Ryan's preschool encourages homemade costumes for their Halloween festivities, to allow children to remain creative and not brainwashed by copying well-known characters. They give you a brown paper bag to use as a starting point. We waited until the last minute to make Ryan's costume because he was deciding on what to create. He mentioned a cow, an alien, a robot, a lion, a monster, and finally decided on a skeleton. I was ALL for this one, since he has skeleton PJs, and I knew he could just paint a skull on his paper bag. He wanted one square eye, one triangle eye, a small nose, and a scary mouth. I helped him cut out the face, and then he painted it all white.
Evan wanted to make something, too, so we found another sack and let him get to work. He made a robot.
Kyle's school had Book Character Day for dressing up, so Kyle was able to put together this Lorax ensemble. He loved it so much, he wanted to wear it again for next year!!! Halloween morning, the boys were all dressed in their school costumes:
It's nice that there are so many Halloween-related events, so we can dress up in different costumes, if needed.
