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How to costume four people for $7.50

October 28th, 2007 at 02:34 am

Well, not exactly $7.50. I did have to raid my kids' costume trunk and used some things we had bought previously (although none for Halloween).
Ds2: Woody costume (from Toy Story) that we bought ds1 last year for dress-up - bought used off E-bay. Pair of jeans, brown boots = Woody the Cowboy
Me: Western style shirt off clearance at Wal-Mart ($7.50), brown boots, red hankerchief borrowed from my dad, cowboy hat borrowed from kids' dress-up trunk, cow print vest borrowed from my brother = Jesse the Yodeling Cowgirl (also from Toy Story)
Ds1: overalls, long-sleeved shirt, another borrowed handkerchief, engineer hat from costume trunk (dollar store gift from SIL) = train engineer
DH (what a good sport): three cardboard boxes, blue and red construction paper (our supply - we've had it for years and never used it), 6 paper plates for wheels, one computer print-out of Thomas's face = Thomas the Tank Engine

Total cost: $7.50 (three costumes were free)

We wore them to a Halloween party tonight. I was surprised at how few homemade costumes there were - maybe 10 out of 50 or 60 (and don't get me started on how many store bought treats there were! I personally brought apples, graham crackers, and caramel dip. I loved seeing kids reach for the apples in the midst of all that junk). I just don't get into the commercialism of Halloween. Personally, I could do without the holiday. The costumes intimidate my kids and they don't need the candy. Oh well. I don't take them trick-or-treating - we have this annual party put on by my cousins, but that's about all we do for Halloween. We are going to carve pumpkins Tuesday, and we'll have two or three trick-or-treaters Wednesday, but that will be all. Then, we can look forward to Thanksgiving - now there's a holiday I can get excited about!

6 Responses to “How to costume four people for $7.50”

  1. contrary1 Says:
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    Nicely done!

    I'm with you.......this isn't one of my favorite holidays. I'm old enough to remember when there were no costumes to buy for halloween. Everyone made their own.

    Our favorite halloween tradition is cooking dinner that night in a hollowed out pumpkin. Really yummy and we only do it a couple times each fall, so it has remained a special event for the family.

  2. annab Says:
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    Oh... your kids are so cute.

  3. madhaus90 Says:
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    You all look so cute! I lack imagination or motivation to be creative - my DS3 just had his party on 10/13 and we had a "pirate theme party" and insisted the guests come in dress-up. Most of them did a good job (some attempts at Blackbeard) as for me I bought pirate costumes for the kids clearance at Target for 90% off last year.

  4. scfr Says:
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    You guys all lok adorable - Nice job!

  5. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
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    Very good! I hope I even see some costumed kiddies on Halloween. Kids here seem to either wear $30 store bought costumes or no costume at all.

  6. dmontngrey Says:
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    How cute! Great job on the costumes! I really like the train.

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