Well, it's not very customary (I think for me or the whole Philippines) to do Trick or Treat-ing in my hometown so my husband introduced me to UPCo, where the tradition was long practiced.
I got so fidgety that I impulsively bought wings for my daughter. Haha! Just to be said she is wearing a costume, I paired the pink wings with a blue gown and a yellow headband butterfly antenna. Here's how she look like back in 2011 when we started the trick-or-treating:
The next year, I think I was a bit more restrained and tried to make her more color-coordinated, so, I re-used the pink wings and paired it with pink dress and pink shoes. This time adding "pizzazz" with a wand:
And anticipation of dressing up continues. So this time I got more "creative" or inspired because of watching too many cartoons or animated movies. I didn't get a chance to get a good picture of her, but we tried to copy Agnes of Despicable Me (red scrunchy, yellow shirt, white shoes):
Since the trick-or-treat event is a day before All Saint's Day, which families gather all the time, we had another dress up which is Vanellope von Schweets from Wrect-It Ralph (high bun, blue-green jacket, brown sprinkled skirt, blue-white striped leggings):
I forgot to take a picture of last year's trick-or-treat costume but it was Rapunzel from Tangled (pink sleeveless dress). I even made her a yarn-wig, which she totally digged (pat on the back moment). Because it was princess inspired and she kept on copying Elsa of Frozen (my old baby blue nightgown and white blanket) instead:
And for the latest, since we have an additional family member, they became Teen Titans: daughter's Raven and son's Robin:
Ahhh... This is the year/costumes I am most proud of. I made them myself (pat on the back again, harder!). I had Raven's cape sewn for me because it was too big to be by-hand (because I don't have a machine) but I wasn't happy with finished product. It costed me P200 because the seamstress said it was a "costume" but my daughter wasn't happy because it wasn't the same as Raven. So supermom came to the rescue - I edited the costume: put rings for her finger so she can do the pose, stick glued the hood to a broad headband so it stayed on place, and sewed all the accessories so she can feel the whole vibe. The black tights she's wearing was actually mine when I was in highschool Ha! I was that malnourished (or thin). The accessories were from cardboard so I can have her helping me to color them (because she adores coloring). Then the socks were long and puffy to imitate boots or looks like wearing boots instead of flat shoes. Viola!
Then here is the Robin costume which is a total DIY: Ordinary red shirt I sewed green sleeves and yellow logo in the middle. Logo was from a yellow fabric and designed with black Sharpie. Finishing off with ordinary green shorts. BOOM! Robin without the mask because he keeps on removing it so I gave it to my daughter instead and it worked even better.
So now...I am already conceptualizing the next year's costumes because my son's going to be two and I expect him to be as crazy as his sister, trying to copy exactly the same as on TV/movie. Also, I saw a toy store nearby which sells wigs. Score!!!! P200 for the shortest and goes up as the hair goes longer. But who cares! They have rainbow wigs!!!!
Hooray for costumes! Hooray for Halloween! Hooray for DIY!
NOTE: I chose photos which my children aren't too exposed but the costumes are.
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