Green-o-ween

I thought at first we were just being thrifty, planning homemade costumes, but I realized that we were also being very eco-friendly - because our costumes are all about recycling!

I told Caleb that although all 3 of them would have unique costumes, I was pretty certain that he would be the only Coral Reef we would run into this year. I was right!
Caleb made most of the fish and some of the coral on the back. The water part of the costume was from a discard box at the grocery store. Everything was made from cardboard boxes we fished out of the recycling box or craft supplies left over from past projects. The only thing I bought was extra tacky glue - and I had a coupon - total cost: $1.


As it turned out Annalise also was in league of her own - I didn't see any other flowers anywhere.The petals are made of some foam Rob was throwing out and covered with fabric from an old shirt that was already in the Goodwill bag. They were sewn around an oval made of a wire hanger. The green clothes came from Goodwill (and will be reworn, just not together!). Total cost: $2.

Although we saw plenty of other princesses, Natalie was the only Renaissance queen we saw, she is (officially) Queen Elizabeth I, or as the kids like to say "a real queen" and (as it turned out) a famous historical redhead.They asked me to dress her as a queen (and queens wear dresses that cover their feet - very important). I made the dress and headpiece out of scraps - you can see in this picture that the skirt is only in the front:which made it easy to buckle her straps in her stroller without crumpling her costume. Her entire costume was made from leftover fabric, lace, buttons, and elastic - minus a little lace I found on clearance at JoAnn's and some sequins I bought at a yard sale - total cost $.50.