This weekend we went to our Ward's Fall Festival. There was chili, games, trunk-or-treating, and costumes. We saw a bunch of cool ones: an Alice and Wonderland family, Batmans, ninjas, Indiana Jones, Hugh Jackman dressing as Wolverine, and the traditional witches, ghosts, zombies, and princesses. It was all great fun. First we ate so we could get our costumes all dirty just in time for the games and trunk-or-treating. We signed up for giving out treats in our trunk. So, I grabbed practically all of my Halloween decorations around the house and arranged them in my trunk. It was kind of depressing see how much space I still had in my trunk after all my stuff was in it...it looks like I need to get more for next year. But I was well stocked with candy. Who cares about the decorations when there's chocolate!
But the most exciting thing about the party was dressing up for it. Brandon had this wild scheme for our family's costumes. I had my doubts. I couldn't possibly see how I could make it work. But as luck would have it, I found a way. Needless to say, he was very very happy.
Any guesses? Yes! I'm Luigi, Kayla's Baby Mario, and Brandon's Yoshi! Nintendo Family!
I couldn't figure out how to do Yoshi's head. I was browsing Amazon and found that hat. You can't see it really well in the picture, so here's a better view.
Once I saw it, I knew I had to have it and make Brandon's dream of being Yoshi for Baby Mario Kayla come true. The tummy, seat, and tail to finish off Yoshi was pretty simple. Thank you Hobby Lobby. The tummy is a large foam pad cut-out. I used elastic string over the shoulder to attach to the seat. I used smaller white and red foam pads for the seat. These smaller ones were sticky on one side so it was easy to attach together. For the tail I cut two pieces of cardboard, stuck two green foam pads on the outside, but some cardboard between them on the wider side, then glues the tips together. I did it this way so that it wouldn't flop around and stay pretty secure on his back. Sadly, it ended up not being wide enough, so I had to safety pin it to his shirt (also found at Hobby Lobby). I also found the red and white hats at Hobby Lobby. They also had some iron-on letters. One was already in red, so that was easy for Mario, but they didn't have a green "L"s so I bought a green fabric marker and colored it myself. I think it all worked out pretty well! I am very proud of my crafty ways.
As for the rest of the clothes, I was able to find most of them pretty easy. We already had an overall dress and a red shirt for Kayla, so all I needed was some red pants for her. I found green pants for Brandon, and they're so comfortable he wears them all the time now. As for my overalls, it took a bit of time to find. I think they were the hardest, to be honest. I finally found them at DI. Even though it was a little big, it wasn't hard to adjust them. You can't tell in the picture, but it's actually an overall dress. So Kayla and I match! And because it was a dress going to my knees, I needed some green tights to complete the ensemble. I think everything worked out very nicely. The only bad thing was that I forgot the mustache I bought! So I'm glad Halloween's not over yet!
After the Fall Festival, we went over to a friend's apartment for their party. They had a lot of really cool Halloween treats, and people were carving pumpkins. It was a lot of fun. Kim took pictures of us and posted them on Facebook, so you can go there to check it out.
Overall, I'd say it was a very fun weekend. I can't wait till Halloween!
