Sometime during October Arlie wanted to change her costume up a bit, to be a Hello Kitty witch. That was actually a little easier since I already had some things on hand to complete it, more than if we were doing regular Hello Kitty. I even had the right colors of felt to make a cute little pumpkin shirt:
But Andi was steadfast in her desire to be a thunderstorm. She told anyone who would listen that was going to be her costume. I ordered an adult's tulle skirt and sewed bead "raindrops" on and made plans for a rainbow hat and little bag full of lightning bolts. Yep, that was definitely the costume she wanted - until 2 days before Halloween. Then she wanted to be a spider. We compromised and she went as a "spider cloud". I spent 2 days cutting off a million beads and searching for those little plastic spiders. I can't figure out if they are so unpopular in Alaska that stores don't carry them, or if they're SO popular there was no way I was going to find them a few days before Halloween. Luckily Andrew remembered that he had a bag of awful rubber spiders and I sewed those on. Whew! Crisis averted! Until the day of Halloween. Then she wouldn't leave the house until it was a Spider Cloud Princess costume. Oh boy. Cue the furious running around the house looking for something to make a crown out of. Thank you, paperboard and tinfoil!
So I present to you the very adorable Spider Cloud Princess and Hello Kitty Witch:
We went trick-or-treating through our neighborhood and they had a blast! Arlie was so excited to see her friends trick-or-treating as well and we got to see some really fun, creative costumes despite the freezing temperatures.
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