Tuesday, October 04, 2005

How Scary is This?

I have no idea what to dress Goofy Junior as for Halloween. I have 26 days to figure this out. Well, actually 19, since I will be gone for the next 5 days. And really I can't count Monday, as there is no daycare for Columbus Day (WTF!) and I will be frazzled after watching Junior during the AM, then running to work in the PM after the babysitter comes. And Loving Husband is going out of town one weekend in October, so now we are down to only 16 days in which to ponder this.

It shouldn't be this hard. I love Halloween and I love dressing up. However, I've never been responsible for someone else's costume before. This is new territory.

Some background: Goofy Junior is male, 2-1/2 years old. Average sized. He loves sports, especially football, but how lame is it to dress your kid is something he wears every Friday (football jersey? Yawn.

I have done a bit of looking around. Most toddler costumes are:
too cute and fluffy;
a character he's never heard of; or
just plain ridiculous.

So, dear readers, I'm asking for advice. What should Goofy Junior be for Halloween?


I want something that he's going to be excited about, look cute as, and be comfortable in. Try being comfortable in this!

AND, it's also got to be easy for Mom to put together. I do not sew, so do not recommend some crazy sewing pattern. I am fairly dangerous with a hot glue gun, having put together a Dorothy from Wizard of Oz costume (complete with red sparkly shoes!) with only a glue gun and some fabric.

Help!

4 comments:

Cagey (Kelli Oliver George) said...

Dinosaur - old pair of pajamas, hot-glue a tail onto it, then hot glue little triangles on the tail.

Anonymous said...

Ghost. What could be easier? And little kids love to put stuff over their heads and howl. Dorothy

Anonymous said...

You can't go wrong with a pirate costume and it's pretty easy to cobble one together out of the kid's existing wardrobe and a scarf or two of yours.

Cagey (Kelli Oliver George) said...

I think Jane wins for sheer virtue of the fact that used "cobble together" in reference to a pirate-themed costume. LOVE IT. haha