Handmade Halloween

A little owl...

A viking!

So happy with the shield daddy made him!

Apparently only Brayer wanted to get into the pictures, but here's the lowdown on their costumes.  Hats: Cutest Bean Around (my friend Jenn made them) Vests: I cut up an old couch blanket and sewed them up. Shields: daddy made them with wood, paint, leather, and bolts. Wood sword: daddy made after that same Jenn who made the hats got one for Kaed for his birthday.  Stuffed Sword: I made that about a year ago.  They also wore the fleece cloaks I made for their ranger costumes last year.

Here's how I did the owl costumes:  I made a really simple pinafore dress and stitched on scrap pieces of fabric cut out into little ovals.  Real easy, slightly time consuming, and super cute.  Hat is a polar fleece that I used the boys' viking hats as a pattern shape for.  (the shape of the hat plus horns worked great as ears) Then I just stitched on felt eyes and a beak.  My sister Meg made one for her daughter too.  So cute!

And our pumpkins!