Friday, October 19, 2007

Costume Preview

The school's annual Fall Festival is tomorrow (Saturday the 20th), and it will include a Costume Parade. So with a couple of weeks left to go before Halloween, it was necessary to finish the kids' costumes tonight.


Maren is a whale, and Deacon is a giant squid. Now they can fight like, well, a whale and a squid!

The only detail not finished is the blowhole on Maren's costume. Originally it was going to be functional, like with a working spray of mist coming out a hole in the head. Then it was just going to be a bit of stitching. Then it was going to be some material glued on, and now we're thinking it might be drawn on with a sharpie. Ah, the artistic compromises you make when you're super tired!

We'll have about a million more pictures tomorrow! :)
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5 comments:

Michelle Coder said...

Very CUTE! WOW! You are a fabric sculptruss (sp?) ahem...artist. I'm serious. Your costumes are terrific. I suspect the Squid took most of the time. Great detail!

Ha ha...about the blow hole. It's like Ruth's bloomers in Pirates of Penzance. I keep promising the actress I'll make her some and haven't yet...maybe I'll get them done for the last weekend...hmm.

October 20, 2007 at 12:01 AM
Trina said...

Terri! These costumes are amazing! You really are a fabric sculptress! Looking forward to seeing more pictures! Hope everyone has a great time!

October 20, 2007 at 8:15 AM
Susie and Molly said...

I was just saying to Molly I wondered with the Alff kids were going to be for Halloween. This is wonderful! Swim on!

October 20, 2007 at 2:14 PM
Susie and Molly said...

I was just saying to Molly I wondered with the Alff kids were going to be for Halloween. This is wonderful! Swim on!

October 20, 2007 at 2:14 PM
Terri said...

So nice of you guys! The whale was actually far more challenging than the squid. I re-did that square head 3 times. And the fins were surprisingly difficult!

The squid had more detail but for some reason it was easier. I really need a sewing machine now (and to take a class!) because my hands get so stiff and sore... I did a lot more hot-gluing than stitching toward the end of the process! Thanks again you guys! :)

October 20, 2007 at 8:39 PM

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