So, the days of cute Halloween
costumes are over for my boys. Even my
three year old, thanks to his older brother, has gone to the dark side. I have two Darth Vaders this year. In fact not only are they dressing up as one
of the worst villains of the twenty century but I also bought them the
costumes. My goal has always been to
have creative homemade outfits for them.
I just couldn’t wrap my head around how I could do the costume justice
at a reasonable price.
My husband was quite
disappointed he thought for sure that I could whip something up. He offered numerous suggestions including
making a paper mache helmet. I was
impressed he knew the term, but seriously paper mache? So we ordered costumes online and thought we
would try our luck. It seems that
costumes have improved since back in the day.
The mask is much more substantial then the cheap flimsy ones that they
had available when I was young. Those masks that broke immediately.
Granted we do have to do some work to
fix the costume. We need to rig the
straps that hold the mask on, not sure the shape of the models head they used
for the design. I also need to convert
the jump suit into a two piece suit for at least the youngest. How can you expect a three year old that was just
recently potty trained to navigate a jumpsuit that opens in the back.
So I guess the only saving
grace is that they worked out exactly how there could be two Darth Vaders. I walked into the living to hear J say to D, “Okay,
we are back in your time now.” So D
stood up and very officially and seriously fallowed him into the kitchen.
“It’s his time.”
“His time?”
“That’s how come we can have two of us. I jump into his time or he jumps into mine.”
That’s right. My five year old baby is using time travel to
explain how he and his brother have the same costume. He also managed to explain it to his brother
that is 19 months younger in way that made sense to the kid.
I guess I have to be okay with them being bad guys with
such an amazing explanation.
So is it okay that I am dressing the baby as Princess
Leia? I am going to make that costume. I know I can make a super cute fleece hat
that looks much better than the costume ones out there. I also can’t give up on the handmade element
on her first trip out. Just feeling bad
that it isn’t a terribly innocent costume.
I mean, one brother was a baby blue doggy that matched his lovey, the
other went as a little raccoon. I am
trying to justify it by explaining I need the good side of the force
represented.
I don’t know.
