Ok, I admit it, sometimes my enthusiasm for gets away from me, and I find myself going overboard on Halloween
Although, I might add, this does mean I should be up for some sort of Mom of the Year Award….
A few years back, I asked my son, “What do you want to be this year for Halloween”? Of course, by this time, I had already developed a reputation for costuming the kids (I blame my mother… she gave me a sewing machine when the oldest was born, so I’d have “something to fill my time”) (stop laughing)
He looked me square in the eye, and said…”a SQUID”.
what?
“A SQUID!!!!”
sigh
ok
time to get the creative juices flowing…
BTW. there are no patterns for a Giant Squid. I would have to wing this one entirely.
Got out paper, measuring tape, found some groovy fabric…. developed some ideas…. went to work.
My house was chaos while I constructed. Chicken wire, foam, paint and stuffing…. not to mention a sewing machine. Bits of thread and material were everywhere.
But in the end, I DID IT. I created an awesome squid costume.
Naturally, by this time, my son had completely lost interest in being a squid.
sigh
I made him wear it anyway.
And we realized something that I had forgotten to take into account. Giant Squid costumes are heavy.
25 pounds of squid is tricky for a kid to balance.
The poor kid made it to 4 houses inside this contraption… dragging his tentacles behind him.
Then he gave up.
sigh
next year he was Harry Potter…..
