Halloween

 Alissa as an adorable dragon!

 Broden got this cape and mask from Grandma Jones a while ago and wanted to be batman, so I make the rest of the costume for him. I love home made costumes!

 Blake of course had to be Indiana Jones!

 

After getting the witch hat from Grandma and Grandpa, Remi wanted to be a witch. Since I am not really into the bad, ugly and scary of Halloween I made her into a pretty witch:)

  

The kiddos at our ward trunk or treat.

  

I wanted a cute costume to go with my belly and I saw this cute pumpkin farmer Idea online. I love how it turned out!

 

 A cute halloween treat!

 Our pumkins! Left to right- Remi, Mom, Dad, Broden, Alissa

 We found a cute little farm that sells Pumkins.

So some people may not know this about me, but I love to make things for cheap, or free. Halloween is a great time to do it too. Broden wanted to be batman and we had part of the costume, but he needed a shirt, belt, tights, underwear, and boots. I bought 1/4 a yard of black felt and 1/4 a yard yellow, totaling about 1 dollar. I sewed the belt from that, then made the batman symbol and sewed it to the back of a shirt he already had. I had leftover vinyl fabric from redoing my dining room chairs and this worked perfect for the boots which slipped right over his black church shoes. The tights/leggings are Alissa's black pants. I thought it looked very cute and I only spent $1.

Remi wanted to be a witch and I didn't want to buy a dress, so into my material I dug. I had leftover fabric from a formal I made earlier this year and I used that to make her a dress. Then I made flowers out of the same fabric for her hat, dress and broom. The broom is from the dollar store. So total for her costume-$1.

I saw the pumpkin farmer idea online and wanted to do it. I went into my maternity tubs of clothes and sure enough I had a pair of old overalls I wouldn't be using. So I traced a hole around my belly with them on, then cut out the hole. I wasn't willing to go bear belly, so I used a tan colored bella band and had a friend paint the pumpkin on it for me while I was wearing it. I also borrowed the hat from her. We had the shirt in Blake's hunting stuff and the handkerchief was in the kids dress up stuff. So my costume was free! I pinned the bellaband to the overalls, because it was a little drafty without doing that. So when I got all ready for the trunk or treat I forgot to go to the bathroom first and it was about impossible to get in and out of my costume without getting completely undressed. So I held it all night. Not easy when you are 8 1/2 months prego!

Alissa's costume was given to us by some friends in Ohio, so it was free and we had everything for Blake's costume too. So total for all 5 costumes was $2. Can't beat that in my book and I had fun making them.