And Katie was more than willing. I love that last one - you can't contain Katie's sweetness for too long ;)
I really didn't think this costume idea would stick, but there's something about going against your personality on Halloween that makes it fun, I think. Kenzie mentioned wanting to be Snow White a few months ago and the trio was born from that. Katie was such a trooper with her nose, which was glued on with Spirit Gum. It smelled really bad, but she didn't want to break character, so she wore it for most of the night. The next morning she said, "Next year I'm being Tinkerbell!" I think there was some serious lipstick envy happening with her older sister - lol. I made her gown/hood with tons of velvet and no pattern (wee!). It was actually really liberating. Velvet is NOT the easiest fabric to work with, but I was proud of the end result. She really did look like the Snow White witch, I think.
Jack was napping during Katie's photo shoot and didn't wake up until well into trick-or-treating, so I'll have to do a formal shoot with him in costume next weekend. Here are some shots I did manage to get of him later in the night...
Jack's tunic and pants are made of sweatshirts I bought at Walmart. I bought the shirt big so it would be long enough and then cut the bottom/sleeves off and hemmed them (including the slit in front). His hat was a $1 find that I sewed into a point so it would stick up. Then I blanket stitched on some big yellow buttons and sewed a belt out of velvet and more yellow felt. I made his boot covers out of tan felt and they velcro'd in the back. He wouldn't wear the beard on his face, but I still think he looked like a dwarf. He was torn about being Doc until we saw the movie and then he was ok with it. Although when we were shopping for his sweatpants/shirt in Walmart he was screaming, "I DON'T WANT TO BE A DORF!" It was as funny as it sounds - lol!
I'll share a group shot and some fun video tomorrow :)
