Halloween costumes

The girls costumes look great this year!

Amanda is dressed up as Marco Hietala, the bassist/vocalist for our favorite Finnish symphonic metal band, Nightwish. She looked great! I made her costume by painting the band name on a t-shirt and making a foam core replica of Marco's guitar. (A Warwick Infinity NT) Because most people do not know who he is, we put photos of Marco, the band, his guitar and one of me and Marco, on the back of the guitar. We made her goatee by gluing crepe wool on with spirit gum. (I spent an amazing amount of time trying to figure out how to do the goatee, as I could only find ones that were black or brown, and then finally I found crepe wool and it was PERFECT!!)

Rebecca was a fairy. We got her wings and skirt from a neighbor down the street who was giving away costumes last month. All we had to buy was the leotard. We painted her face and she really liked that part!

Katrina was a princess. She wore the same dress that Rebecca wore when she was five, but we bought her a new tiara that was just hers! She loved it.

We went to the Ward Halloween Party last night. There were a TON of people there (word sure gets around!). It was fun. There were lots of game booths, like the ever-favorite cake walk, etc., and then afterward everyone went out to the parking lot for a trunk-or-treat.

We did a booth that people could get their photo taken in their costumes. We had a backdrop with a big spider web and spider on it and a table with a candelabra with drippy candles, a skull and a cauldron with mist coming out of it. People stood next to the table and we took their photos and then we printed them out for them. It went really well.

Amanda gets to dress up in her costume on Friday for Halloween, but at Rebecca's school they do mismatch clothes and crazy hair day. Tomorrow Katrina gets to "trick-or-treat" at the library for Storytime. This is a fun time of the year.