halloween

I haven’t dressed up in years.

But since Big Roo insisted on being Mario this year, I thought we’d go all out and dress up as a family (although we almost didn’t). Presenting Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Toad…

The reason we almost didn’t all dress up is because I didn’t think Daddy Roo and I could find the stuff to pull ours off. We decided we’d go to ONE Goodwill and see what we could dig up. Score! I found a pink dress and a sleeveless t-shirt to make Little Roo’s vest. Daddy Roo couldn’t find any overalls (who really wants men’s overalls anyway) so we ended up buying his. Aren’t they a cute match?

The day of our Halloween parade Little Roo did NOT want to wear his shower-cap-turned-mushroom hat. But on Halloween he was totally down with it.

And I made the little blue medallion from chipboard, paint and Diamond Glaze. The wig and gloves came from Target. I tell ya what, the “Glamour Girl” wig kept me warm outside.

My little Toad and Mario…

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Aaaah Halloween with young boys. An excuse to dress them to your heart’s desire before they start demanding fangs, creepy costumes and lots of fake blood.

This year Little Roo donned Big Roo’s old turtle costume (because how could I let that cuteness only be witness for a total of 30 minutes like 3 years ago?)

Big Roo got a plastic sword from Grandma and only talked about being a knight from then on. So, he was a knight, although he emphatically called himself a “bad knight.” In fact, I had a hard time getting a smiling pic because he kept doing a bad knight sneer.

First… I present to you the bad knight.

The shield I made from cardboard (ok, hubby drew it and I cut it and painted it. ok, I only painted the yellow part. I DID make the handles though so naner naner.)

Giving Daddy Roo props for this one. That was one cheap, grey plastic sword until he got his hands on it. I applied some gold powder on top for a little shimmer and sealed it with Mod Podge (thanks the recommendation of Twitter peeps @2old2tap and @julialadewski).