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Happy Halloween everyone! Is anyone else in shock that it is the last day of October? We ended up pretty much unscathed from Hurricane Sandy. One of our Japanese maples was uprooted and we lost power for a couple of hours, but pretty minor stuff compared to how others on the East Coast fared. I hope everyone else out there that was affected by the storm is doing ok!

Since it’s now officially Halloween, I wanted to reveal baby T’s Mickey Mouse costume. First, here’s a quick round-up of a few Halloween posts that we have done in the past.

Halloween round-up:

Scary Black Cat Cookies
Eery Half Moon Cookies
Boo-tiful Mini Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting
Witch’s Cauldron Crockpot Cider with Mulling Spices
Spooky DIY Halloween Pennant Banner

Mickey Mouse Costume:

My son (who turns 2 in a couple of weeks) is pretty much obsessed with the tv show Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I decided a couple months ago to dress him up as Mickey Mouse for Halloween. When I started looking for costumes on-line, I was unimpressed with the results so I decided to make the costume myself. It was actually very simple to make and ended up costing less than $25.

DIY Mickey Mouse Costume

Materials Needed:

black Pants– $5.00
long-sleeved black t-shirt– $4.00
red shorts– $4.25
2 large white buttons- less than $2.00 at Michael’s
headband- 99 cents in clearance box at Target
thick black pipe cleaner (also called chenille stem)- $2.99 at Michael’s
black and yellow felt- 29 cents a piece at Michael’s
needle and thread- already had
scissor- already had
glue gun- already had
safety pin- already had
black face paint- $4.99 at Michael’s (I know I could have gotten this cheaper somewhere else, but I was running short on time and picked up a set here)

Directions:

Use needle and thread to attach 2 large white buttons to the front of the red shorts. Cut the chenille stem in half and attach one half to the red shorts with a safety pin. Use the other half of the chenille stem and cut two small pieces out of (long enough to shape two circle ears out of). Twist both pieces into circles and attach to headband. Cut out 4 black circles from the felt and use the glue gun to attach to the circular chenille stems on the headband. Next, cut a two half-circles and 2 small rectangles from the yellow felt. Put one half-circle on top of a sneaker and wrap the rectangle piece around the bottom of the sneaker. Use a glue fun to attach the two pieces so it is a snug fit to the shoe (be careful not to glue the felt directly to the shoe however.) Repeat for the other shoe.

When it’s costume time, put on black pants and black long-sleeved t-shirt. Put red shorts on over the pants. Put on “yellow” shoes and Mickey Mouse ears. Dab a bit of black face paint on nose and start doing the Hot Dog dance!

Here’s T getting ready to go trick-or-treating!

mickey mouse costume

Hope you have a great Halloween!

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