Two Vikings and a Monkey
![Two Vikings and a Monkey](/content/images/size/w960/-RiKxnOzUiJU/TrWUg19MxaI/AAAAAAAABSM/_wqqUuXaAew/s2000/DSC06764.jpg)
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It seems every year we decorate just a little more for Halloween. Part of it is that we have children and there is a reason to decorate and of course, I'm not working so there is time to decorate. And every year I start thinking about next year's costume.
When Boogie was born his Aunt M. bought him a sweet pumpkin costume. He wore it when he was a baby and Buggy wore it for her second Halloween. (Her first Halloween she was just 9 days old). I had planned on putting it on Mr. Bananas this year, but Hubby found a cute monkey costume and he couldn't resist.
This year the kids had decided to be characters from their favorite movie, "How to Train your Dragon." I did look online for any ready made costume, but I'm not one for spending tons of money on a costume that will be worn once maybe twice if I'm lucky. And when I say tons of money, I mean $20-$25 per costume. I know it's not that much, but for something only worn once and for just a few hours, I can't justify it. So after looking at the crazy prices for the costumes I decided to improvise and make my own costumes putting together pieces from different outfits to make a costume.
The result was:
"Hiccup": green fleece pants, snowboots, a green shirt (I bought for $5) that I cut and sewed the "lacing" to make it look like the real characters shirt, a wide piece of ribbon for a belt, and a leather vest given to me by my SIL (Thanks, L!) to replace the v-neck sweater vest I was originally using for "hiccup's" vest, and a cardboard shield (that Hubby made after walking in the door at 11:30 at night from a week long business trip so that it would be ready for Boogie's Halloween parade the next morning).
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"Astrid": All the pieces I did buy, but I can use separately as pieces to real outfits she can wear outside the house. 1 "magic" shirt (that stretches to fit any kid any size), legwarmers for her arms, pleated skirt, wide black headband for a belt, black stretchy pants, boots, an orange headband, and a cardboard battleax Hubby made the day of our October snow.
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And of course, Mr. Bananas, had the only non-homemade costume:
![For the Godparents: Love, Mr. Bananas](https://www.heatherjauquet.com/content/images/-NqwSAIOQ6kE/TrWUXrxtnCI/AAAAAAAABSE/vZBMsuQFfUw/s2000/IMG_0270.jpg)
![One of my favorite pictures, because of the look of delight on Buggy's face when Boogs held her hand in his school's Halloween parade.](https://www.heatherjauquet.com/content/images/-FyHTqcXlTJQ/TrWUtgQ_uZI/AAAAAAAABSU/Ba7Hwpz2UU4/s2000/IMG_0276.jpg)
![I love Boogie's expression in this one.](https://www.heatherjauquet.com/content/images/-wyMb0blk5qI/TrWU83xaZXI/AAAAAAAABSc/gwZ0G149P5E/s2000/DSC06751.jpg)
![Buggy grimaced like the viking she is in every photo!](https://www.heatherjauquet.com/content/images/-zHpwQ5tuIJo/TrWVl58VzyI/AAAAAAAABSk/A6xFwruFXs4/s2000/DSC06754.jpg)