when we were bugs.
Another Halloween, another family costume!
I don’t know how many more of these we really have left. The older Logan gets the more likely he is to want to wear some random costume like paw patrol or Blippi, lol who knows. So until that day comes I’ll have as much fun as I can stressing myself silly over making our costumes.
For about 2 months I was planning on making us ‘under the sea’ creatures. Logan said he wanted to be a whale, I was going to be a mermaid, Mason was going to be a jelly fish and John a shark. But I had this sneaking suspicion Logan was going to change his mind so I didn’t buy anything just yet. I researched and saved a bunch of inspiration on pinterest. But I held off. Then like 2 weeks before Halloween I said to Logan “so you’re being a whale for Halloween, right?’ and he replied with, “No, I don’t want to be a whale!” and pouted, hard. So I asked what he wanted to be instead and he thought before saying “ummmmmm a caterpillar.” And that was it. We were bugs.
I was obviously a butterfly, because duh. So pretty and glitter would be acceptable. At first I was going to make Mason a spider but then I was like ew gross. A mushroom would be so much more fun. And then John needed to choose a bug. But he’s a difficult one, that man. One of us decided he was going to be the bug catcher and it was perfect. Until I remembered I had to somehow create a caterpillar costume in 2 weeks and I am already always strapped for time.
I have to say, if I could do it again, I would totally do the caterpillar costume differently. I think I would have enjoyed sewing some alternating felt strips in different shades of green, onto an actual shirt, for comfort purposes. And then doing the same thing on a pair of pants. But I panicked slightly and started making this tent style thing where the front and back were attached at the shoulders with yard and we slipped it over Logan’s head to get on. It was super DIY style like not professional looking at all. I could also have made him a face mask with the hungry caterpillar colors and vibes? But it’s never a guarantee kids will wear something on their face for very long or at all. So the little pip cleaner head piece was fine.
Mason’s costume was exactly how I imagined it which was so satisfying. I just had this idea with felt on a beanie and as I walked around the craft store I found all the bits I needed to make it come to fruition. The little moss hot glued to the bottom of some green leggings from old navy were the perfect detail to really sell the costume. And then I last minute made my own little tiny felt mushrooms that I hot glued with the moss and it was just beyond adorable. Now you must know, within twenty minutes Mason ripped off most of the moss from his pants, definitely the little mushrooms and also started smashing his little mushroom beanie. But we got our photos for the memories before he fully tore it to shreds.
John’s costume was probably the easiest since it did not involve time consuming labor or any makeup (finally!) The only issue was last minute we could not find an inexpensive vest. I was not about to spend upwards of $50 on a vest that he would wear for 5 hours. And with our limited time frame, even Amazon was not saving us! Shocker, I know. Shipping delays are real. I stopped by my Nanny and Grandpa’s house and mentioned the dilemma. Five minutes later my Nanny walks in from the garage with my grandpa’s old fly fishing vest. It could not have been more perfect, I nearly cried. And it was just so cute that it was his! Love that part so much. Practically vintage, I’d say. So I went and hot glued a few cute little fake butterflies and other bugs and John added in his own bug catching accessories. Binoculars, a net and a compass. Why do you need a compass to catch bugs? I don’t know. Anyway…
All in all, Halloween was very fun and it was the first so far where Logan understood that you walked up to the door with your little pail and said “trick or treat!” to whoever answered the door and then you got candy. So that was adorable to watch and it forced me to take a walk around the entire neighborhood, which is a decent size. Cardio points for me. While I was decked out as a butterfly. Bonus points there.
Some photos below of our bug adventure!
