I’m in the midst of my annual flurry of making Halloween costumes. At the moment, I’m struggling to make a dress for my daughter. While working on the dress, I realized I never blogged about last year’s costumes. So here they are:
Last year, was the year of Harry Potter. My daughter and her friends read all the books, watched all the movies all in preparation for the release of the “Deathly Hollows, Part I” film to be released. To coincide with the release the kids all dressed up as characters from the Harry Potter movies. Instead of choosing Hermione, my daughter choose to be Bellatrix LaStrange and what a great villain she was.
They could be twins, don’t you think?
The Bellatrix costume wasn’t so bad. The skirt was harder to sew than I anticipated. Her jacket was a Goodwill find, and her shirt was embellished with silver fabric paint. Overall, fairly easy for a wizard costume.
My oldest son wanted to be an Ewok from Star Wars. An Ewok???? How do you make that costume? And not make it too cute!
In the end, I adapted a bear pattern, and with a few embellishments: A hood made out of fleece, a fabric print belt, and a bear turns into a cute, but fierce Ewok. 
Not to bad. I have to say. All the Dads, who were out trick-or-treating, thought his costume rocked.
Hopefully, in a few days, I’ll have this year’s crop of costumes for you.