Creative Costumes

We've chosen to allow the kids to dress up in fun themed costumes on Halloween night and visit a few select family and friends. The rules say that they must write a short paper on their subject of choice and that the costumes must be homemade from materials on hand. I love to see their creativity. Okay, let's face it, mommy loves getting involved in the creative aspect of things too. I must admit to having made a purchase this year though....Kade's yellow pants were purchased in the girls clearance section of Ross. Less than $5, so I'm good with that.

Nurse Kayla. She's thought she might like to pursue this field and loves anything retro nursing/emergency.

Kalli still wants to own a bakery, but she added a twist to the costume this year by being an oven. The pictures speak for themselves. 

Kammy has always been a cowgirl or an Indian, but she's recently become quite enchanted with the bravery of Queen Esther of the Bible. What a great hero to have! 

Kaite was our little baby deer. A theme she chose all on her own. I love her spots. 

Kade loves his handed-down-from-daddy Curious George, so I thought, what better to be than The Man with the Yellow Hat? I made his little tie and Safari pack with scraps of felt. It was daddy's idea to cover his cowboy hat. The cover was easily executed with a bit of hot glue and felt. It is completely removeable. 

Kaderick made a perfect little Man with the Yellow Hat and he seemed to know exactly who he was. Of course he can't have any chocolate and very little sugar, but he happily gave away all but one piece of his candy to his sisters anyway.

Our supper baked in the oven all day. In a pumpkin. Pumpkin Soup! It was served with garlic toast and candy corn style fruit parfaits.

For dessert, homemade maple bars!
Oh, and this from Kirk Cameron, just because I can.....

“Early on, Christians would dress up in costumes as the devil, ghosts, goblins and witches precisely to make the point that those things were defeated and overthrown by the resurrected Jesus Christ,” Cameron continued. “The costumes poke fun at the fact that the devil and other evils were publicly humiliated by Christ at His resurrection. That’s what the Scriptures say, that He publicly humiliated the devil when He triumphed over power and principality and put them under his feet. Over time you get some pagans who want to go this is our day, high holy day of Satanic church, that this is all about death, but Christians have always known since the first century that death was defeated, that the grave was overwhelmed, that ghosts, goblins, devils are foolish has-beens who used to be in power but not anymore. That’s the perspective Christians should have.”
Cameron also encourages Christians to celebrate Halloween by having the biggest parties in order to show that death was already defeated because of Jesus’ resurrection.
“You should have the biggest party on your block, and you should have the reason for everyone to come to your house and before anyone else’s house because yours is the most fun,” he argued.
“Halloween gives you a great opportunity to show how Christians celebrate the day that death was defeated, and you can give them Gospel tracts and tell the story of how every ghost, goblin, witch and demon was trounced the day Jesus rose from the grave. Clearly no Christians ought to be glorifying death, because death was defeated, and that was the point of All Hallows Eve.” 

Personally, I don't really care if you celebrate or not. As a friend of mine said, chances are some people on both sides of the issue need a bigger candle in their pumpkin so to speak.