By the end of the evening, she'd fallen down and ripped a hole in her tights, the fusing had failed causing the "L" to go missing, and the superhero crashed into her bed following a surfeit of Smarties.
The fusing failure not withstanding, and not to toot my own horn or anything, I think it wins a prize for best handmade costume. It certainly took enough hours of slaving over a hot iron, sewing seams at midnight, and figuring out how to improvise boning. Next year? Maybe I'll buy something.
(This post partially inspired by Parent Bloggers Network and Blurb - a really cool site where you can make your own books - and I approve this message.)
It is teh awesome! I better be careful, Z. will want me to make her one!
ReplyDeleteYou rock as a mom.
ReplyDeleteAnd Lava Girl is beautiful.
fantastic. well done, m.
ReplyDeleteAm impressed by your prowess as both pumpkin-carver and costume-creator!
ReplyDeleteNo--don't bow to consumerism. This is awesome and so much more memorable than store bought.
ReplyDeleteThat is an AWESOME costume!!
ReplyDeleteGreat costume! Lava girl is amazing...what are her super powers?
ReplyDeleteCute! You did an awesome job.
ReplyDeleteit's really cool (or is that hot?)
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Her little face says it all - you can see how thrilled she is! Well done - you could buy a 100 costumes but guess which one she'll remember forever?
ReplyDeletethat ROCKS!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, amazing work! I suspect if I tried to devise an outfit for P it would look like a cloth version of Frankenstein's monster.
ReplyDeleteI think she might just be the most adorable Lava Girl ever.
Now, that is a most excellent costume. And a very cute inhabitant of said costume!
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed with your sewing skills. Although Violet looked great in her Wonder Woman costume, I kind of wish I could take credit for it's construction.
ReplyDeleteterrific costume!
ReplyDeleteAw. Lava Girl is gorgeous. Good job on the costume mom, and the kid. :)
ReplyDeletewell done on all accounts, M.
ReplyDeleteyou are one talented mommy!!!!
ReplyDeleteshe in your creation is PREFECT! lovely!
Happy Halloween!
That? Is awesome.
ReplyDeleteBut the trick or treating really does take a toll, doesn't it? I feel like that's the price we pay for all that free candy.
(And therein lies the heartbreak of homemade costumes -- how quickly they get bruised.)
ReplyDeleteLava girl looks stupendous!
you MADE that?! wow. awesome.
ReplyDeletethe thing that scares me about older kids is that i'm going to have to learn all the crazy characters just to send them out for Hallowe'en.
That is the GREATEST picture! I love that you made this costume. I made one for Bitchy one year, and I vowed NEVER to do it again. HA!!
ReplyDeleteGod she's looking old these days! Sigh. Lucy wore eyeliner with her Pirate costume and looked old too.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome, my kids love that movie.
ReplyDeleteoh, it's wonderful! and i'm sure it was worth all the effort, despite the disappearing L.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, the costume and the girl.
ReplyDeleteLavalicious!
ReplyDeleteAnd you make a darling cute little girl, too!
She looks great! You did an amazing job :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice. I am all for home-sewn. Much cooler than store bought. (I am biased, having made Ada's costume.)
ReplyDeleteAn excellent, beautiful costume!! I wish I had one just like it. Red would be seriously jealous.
ReplyDeleteI love it.
ReplyDeleteGreat costume. And you went as Super Crafty-Mama, right?
ReplyDeleteShe's gorgeous and so is the costume!
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