It’s time for my obligatory Halloween post, you guys.
For those of you who breathe air, you probably already know how much I dig Halloween. If not, please search “Halloween” on my blog and read up about all my old DIY costumes.
This year was special because it was our first All Hallow’s Eve as a family of four! I was brainstorming Halloween costumes even before I was pregnant, because priorities.
You probably know my rules: the costumes have to be specific (like actual characters from a show and not just ‘a pirate’), they have to be relevant (not outdated. And for the record, Star Wars is NEVER outdated), and they have to be mostly DIY, not bought all prepackaged. My partner and I were debating between two costume ideas: Ghostbusters (we’d be the busters, the kids would be ghosts) or Game of Thrones. GB would be much easier to make, but less relevant. GoT was much more relevant, but harder to scrape together. Welllllll, once we saw the season finale of GoT, our minds were made up. Just in case, this is your official SPOILER ALERT if you’re not caught up on Game of Thrones.
Once one of the dragons bit it, I turned to Brian.
“This is it!! There’s only two now! It’s PERFECT!”
Two dragons = two children. Therefore, I am the Mother of Dragons. The Breaker of Chains. Khaleesi. Daenerys Targaryn.
“And you can be Jon Snow now because they’re a thing! But we’ll just overlook the aunt/nephew situation.”
I enlisted the help of my mom to make this dream come true, and Halloween history was made.
Faces blurred to protect the innocent
I found my dress at Goodwill and my friend helped me chop off the sleeves and change the hemline. I bought fabric at the fabric store (!) to match the dress and made a very makeshift cape. The boots and leggings were already mine. The wig was bought online and I actually braided it and styled it myself.
Brian’s wig was bought online. He’s wearing a cheap black shirt with a kid’s plastic shield pinned to the chest bought at the dollar store with two black belts criss-crossed across the whole thing and fastened in the back. He’s wearing a black furry pimp coat from Goodwill for bulk and a black cape over it. Pinned to the black cape is a furry black scarf because Jon Snow loves him some fur (BUT NO ONE UP NORTH EVER WEARS A HAT! WTF?!). He grew a beard for the occasion and finishes off the look with the only black boots he owns, his rain boots. Because #pacificnorthwest.
My mom really came through for the kids’ costumes. First we bought matching green shirts and pants, and then my mom made the felt hats, capes, and socks/claws. I love how the hats and capes are exactly the same, just different color schemes. Dragon sib-lings! And my son’s claws are on oversized green socks that fit right over his shoes. Cutest fire-breathing dragons this side of Westeros!
Now let’s go conquer up some mystical kingdom, shall we?
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