Homemade Kid Costumes

Costumes, Cosplay, and Props Home

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For years I didn’t consider myself a crafter or even very creative. Sure, I always decorated the house for holidays, did crafty projects with my kids, made my own gingerbread houses and face masks, loved to try new recipes, and shunned store-bought costumes for what I think are way better homemade creations, but a crafter? Not really.
These days I’m trying to convince myself that I am indeed a crafter. And when you’re surrounded by knitters, crocheters, professional seamstresses, painters, and soft-circuit mavens, you need lots of convincing! I recently went back through photos of the kids in their Halloween costumes that I’ve made, and gosh darn it, I am a crafter (of sorts). Enjoy the photos after the jump!
PS: Two of the costumes shown were store-bought, or mostly purchased at a store and then embellished with homey touches.See if you can spot them. And one of the boys is a former intern, not one of my kids, exactly.

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4 thoughts on “Homemade Kid Costumes

  1. Bree Connally says:

    I’m guessing vampire and pirate are the store-bought costumes! :) All really really cool Shawn – you definitely are crafty!!

  2. Katharine says:

    Those are great! Well done!
    I’m going to guess that C3P0 is one of store bought ones, but I’m stumped for the second!

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