The boys and I shopped around for Halloween costumes yesterday but had no luck finding WALL-E (no surprise there) and an inexpensive Harry Potter robe and wand (somewhat surprised about that). We shuffled home to research costumes online and found both of what the boys wanted.
But there is no way I will spend a combined $85 to outfit these children for Halloween. I was shocked to see WALL-E costs nearly forty bucks, and if I splurged for the motion sensor wand that lights up, then I’m pushing fifty for Harry Potter, and for all of that money down the drain I could’ve bought these Kenneth Coles:
So it got me thinking: Why not go old school and MAKE their costumes? Shocking, I know. As a kid, I’d rack my brain to come up with something unique that I could make out of things I already owned, and here I am conditioning my children to think Halloween is about store-bought creativity. For shame!
Since the sewing machine is in storage, my methods to make a costume are limited. That means I need to decide something soon and get cracking.
If you’re into buying Halloween costumes, and equally into American History, there’s always Benjamin Franklin… ahem, Becky.