Halloween Loot Bag for Kiddos

Matching loot bag? Oh yes! lol. So a request was put in for a “purse” to match the unicorn to hold and collect Halloween loot. Yup, I can do that! Coming right up. I love the unbelievably free pattern from…

Matching loot bag? Oh yes! lol. So a request was put in for a “purse” to match the unicorn to hold and collect Halloween loot. Yup, I can do that! Coming right up. I love the unbelievably free pattern from…

With the upcoming arrival of a new sister for my granddaughters, I was allowed the sacred task of making the Halloween costumes this year. When I asked what she wanted to be, she didn’t hesitate for a second — her…

Sewing a Little Roar: Making a Lion Costume for My Two-Year-Old Granddaughter There’s a special kind of joy that comes from creating something especially when it’s for someone you love. This Halloween, I made a lion costume for my two-year-old…

So in 2011, we did not attend the Annual Halloween Bash due to illness. We had hoped to attend right up to the date though so got together some outfits for ourselves. I was to be Lady Luck with Hub…

Other than my son’s wedding, I was also working for about three months in the late summer and fall this year. So, yep, I didn’t put as much forethought (e.g., sewing) into the costumes this year. As I mentioned, I…

In early October, I actually started thinking about our Halloween costumes ahead of schedule! After placing so many little gnomes in the garden this summer, I thought, hey, why not? We could be gnomes! And since I seemed to have…

In past years, our adult costume ideas have become somewhat elaborate and often ended in something that is not very comfortable. But, because I was so comfortable last year, and enjoyed myself so much more, I decided that from now…

This year for the Annual Halloween Bash™ I made our Halloween costumes from a rather random selection of items from the Value Village Halloween costumes section of the store. I found these really long, Victorian type jackets that were really,…

So the Annual Halloween Bash™ costume party is still a thing at my brother and sister-in-law’s house. For past few years, we shopped around looking for ready made adult couple Halloween costumes with limited success. My complaint is mostly because…

UPDATE 2022: I was looking at this older post, and I noticed that our halloween costumes in 2013 were not only exceedingly ill-fitting and uncomfortable, they were also troublesome in terms of cultural appropriation. Therefore, I made the decision to…

So this is the time for me to review our adult couple Halloween costumes that we purchased from buycostumes.com. Every year, my brother and sister-in-law host a Halloween costume party for grownups. Before I started attending these events, I was…

This year is the first time that we went all in and dressed up for Halloween as grown-ups (allegedly). This is the first year we attended a Halloween party hosted by my brother and is wife (devil & angel). We…