Sunday, November 13, 2016

Ward Fall Festival and Trunk-or-Treat

Garrett and I like the idea of doing family themed costumes for Halloween each year, but the last few years have come down to tired crunch time and flopped. This year we began planning our costumes months in advance and decided to do scarecrows. Then I changed our minds and we did cat-burgler costumes. Then we were gifted a baby-dragon costume and we considered doing something around that. But, as shown in the picture below, despite being CUTE, it was a little too snug on little feller.


And then I changed our minds yet again and we went with pirates and a parrot. Turns out this was a win, since we have a lot of piratey things on hand, and Anderson's parrot wings were a big hit.


I took some leftover yellow sheet fabric, stitched some elastic to the wing tips, and safety-pinned it to his onesie between his shoulder blades. Garrett and I cut a bajillion feathers out of construction and crepe paper, and I zig-zag stitched them to the wing fabric. We also safety pinned some tail feathers to his pants.

In keeping theme with pirates, we borrowed a dynamite crate from Garrett's graduate advisor, along with a GIANT bottle of vintage 70's bordeaux that undoubtedly turned to vinegar a few decades ago. Using the "antique" world map from last year's Christmas gift to Garrett, some of my jewelry, borrowed kerosene lamps and old journals, we created an old-world themed trunk. In retrospect, while our trunk looked the coolest/professional, people couldn't really see what we did with it.


The festival was awesome. They had corn holes, bounce houses, and tastefully decorated the church parking lot. It was a pot-luck and smoked pork was provided. The smoked pork is always amazing, the potluck portion usually leaves something to be desired. Anderson has a blast running around barefoot on the parking lot and grass. We avoided the candy this year, since he won't remember it and he doesn't need a sugar high.

Overall, it was a successful Halloween celebration!

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