a cheap mom's Halloween thrills

sometimes i impress even myself.

Halloween. i expressed concern the other day about the expense...remember?

well today i have finished HALF of my Halloween costumes for the kids. 3 girls have costumes.

i know! impressive. even more impressive is i only put out $7.50 so far.

sure i have to buy some accessories. like tights, shoes, and a pageant sash. but still. FREAKING AWESOME!

wanna see what i've got going so far? here's some pics,

just promise you won't judge me for taking pics of them with yesterday's hair. or the baskets of clean laundry i'm sorting, folding and purging in the front room.

Liberty, is going to be a beauty pageant contestant.

this rad dress cost a whopping $3 (from Savers 50% off labor day sale)

it needs taken in a little, shorten the straps , washed and ironed

BUT

with a sash that says something pageant-y, and heels, and a tiara,

a fancy updo or big pageant hair

it'll be totally Fab.

Joy is sporting this little sailor dance costume.

$2

i'm thinking with white tights, and red mary-janes.

and maybe a better hat.

cute and comfy.

and Hope will be wearing the flower fairy dance costume

$2.50

needs tights , cute shoes and a cute hair thing.

the boys can be anything they want at this point and i think i'm GOOD in the budget department.

Paxton wants to be Frodo. um yeah i'll be making this delight. stay tuned on that.

i think Pierce is sticking to his Devil costume. it just suits him so perfectly and he doesn't have a preference this year, so he'll be whatever i want since i have ULTIMATE POWER as the mom!

and Peyton? i haven't asked him yet. but seriously he could be Harry Potter again easily enough, or something else like a PUNK ROCKER. Cheap, easy, cool.

cheapest halloween plans ever.

i'm going to be a Pirate wench. i think. maybe . it means getting crafty fabulous and maybe even sewing. but i could stand a change from my standard witch/true self costume.

so there we are.

i feel amazingly relieved about Halloween now.

Need some cheap mom tips for Halloween?

check thrift stores.goodwill has 50% off day every other week. so in two weeks it's 50% off day again. check it out.

savers always has loads of costumes even some of the mainstream trendy kid ones.

dance costumes make cute costumes.

borrow. do a costume swap with your friends, or relatives.

craft something fabulous. i was all set to copy some of the cuteness on Etsy, but found these so i won't bother.

get a fancy dress at the thrift store-

• add wings, and a wand and be a fairy princess.
  
• add heels and a sash, and be a pageant contestant.
• add wings and a giant fake tooth and a giant toothbrush from the $ store and be the tooth fairy
• white dress, veil, flower bouquet= bride!
• black dress, witch hat, stripey tights, scary makeup =WITCH!

Black cat- black bodysuit, tights, headband and tail. draw nose and whiskers with eyeliner

bunny-body suit/sweatsuit, headband ears, tail.

sports uniforms- football player, baseball player, wrestler, basketball player, karate uniform, gymnast

rodeo clown-overalls or plaid shirt and jeans, wonky hair, and clown paint

scarecrow-plaid shirt, straw stuffed in, face paint

any ideas you wanna share?

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