Showing posts with label costumes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label costumes. Show all posts

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Last Minute Halloween


photo by Monica Lopossay

Last year, the lovely Heather Von Marko of HVM Designs came up with an awesome list of last minute Halloween ideas for The Baltimore Sun. If you're still struggling to figure it out, you just need to take a peek at her suggestions to find something perfect!

My favorites involve the use of a cardboard box...


photo by Monica Lopossay

Robot: Take a cardboard box, glue on plastic cups and random doodads, and then make a hat out of a shoe box with some pipe cleaner antennae.

Stick of Gum : Paint a longer box pink, or make a sandwich-board-style stick of gum.

iPod : Paint the box whatever color you want, add a paper plate with the little arrows and such drawn on with marker, draw the screen - even add your favorite band and song in the field.

Head on a Platter: Get a plastic platter from the party store, cut a hole for your head through the box and the platter, add a tablecloth to your "table" and some plastic silverware as a place setting.

Lego: Paint the box a solid color, and use round plastic takeout containers painted the same to be the round nubs. Hot-glue them on, and you're done.

The easiest cardboard box costume: Draw on wide ribbons and be a wrapped present. You can make a big bow with strips of cut paper.

For the complete list, read the The Baltimore Sun article.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Favorite Etsy Shop: Hannah's Tutus






This designer caught my eye last year when I began looking for a really chic tutu designer to make custom tutus for my daughters' costumes at Halloween. We had decided to go with the theme cat & mouse. When I saw Hannah's photos on etsy I was really impressed. She and her mother had teamed up and I was able to order from the Baltimore location which was attractive to me since I would see my product and the shop in person at pick up. Needless to say the finished products were adorable. I display each tutu I have bought from Hannahs Tutus on a decorative coat hanger in the girls playroom and they are as cute as deco as they are fun dress ups after we have worn them for our events. Check them out for an extra adorable Halloween this year or spoil your little one with a Birthday Bash Tutu like we did for our Ellie's 2nd Birthday in June.

Written by: Anna of Buttons for Babes