Making Costumes

Each Halloween, since Paulo was born, I’ve experimented with making the kids costumes. I find I look forward to it every year. I enjoy the challenge of making the costume look as much like the character as possible while spending as little money as I can. Paulo’s first year: Mr. Peanut; second year: Lightning McQueen; third year: Walle and Andre’s first year: the cockroach from Walle; This year, Paulo was Astroboy, and Andre was Kermit the Frog. Here are some photos of the final touches.

Here’s a funny note: Andre was overjoyed when I helped him into his costume for the first time. He loved how soft the fleece was and was rolling around in it, smiling. Eee!