We are finalists!

Jaxon and Maya's costumes are finalists in Inhabitots' 2014 Green Halloween Costume Contest!
If you get a chance, please vote for Jaxon's Knight costume made from recycled plumbing insulation here , and Maya's tablecloth chic Greek goddess costume here.

Please vote for Jaxon here.

Please vote for Maya here.

You can see all the clever 2014 green Halloween costume finalist here. Everyone did an excellent job designing these amazing costumes for their kiddies! 

Thank you so much for your support! 

Featured in Inhabitots

Maya's 2010 Statue of Liberty costume was featured in Inhabitots 7 Awesome Last Minute DIY Halloween Costumes For Kids post yesterday! Wow, Maya looks so little. She's only 5 years old here. 

Inhabitots is the baby/parenting focused website with the motto "sustainable design for the next generation. The site was started during the summer of 2008 by Inhabitat.com founder Jill Fehrenbacher as she prepared for the arrival of her first child in August 2008.  Inhabitots.com was created as a resource for parents, families, and anyone else interested in sustainable modern design for children. Inhabitots receives 1.29 million page views a month. 

We have been sharing our "green" costumes with the Inhabitots community since 2008. 

Thank you Beth for the kind feature! If you're interested in creating this Statue of Liberty costume, I shared this how-to post on Inhabitots. 

Happy Halloween!

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The Shining

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Manchester-based creative agency Creative Spark releases a series of horror-film-themed prints to buy during Halloween. The The Little Print Shop of Horror IV is into their 4th year of releasing these creepy cute prints. 

Jaxon's Knight Costume

Armor: Recycled plumbing insulation foam is used to create the armor.

 Armor details are created with dimensional puffy paint. The body armor wears like a vest with velcro
 straps on the sides and shoulders.

Armor on the knees and arms are made for movement. Individual foam pieces are connected together with brads. Velcro is used to attach the armor to the clothing.

Helmet:  Papier mache. Cardboard structure with newspaper strips and a white flour and water mixture.
                Details are created with puffy paint. Face guard is made with foam and attached to the side of the
                helmet with brads so that it could swing open and closed.

Shield: $1.00 plastic serving tray with puffy paint detail. The knots of the rope handles are hidden with 

             ping pong balls split in half. Silver spray paint finish. 

Sword: Plastic light-up sword sprayed silver.

Maya's Athena Costume

Dress: $1.00 plastic tablecloth with gold ribbon trimming.

Helmet: Cardboard structure, newspaper papier mache. Puffy paint for dimension and feathers.
               Original post on the helmet is here if you are interested.

Arm cuffs: Maya added strips of newspaper to felt. Puffy paint for dimension and gold paint.
                  Velcro closure.

     Spear: End of a broom stick, foam tip, puffy paint for details, and gold paint.

Shield: $1.00 plastic serving tray. Puffy paint detail and gold paint.

Cape: My old sleeveless knit dress cut in half, buttons removed, arm holes sewed closed. 

           Ribbon trim details. 

    Belt: Rope painted gold.

Slippers: Maya's yard slippers painted gold.

Halloween Decorations

We finally started putting up some Halloween decorations over the weekend. 

I used the Duck Brand duct tape for this "Happy Halloween" shout-out!

This is my papier mache spider I made last year. It is made with newspaper dipped in a flour and water mixture. The body and head were made by adding the papier mache to different sized rubber balls. 

The web is created with string I bought from Home Depot. Click here for the old post. 

A quick Sharpie doodle I did entitled, "Life Can Be Wicked Fun." 

I used exactly 45 yards of duct tape which includes one large heart.
Still more to come....

Apartment Therapy Feature!

Apartment Therapy  featured Maya's Cleopatra Costume in their recent DIY Halloween write-up! 

Check it out for 17 other cool kids costumes you can make from stuff around your house. 

This Cleopatra costume was made with a pillowcase, paper shopping bag, and vinyl stickers. 

The original post for this costume is here if you are interested. 

Thank you Lauren  for the sweet feature! 

DIY Paper bag hat

 I made this newsboy hat for Jaxon out of a paper bag for "Crazy Hat Day". I always wanted to understand the construction of a hat, so this was a great experiment for me. I guess I could've sewn this out of fabric, but it just didn't sound as fun as making it out of paper! Here's how I made this.

A Sleepy Hollow- ween!

We had a fun time trick or treating with all the neighborhood kids and parents last night.
Look at all the cute Halloween decorations! Sleepy Hollow is nestled in the canyons with steep and hilly roads. We all carried flashlights and walked up and down the street collecting candy.
I got my work-out!