tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post3095671294655359125..comments2024-03-23T10:40:59.027-07:00Comments on Creative-Type Dad: When The Kids’ Halloween Costume Cost More Than My First Car, Something Is Seriously WrongCreative-Type Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13594687030412942701noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-28347977898952314652008-07-17T07:14:00.000-07:002008-07-17T07:14:00.000-07:00This is a great site!!! My wife is nuts over costu...This is a great site!!! My wife is nuts over costumes and parties for our 2 year old. She threw a party for 15 children and made all of them wands, headbands, etc - it was crazy, expensive, and we were lucky to be speaking after it.<BR/><BR/>In my time of refuse I found a site www.itsapartyletswearhats.com that gave her a bunch of free ideas and time savers - as well as cheap (and expensive) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-30522206306716325432007-10-31T19:56:00.000-07:002007-10-31T19:56:00.000-07:00Hey, Tony...Happy Halloween. Just linked to your p...Hey, Tony...Happy Halloween. Just linked to your post at Shaping Youth, and thought I'd toss in a few good cheap 'pun' costumes for the last minute entries...<BR/><BR/>Understand your princess dilemma...thankfully, I dodged that bullet, and now have a preteen, who has opted out of the trashy tartlet scene to use my OLD costume from a Rolling Stones Halloween concert, safety-pinned and tucked hereShaping Youthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08460923839459080680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-18904796416650228242007-09-30T22:45:00.000-07:002007-09-30T22:45:00.000-07:00"Global Warming Melting Glacier. Wear all white an..."Global Warming Melting Glacier. Wear all white and <B>pee in pants</B>."<BR/><BR/>Now <I>that's</I> some funny stuff!Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801781344916745075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-28523398062034540692007-09-29T21:46:00.000-07:002007-09-29T21:46:00.000-07:00I too pine for the days of scrounging up some hous...I too pine for the days of scrounging up some household junk and becoming some thing creative, instead of going to the store and buying a poorly made costume to look like the latest Pixar character. good luck with the home-made ideas now, though! Our time has past, I'm afraid!<BR/>Love yer blog, BTW.Left Coast Sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17207579518745638843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-44960444084690525602007-09-27T17:20:00.000-07:002007-09-27T17:20:00.000-07:00And remember, whatever you buy, they will only wea...And remember, whatever you buy, they will only wear it once; even if they can still fit in it the following year....which is highly unlikely anyway. And heaven-forbid if a sibling should be asked to wear it....Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797167028822330935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-5425486981396504692007-09-25T11:08:00.000-07:002007-09-25T11:08:00.000-07:00Those Disney costumes are getting really tired, yo...Those Disney costumes are getting really tired, you see them EVERYWHERE now. They'll be the standard school uniform soon.<BR/><BR/>This year, I be mostly stapling photographs to my 3 year old with a Hilti gun and calling her a photo album.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-37247555700499577862007-09-24T12:25:00.000-07:002007-09-24T12:25:00.000-07:00Kohl's has a Sleeping Beauty costume for $17.49 wi...Kohl's has a Sleeping Beauty costume for $17.49 with only .99 shipping.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16522150888637797261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-46527629788267779872007-09-22T23:30:00.000-07:002007-09-22T23:30:00.000-07:00You could paint her face blue and she can go as a ...You could paint her face blue and she can go as a Smurf, which I did when T was young-er.<BR/><BR/>I'm there with you about buying/making the cheap costumes. We always wait until 2 days before Haloween to buy the costumes, they might be 2 sizes big but that'll give them breathing room. ;-)wayabettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993697296070707945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-67593830526517128362007-09-22T22:55:00.000-07:002007-09-22T22:55:00.000-07:00We're making Lightening McQueen because I refuse t...We're making Lightening McQueen because I refuse to spend the money and all the prefab ones are fugly. I sound so old wishing for the good old days of handmade costumes. But so it goes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486438725653025356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-68577975695747675652007-09-22T21:02:00.000-07:002007-09-22T21:02:00.000-07:00Kate -- Wow! I'm impressed. You need to post a pic...Kate -- Wow! I'm impressed. You need to post a picture of that handywork.<BR/><BR/>-kittenpie -- That would make a really good pumpkin idea. If I wasn't making colonel sanders again, I would totally do your suggestion.<BR/><BR/>Ruth Dynamite -- yeah, I know...it's a battle I'm bound to lose. But I can say one thing, she'll be wearing this dress at her real prom!!<BR/><BR/>-Above Average Joe -- noCreative-Type Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13594687030412942701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-21215287482732980782007-09-22T18:35:00.000-07:002007-09-22T18:35:00.000-07:00I wanna be a Beeping Booty, too!!!I wanna be a Beeping Booty, too!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384727752948940089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-49927382406277495052007-09-22T18:01:00.000-07:002007-09-22T18:01:00.000-07:00Thomas the train rules this household. And if the ...Thomas the train rules this household. And if the trains themselves don't make me bankrupt then the Halloween costumes will. But alas, this creative mom made her own train! Yes I am insane! Out of a cardboard box, wrapped in blue construction paper, my husband drew Thomas' face, then we attached suspenders for it to go over my son's shoulders. All topped off with an engineers outfit of overalls, Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080488909182074526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-72650974896773510852007-09-22T11:29:00.000-07:002007-09-22T11:29:00.000-07:00Hey, you could cut a window in the pumpkin, stick ...Hey, you could cut a window in the pumpkin, stick a doll head out for Cinderella, and sew a couple of white mice on the front! Yeah! <BR/><BR/>I also like the no-sew tutu for about $5 plus a cheap tiara and a pink T-shirt. Or overalls and a hardat. Things you already have.kittenpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-5800569932805865212007-09-22T04:00:00.000-07:002007-09-22T04:00:00.000-07:00There's always the old toilet-paper wrapped mummy....There's always the old toilet-paper wrapped mummy. (Awww, wouldn't she look cute?)<BR/><BR/>Sorry, Tony. You won't win this one. Bite the bullet and buy the princess dress. She'll use it in dress up play. (And you can borrow it, too!)Ruth Dynamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161626814106717754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-29492527084803944382007-09-21T18:14:00.000-07:002007-09-21T18:14:00.000-07:00I dunno. I think you could work aroud the 'beeping...I dunno. I think you could work aroud the 'beeping booty' idea very nicely.crazymummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663148723513574331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-27376476723371559852007-09-21T15:17:00.000-07:002007-09-21T15:17:00.000-07:00Whenever the wife says that I need to look at some...Whenever the wife says that I need to look at some new Halloween costume because it is <I>soooo cuuuuute!</I> then I know to run in the opposite direction... because it will cost <I>waaaay tooooo muuuuuch</I>. <BR/><BR/>It's just a fact of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-74779660904648265402007-09-21T11:29:00.000-07:002007-09-21T11:29:00.000-07:00Cinderella's pumpkin? Doesn't that mean she can't ...Cinderella's pumpkin? Doesn't that mean she can't go out until midnight?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-39540534690254136212007-09-21T11:00:00.000-07:002007-09-21T11:00:00.000-07:00I know EXACTLY what you mean. It's such a sham -- ...I know EXACTLY what you mean. It's such a sham -- and back then we were lucky to have the rags we had to make a really cool costume. I hate going into those costume stores -- and they're just ugly costumes. Oh, the pressure we're under.SusieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631535541744210983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-65359669867610108942007-09-21T09:14:00.000-07:002007-09-21T09:14:00.000-07:00beta mom -- That's a great idea!The Real Mother He...beta mom -- That's a great idea!<BR/><BR/>The Real Mother Hen -- I wonder if I can make her eye's glow too for the full effect?<BR/><BR/>Mrs. Chicken -- Can she be my sister too?Creative-Type Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13594687030412942701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-48171014420479466832007-09-21T09:07:00.000-07:002007-09-21T09:07:00.000-07:00Wow, thanks for linking to the photo of my brother...Wow, thanks for linking to the photo of my brother and myself wearing that awesome He-Man / Mickey Mouse costume.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876860243053889114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-74589718643677300782007-09-21T08:20:00.000-07:002007-09-21T08:20:00.000-07:00This year I'm killing two birds with one stone. I...This year I'm killing two birds with one stone. I'm taping all the random crap my kids leave around the house to their bodies (the odd sock, the sippy cups, the broken toys, etc) and sending them out as "Lost and Found". <BR/><BR/>Clean house, cheap costume...and lots of candy for mommy. (I guess that's three dead birds.)beta momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880037008177679189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-76274527519888284662007-09-21T08:12:00.000-07:002007-09-21T08:12:00.000-07:00This is funny :)Just cover you daughter in a black...This is funny :)<BR/>Just cover you daughter in a black garbage bag from top to toe (with two tiny holes for the eyes to see). This way she will be proud to be the most creepy one :)The Real Mother Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13226727195920798035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-44850401100598804372007-09-21T07:54:00.000-07:002007-09-21T07:54:00.000-07:00We usually make the kids costumes but I got lazy t...We usually make the kids costumes but I got lazy this year. The other night, we spent $50 on a witch costumes with hat and long black wig - probably bigger than the child and another $12 on a pirate princess costume. Now just to grab a Dorothy costume and we'll be all set.<BR/><BR/>If you look at Parents.com or familyfun.com the yhave great homemade costume ideas.Whirlwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16865143484526708978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-66842354779444065242007-09-21T07:48:00.000-07:002007-09-21T07:48:00.000-07:00I'm lucky - my sister is a seamstress and she make...I'm lucky - my sister is a seamstress and she makes all of The Poo's costumes, high-end stuff, too. This year she's going to be Angelina Ballerina, a white mouse in tutu.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree with you more!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342425698876916791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14993459.post-65609172805085386792007-09-20T22:59:00.000-07:002007-09-20T22:59:00.000-07:00We have been so lucky, the majority of our Hallowe...We have been so lucky, the majority of our Halloween costumes have been hand-me-downs, but I'd hate to think of the cost if this wasn't the case!<BR/><BR/>It's gone too far. It has. What happened to a litle creativity?<BR/><BR/>Doh- creativity - Creative-type Dad. Hee, hee.carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038972194323564240noreply@blogger.com