Hope you had a happy Halloween. Ours was lots of fun, and thankfully, the cold and rain held off until right when we were all ready to go in anyway.
This year, I only made one costume, since my daughter only needed a thrifted dress for her “diva” outfit. Our son, seven, wanted to be a bald eagle. He has a thing for birds of prey. At one point it seemed his visions were never going to match up to reality, but in the end, both of us were happy with how it turned out.
It’s made from four thrifted items: brown jammy pants (unaltered), long-sleeved brown T-shirt (sized down), brown henley shirt (cut open and scalloped for the wings), and the cut-off top of a fleece hoodie (sized down and scalloped for feathers). My son made talons made of yellow foam and cardboard. He also made the foam beak, which he attached to a pre-bought plain white eye mask. I tried to convince him to just attach a beak to the hood, but he was having none of that.
I thought he did a great job making eagle poses here. For more semi-homemade costumes from previous years, click here.
Meanwhile, I’ve been slog, slog, slogging through my novel rewrite. Also, enjoying the fact that Bletchley Circle has new episodes. Woo!
I think the bald eagle costume was original and well designed and made. If Lucas were in contest, it should have won first place. Were you able to open and view the video, “”Osprey, the ultimate fisher”. It should have been of great interest to Lucas. GD Bob
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:21:37 +0000 To: rwm1029@hotmail.com
Hi! I have been sick with a bad cold. We have not viewed the video, but thank you. Glad you like the costume.
You are amazing, Emily!
*blush* Your comments always make me smile.
Holy Moley!!! That AM A ZING!!!!! I WANT ONE TOO!!!
Just a few thrifted tops and you can! Glad you like it.
Oh you make my Sebastian the Crab look like a lump of lint…great job!
Oh, thank you, Donna!