Halloween for us started back in February. I was paroosing Pinterest and came across these adorable dinosaur tails. I asked Aimee and Porter if they would like one, and even in the dead of winter they said, "yes! We want to be dinosaurs for Halloween!" That solved my costume dilemma! As dumb as it might sound, that can be a little stressful for me. One of the great things this costume would do for us was supply a post-Halloween dress up that is acceptable for boys and girls. Aimee loves to dress up, and Porter loves to do everything Aimee does. Since Chad and I are the kind of parents that don't want our sons dressing up like girls, this was a great solution. Also, I knew that it would be cool weather and we could dress warm without ruining the costume (which I hated as a kid). These hoodies and pants could also be used all season. That was looking good for my budget. Naturally, I waited until the end of September to start the project. Our first costume event was the 20th, so I had about three weeks to buy all the material, all of the sweats, sew about a million spikes for the tails and hoodies and stuff and close the tails. This was the reason the blog didn't happen much until the sewing was finished.
To make it all just a little more exciting, we decided to also play make-up. I watched a little face painting tutorial on YouTube. They were all full face tutorial, but I just didn't see that happening. We did a little improv and it turned out fun. I just used regular acrylic paint so I wouldn't have to scrub everyones faces when we were done, and it would be a fun experience (although I used just a little on Pratt and regretted it). I am thinking about supplementing my families income by hiring out to do face painting at parties...
LOVE IT!!!!! This is so funny.
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