Halloween Is Not For The Faint of Craftiness

So a couple of months ago, my sister in law suggested that Sam should be a leprechaun for Halloween. He has red hair and big blue eyes, so I agreed that it would be pretty amusing to take advantage of those features and make him a leprechaun.

When I was little, my mom NEVER bought my Halloween costumes....Strawberry Shortcake, Cinderella, a witch...she sewed them all and they were GOOD. I don't think I ever had a store bought costume until the autumn where all at once my grandma got really sick, my sister was born, and I insisted I wanted to wear cheap crap like my friends.

But, I was pretty hard pressed on keeping up with tradition and making Sam's Halloween costume. His first Halloween, he was so tiny, we had to purchase a pumpkin costume from the Build a Bear Factory.



Last year, he was a scarecrow. I had no time, and no motivation, and so I got this second-hand scarecrow costume at a children's consignment store. He LOVED it.



But this year - yes, this year dang it - I was going to make his costume and be as crafty as my mom if it killed all of us. And it almost did.

First of all, it is very very VERY difficult to find St. Patrick's themed ANYTHING in the fall....not even a plastic leprechaun hat could be found ONLINE for under $25, which was my budget for the entire costume. So....I had to get even more crafty than I assumed I would have to.

Then, low and behold, I found tuxedo pajamas at H&M the DAY BEFORE I had to have his costume finished. It was a lifesaver! Add that to lots of glitter foam adhesive, green fabric, and some careless stitching, and we had a costume!....
....which fell apart about 5 minutes after he put it on. So we whipped out the safety pins and packaging tape, and sent him on his trick or treating way.


Now that I think about it....maybe it was my grandma who actually made my Halloween costumes. Perhaps I will wait until I am a grandmother to try this again.....