A little late on the sharing of the Halloween costumes this year. Our family theme this year was the computer game that has become a sort family obsession,
Plants vs Zombies. Andrew wanted to be the Cherry Bomb on the game it looks like this:
Andrew looked like this:
Isaac wanted to be the giant zombie called a Gargantuar Zombie, he looks like this in the game:
Here is Isaac as the Gargantuar Zombie. In the game he sometimes carries a stop that he smashes the plants with instead of a telephone pole. Also on his back is an Imp zombie that rides in a trash can on his back.
KC wanted to one the more common zombies on the game. He chose a Cone Head Zombie. On the game he looks like this:
Here is KC as the cone head zombie, notice the detail:
I made a Pea Shooter costume for William that I wasn't sure he'd wear to go trick or treating. In the game the Pea Shooter looks like this:
But he surprised us all and actually wore the pea shooter hat the whole time he trick or treated around the neighborhood. Again he exceeds my expectations.
I was supposed to be a sun flower as seen here:
I didn't get a picture of me individually, there wasn't much to see, obviously my costume didn't get as much attention as everyone else. Here is the whole family just before they boys left to go trick or treating.
Cara here is in her leopard/cat outfit, she was supposed to be a bumble bee but she was sleeping and I didn't get a chance to change her... oh well. This picture is of her earlier in the day:
5 comments:
I've been waiting for this post. Awesome! Did you guys decide to do the spook alley? Did people "get" your guys costume? We're lame and not up with the cool games so we probably wouldn't have, but I love how great everyone turned out. Especially Andrews' costume.
We always look forward to your halloween post! Another great family trick or treat night!
I found you from a google search! My son also wants to be the gargantuar. How did you make your awesome costume? If you have any tips- I'd love to hear them! samplessamples @ gmail.com Thanks.
I found you from a google search! My son also wants to be the gargantuar. How did you make your awesome costume? If you have any tips- I'd love to hear them! samplessamples @ gmail.com Thanks.
C, I'll just answer here if that's okay...
The gargantuar costume has a bodice that I sewed out of batting. Then I sewed the green shirt and the ripped vest. I think I used an existing t-shirt as a pattern. You could probably just find old t-shirts at the thrift store and then layer underneath with batting and a sweatshirt.
The little guy on the back was in a "trashcan" made out of a piece of cardboard bent into a tube shape and painted with silver paint. The little guy was sewn out of the same fabric as the shirt and I stuffed him and glued the face on with felt pieces. (we almost used a cabbage patch doll for this) The collar was made out of felt and velcro and there was string attached to it that connected to each hand of the mini zombie guy.
The sign was cardboard, painted with stencils that I made, and the pole was a thick cardboard that I painted, but you could use an old wrapping paper tube as well.
Hope that helps.
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