Halloween was so very, very fun this year! Violet decided emphatically sometime in September that she wanted to be Mary Poppins for Halloween. She had toyed with the idea of being Diego, then the Little Mermaid, neither of which I was very excited about. Then one day, she just knew that she was destined to be Mary Poppins. She loves the movie and the soundtrack (which just loops and loops in the car), so she really made a great Mary. She can sing (a three-year-old version of) every song. Too too cute.
I had SO much fun making her outfit. She wanted the nanny Mary, not the Jolly Holiday (white and red dress) Mary, thank goodness. I think she just really wanted the hat. So I watched the movie and pulled up pictures from Mary's first appearance at the Banks home, when she sings "Spoonful of Sugar." I made the skirt, apron, bow tie (which was lost before Halloween, hence the red bow in a few pictures), scarf, carpet bag (excellent for trick-or-treats!), and hat, on which Violet glued the flowers and cherries. I found the shirt on clearance at Old Navy for $2.43. Now THAT's a Halloween costume! Erik took Violet to a UCLA game in late September or early October, so I had most of Violet's costume done early.
So then I had to think about Daphne's costume, and I really had to think hard, as Daphne has no opinion whatsoever other than that she'd like something comfortable. I settled on *wanting* to make her a Jolly Holiday penguin, but I didn't think I'd have the time for that since we traveled to Maui in October, and got home just a few days before Halloween. Well, an internet search turned up the cutest homemade penguin costume (also Mary Poppins themed!) over at makeit-loveit.com, and I knew I had to make Daphne a penguin. I finished the whole costume in one night... but not quite like the tutorial suggested. I have a pretty hard and fast rule about Halloween costumes: the only acceptable closures are Velcro, elastic, or ties. So Daphne's costume is, well, costume quality (as is Violet's- hello elastic skirt!).
At the last minute, Erik and I decided to be chimney sweeps. I made us a couple of red scarves, and magicked up a hat for Erik using fleece and felt in about 7 minutes. Voila!
Here are some pictures:
Mary Poppins!
(Professional quality photo by my friend Julie- THANK YOU!)
A dancing penguin, clapping her little wings:
The wind is changing...
(Another pro quality photo, this time by my friend Susan- THANK YOU!)
The whole family at our local park's Halloween festival.
Violet won first place in the costume contest.
She's so cute I can hardly stand it!
Sweet Violet was so, so proud of and happy with her costume. She even let me get a picture of her with her wig on:
Halloween Schedule:
Sat. 10/29: Morning- M.I.L.K.s playdate in the park
Sat. 10/29: Morning- M.I.L.K.s playdate in the park
Evening- Stoner Park Halloween festival and movie on the lawn
Sun. 10/30: Costume contest and festivities at the mall (Violet and Daphne won best sibling costume, and Violet got to watch "herself" in "Spoonfull of Sugar" on the big screen at the Disney Store.)
Mon 10/31: Morning- Playdate/Party at Autumn and Zoe's house
Afternoon- trick-or-treat at Erik's work
Evening- tot with the kids in the building and around the neighborhood
WHOA! We certainly got our use out of these costumes! Probably overdid it a bit, but that's the nature of Halloween!
