull it together. I actually didn't think it was going to happen this year-  it was a long & rainy day into night & we were all a bit disheveled & tired.  But a tradition is a tradition...  

2011 (Circus Family 2) & 2010 (Circus Family 1)

2009 (Cardboard Robots) & 2008 (Plankton)

Wow, time flies! It's so fun to see how we all grow. I hope Sayer looks back on Halloween fondly. I know I do.... 

What do you do for Halloween? Do you have any family traditions? Do you like to dress up?

Hope you all had a great Halloween!

Past Halloween Posts:

2011 - here

2010 - here & here & here