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| He wasn't too sure about the slide... |
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| She loves to navigate...and must have her map. |
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| Yeah...they didn't really want to take pictures that day... |
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch
We loved the corn maze last year so we decided to return to the same place. Because of football schedules (you know us!) and some other things going on, we didn't make it to the corn maze and pumpkin patch until the weekend immediately after Halloween. We did make an attempt another weekend but the line to get in was probably at 2+ hour wait. No way!
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
More Halloween 2013
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| Taryne (left) and her friend Linkin (right as SpiderMan) at Linkin's sister's Halloween/Birthday party |
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| Too many marshmallows... |
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| Making spiders at the Bass Pro Shop |
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| Making spiders at the Bass Pro Shop |
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| Gutting the pumpkins |
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| Perry The Platypus and Arial the Mermaid |
BOO! At the Zoo 2013
This fall I had class late on Thursday nights. Unfortunately Halloween fell on a Thursday, so we planned to take Taryne and Hayden to as many Halloween activities as we could and hope they wouldn't notice if we didn't go trick or treating on the actual day.
This year Taryne insisted on being Arial, but originally wanted to be dressed in the pink ball gown. Well I could not find a dress that was close enough (per Taryne) so she opted for the Mermaid version. The costume would not have been complete without the red wig and tiara! We decided Hayden would be a Jedi because some of the other cool costume ideas we had involved hats and at the time, he would not wear a hat. So, since we had the Yoda costume from last year, I modified it, added a belt and some brown pants and boom, we have a Jedi.
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| We got to "ride" on a really big tractor |
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| The Jedi and Arial |
This year Taryne insisted on being Arial, but originally wanted to be dressed in the pink ball gown. Well I could not find a dress that was close enough (per Taryne) so she opted for the Mermaid version. The costume would not have been complete without the red wig and tiara! We decided Hayden would be a Jedi because some of the other cool costume ideas we had involved hats and at the time, he would not wear a hat. So, since we had the Yoda costume from last year, I modified it, added a belt and some brown pants and boom, we have a Jedi.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Halloween 2012
I love Halloween!! It is just a fun holiday! This year, Taryne had planned to be Tinkerbell for Halloween. Awesome, I thought. I will make Hayden Peter Pan so they can coordinate. I had searched Pinterest and the web and had a pretty good idea of how I was going to make both costumes. Then Taryne decided she wanted to be Rosella (Ro) the Barbie Island Princess. Well, have you ever seen this character?
Well, as you can see, the costume is a bit more involved than I had wanted to deal with this fall. So I thought, if I can just find an inexpensive dress to start with, I think I can do the rest. Well, lucky me, I found the dress on ebay for just $7. A steal with cheap shipping.
I decided not to add all the glittery embellishments on the dress...then it would be difficult to clean if needed. She already had a pink tutu from the Target Dollar Spot section that was perfect for the little pink accent on the dress. I just cinched it up in the front and it was perfect. So the next major part was the peacock feathers. This posed a bit of a challenge. I decided I needed to make it with a wire form, I just wasn't sure if I should use coat hanger wire or something else. I also purchased some pink, blue and purple tulle to make the feathers. I had no idea how I was going to get it on the wire form.
Then I remembered the excellent site called Pinterest. I searched and watched videos on how to make butterfly and fairy wings. This gave me the idea for the final version: make the wire forms and use tights to cover the forms. I picked up three pairs of hot pink tights and some glitter in silver, blue and purple. After several hours of forming the hangers (had to use the heavier wire so the tights didn't collapse the wire form), stretching the tights, and adding the details, the peacock feathers were complete. Well, almost. We still had to assemble and figure out the best way to attach them to Taryne and her dress. We found some blue stretchy ribbon that matched her dress perfectly (how that happened I have no idea, but very thankful) and I made a little pocket (think holder like you would see for a flag bearer...sort of) to rest the feathers in since they were a bit heavy.
Okay, since Taryne was no longer going to be Tinkerbell, I felt no need for Hayden to be Peter Pan. So, we decided he would be Yoda. He was a super cute Yoda and best of all, I found his costume for a steal!
We managed to participate in 4 separate Halloween/Trick-or-Treating activities this Halloween season. We did Boo at the Zoo, a Halloween party by our apartment complex, a 4-H Trick-or-Treat on campus and then on Halloween, we went Trick-or-Treating in the mall.
And we can't forget our pumpkins! Taryne insisted that she have Hello Kitty on her pumpkin and she picked out Yoda for Hayden's pumpkin. I really like it when pumpkins are not completely cut out. I scraped the outer layer off and then scraped down the inside so the light will "glow" through. You really can't see the "glow" in the pictures, but they looked awesome! We won a free pizza for each pumpkin at our apartment pumpkin carving contest.
Happy Halloween 2012!!
Well, as you can see, the costume is a bit more involved than I had wanted to deal with this fall. So I thought, if I can just find an inexpensive dress to start with, I think I can do the rest. Well, lucky me, I found the dress on ebay for just $7. A steal with cheap shipping.
I decided not to add all the glittery embellishments on the dress...then it would be difficult to clean if needed. She already had a pink tutu from the Target Dollar Spot section that was perfect for the little pink accent on the dress. I just cinched it up in the front and it was perfect. So the next major part was the peacock feathers. This posed a bit of a challenge. I decided I needed to make it with a wire form, I just wasn't sure if I should use coat hanger wire or something else. I also purchased some pink, blue and purple tulle to make the feathers. I had no idea how I was going to get it on the wire form.
Then I remembered the excellent site called Pinterest. I searched and watched videos on how to make butterfly and fairy wings. This gave me the idea for the final version: make the wire forms and use tights to cover the forms. I picked up three pairs of hot pink tights and some glitter in silver, blue and purple. After several hours of forming the hangers (had to use the heavier wire so the tights didn't collapse the wire form), stretching the tights, and adding the details, the peacock feathers were complete. Well, almost. We still had to assemble and figure out the best way to attach them to Taryne and her dress. We found some blue stretchy ribbon that matched her dress perfectly (how that happened I have no idea, but very thankful) and I made a little pocket (think holder like you would see for a flag bearer...sort of) to rest the feathers in since they were a bit heavy.
Okay, since Taryne was no longer going to be Tinkerbell, I felt no need for Hayden to be Peter Pan. So, we decided he would be Yoda. He was a super cute Yoda and best of all, I found his costume for a steal!
We managed to participate in 4 separate Halloween/Trick-or-Treating activities this Halloween season. We did Boo at the Zoo, a Halloween party by our apartment complex, a 4-H Trick-or-Treat on campus and then on Halloween, we went Trick-or-Treating in the mall.
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| Hayden's 1st Halloween! |
And we can't forget our pumpkins! Taryne insisted that she have Hello Kitty on her pumpkin and she picked out Yoda for Hayden's pumpkin. I really like it when pumpkins are not completely cut out. I scraped the outer layer off and then scraped down the inside so the light will "glow" through. You really can't see the "glow" in the pictures, but they looked awesome! We won a free pizza for each pumpkin at our apartment pumpkin carving contest.
Happy Halloween 2012!!
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