SPECIAL TIMES: KIDS JUST WANNA HAVE (HALLOWEEN) FUN!
Our first Halloween
trick-or-treater, our son, went round dressed as a purple cow. I found the mask first, then made the outfit
to match it. J
The following year he was
an Indian warrior.
Three years after that he
was “Mr. Spock” complete with the ears.
That was the year his oldest sister first went trick-or-treating as a princess.
The next year saw big
brother as a skeleton with eldest sister wearing the purple cow costume and
younger sister pretending to be a dragon.
I made all three costumes. The
bones of the skeleton costume were cut out of iron-on material. Eldest daughter inherited the cow costume
from her brother. Little sister never
did wear it, but a cousin’s daughter did. J
And here they are with
their treat bags ready to be filled up!
That Halloween was a little different.
Some friends had come to visit us with their children that evening. Unfortunately they didn’t believe in
celebrating Halloween so didn’t allow their children to go trick-or-treating
but said they were fine with our children making the rounds. So I took our kids trick-or-treating while my husband stayed home to visit with the friends (and dole out candy to trick-or-treaters coming to our door!). When the kids and I returned home, I was so
proud of them. On their own they asked if they could
share their ‘bounty’ with the other children and when their parents said okay,
that’s what they did. :))
Four Halloween’s later,
eldest daughter was the Pink Panther, youngest daughter was a mermaid, and big
brother, on a dare from his friends, chose to be a cheer leader and as a kind of
“Ha Ha Ha” to his goading friends, the girls at school thought he was ‘cool’ and the
cheerleaders did a cheer with him. J
The following year younger
sister was a 1920s flapper, and older sister was a kind of 1940s Marlena
Dietrich type – both wearing dresses of Mom’s pinned to fit. And yes, that’s a long cigarette holder with
a candy cigarette in it.
A couple of years later
older daughter was a Dutch girl complete with wooden shoes I found in a thrift shop, big brother was some
kind of 1930s big shot, and younger daughter was a clown.
This was the last year I
have any pictures of our kids in Halloween costumes so I guess that must have
been the last year they dressed up else I surely would have had pictures! The two girls did dress up three years later
as saloon gals for Groveland’s annual “Old West Days” parade wearing Mom’s
costumes from when she was active in the Golden Chain Theatre in Oakhurst.
Too bad I don’t have a
picture of me in the black & red outfit singing “She Does the
Fandango All Over the Place”, but I do have a shot of the black & gold one
from when I played 'Goldie Hills' in “Ten Nights in a Barroom”.
I have one more Halloween picture to share – that of me as Raggedy Ann, and my husband as the Jolly Green Giant back in 1970 when we went to a Halloween party. Lordy! What were we thinking? :[]
:->
La Nightingail
Wonderful memories of those trick or treaters...and such fun costumes. I do like the changed persona that happens when one dons a costume!.
ReplyDeleteFun! I feel like I should be handing out multiple handfuls of virtual candy for your kids. I've always thought that the best lesson to learn from Halloween's trick or treat was that it teaches children to be brave enough to ask neighbors, even though strangers, who turn out to be generous and friendly.
ReplyDeleteAnd you were right about the ending of Smetana's Moldau. I think he added it because in his time audiences needed help to know when a piece was finished. Ta Daahh! After the applause, take a bow.