{"id":2010,"date":"2009-11-03T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2009-11-02T23:06:21","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T06:06:21","slug":"crafty-tuesday-other-bewitching-halloween-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=2010","title":{"rendered":"Crafty Tuesday (& Other Bewitching Halloween Treats!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

So last week all the craftiness was about Halloween costumes. We actually had two versions of Em’s bat costume. Her school had a costume parade and it was apparent that our first version of bat wings were not very practical or comfortable.<\/p>\n

I had repurposed some angel wings, covered them and tried to make our little bat fly…<\/p>\n

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Since Addie wasn’t allowed to dress up at her school, we had a little costume party with her friends on Friday afternoon so they could show-off their costumes. The little girl to the left of Addie is E.J., Addie’s new BFF. Everything is about E.J. Apparently E.J. is quite taken with Addie, too. When I went to pick up Addie on Friday her teacher said, “Ahh…so E.J. is coming to your house this afternoon? Because I think between the two of the girls they told the class at least 50 times that E.J. is coming over!”<\/p>\n

The best friend love is very sweet, and her mom is very awesome too – so I’m looking forward to lots of playtime with them. (Obviously the wee ones and big ones are siblings of Addie’s crew. Like Emma, she has aligned herself with some great friends, I am very happy to say. And they are all just so darn cute, too!)\"Addie's<\/a><\/p>\n

So back to the problematic bat costume. My engineering genius of a husband made a suggestion, and Friday night I executed his much smarter plan. Version 2.0 bat wings – sewn onto her black turtleneck. Worked much better for the actual Halloween and trick o’ treatin!<\/p>\n

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And we also put her hair up and Nena worked her makeup magic…she was definitely much more bat-like.<\/p>\n

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And when little Addikins finally settled on being a witch, I was thrilled. I pulled out the old costume from when Em was a witch and Addie just took one look at it and said, “Um, it isn’t very fancy enough. I want to be a fancy witch.”<\/p>\n

Girl. You have to be kidding me.<\/p>\n

So, Mama “fancied up” the witch costume. The black dress is the original costume. I made her a cape and the very fancy black cat skirt to go over it. Stripey stockings and the witch’s hat and she was one fancy witch!<\/p>\n

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Emmy’s friend Audrey came and joined us for some candy collecting…the terrible threesome.<\/p>\n

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Mere hours before the trick o’ treats, we managed to carve the pumpkins. I didn’t have to scoop any guts this year. A task I gladly let the girls help Daddy with.<\/p>\n

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I think my favorite pumpkin was Em’s. Her very own creation. I especially love the Es for ears! Although the unibrow donated by Uncle Jeff clearly adds to its’ charm.<\/p>\n

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And Addie, of course, requested the black cat. This is what she got. Close enough for the three hours it was used.<\/p>\n

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I’m positive that there are some fabulous costumes and creative Halloween crafts to show off today, so let us see ’em!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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