Peter Pan inspired Halloween Costumes

Once upon a time my family lived for a good group costume. 

Oh how times have changed. The days of spending hours putting together the perfect group costume are long gone. Now that my girls are getting older they tell me exactly who they want to dress up as and it is a quick trip to the mall or Target.  

So humor me while I relish on the memories of our first family group costume...the year we attended Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland in 2012 as John Darling, Nana and Wendy Darling. 

These costumes took me less than three days to put together and so could you! 

John Darling Costume

- I bought the felt Top Hat from Party City for $2.99 

(Similar option Top Hat from Party City for $0.99)

- I bought the fake reading glasses (popped out the lens) and black umbrella at the 99 cent store!

- I found an over sized Men's White Dress Shirt from JCPenny for under $6

(Similar option here and here)

- Since we were at Disneyland my husband decided on wearing his regular running shoes.

But I have seen very affordable black slippers here and here!

Nana Costume

For Cailee's costume I kept it simple and bought the puppy costume on Amazon and sewed on the felt bone tag. 

I added the ribbon bow on her so people would know she's a girl!

Wendy Darling Costume

- I found a light blue long sleeve dress in the clearance section at Forever 21. It was two sizes bigger than I normally wear but because it was suppose to be a night gown it worked perfectly!

(Similar options here and here)

- I added the blue ribbon as a bow in my hair and accented my dress to look a little more like Wendy in the above photo!

- The blue ribbon was an easy find at my local craft store. I have since found it at Hobby Lobby as well!

- White tights from Target. 

(Similar options here and here)

- Black flats I already owned but found great options here and here!

Happy almost Halloween!

xoxo 

Jocelyn

Family Costumes

Halloween is just a few days away and I am taking a look back at my favorite Family Costumes we have worn throughout the years.

It has always been so fun putting together our family costumes and I am a bit sad this year we aren't doing a family costume but have no fear I'll convince everyone next year!

In 2012 we attended our first Mickey's Halloween Party and we dressed up like Wendy, John and Nana! These costumes were so easy to put together I literally got everything accounted for in two days!

In 2015 we dressed up like Max, Alison, Dani and Thackery Binx from Hocus Pocus!

My oldest picked these costumes for us and it was by far my favorite! 

Cailee's Dani costume took me some time to put together but it was so worth it!

Find the tutorial for the Dani costume here! 

I promise it is easy just a little time consuming!

In 2016 Cailee wanted to dress up as The Chipettes from Alvin and the Chipmunks!

She didn't want just any chipette costume she wanted the outfits from the "single ladies" number they did in the movie. 

Putting together this costume was way more difficult for me because I had to sew the top wraps we wore. I had to research how to make these in the easiest way possible. I got it done and was so proud of the results and my little one was over the moon! Well worth the hours of frustration.

This year my girls made costumes easy for me Charlotte is dressing up as Tinkerbell and Cailee is dressing up as rainbow dash!
What should we dress up next year as?!
xoxo Jocelyn

hocus pocus dani costume {easy diy}

As promised, today I am sharing how I made Cailee's Hocus Pocus "Dani" costume. 

I use the term DIY loosely because I essentially took pre-made items and turned them into what I needed. 

This costume was easy to put together but was rather time consuming. So if you are thinking of recreating this start now :)

Let's get right to it from top to bottom!

Hat

- I bought a witch hat from Target.

- I used orange felt to make a border on the brim! I used a glue gun for this! 

- I also added a mesh fabric(you only need like a scrap of it) around the base of the hat to resemble what I saw in the movie! I sewed on little pieces of plastic bead onto the mesh!

Scarf

- My grandma had knit a plain black scarf for me a few years back and I used it for the costume!

- I took this colorful yarn ($3.59) and cut it in to pieces and tied them around the border of the scarf! I stuck with yellow, orange, and reds for this!

Shirt

- I took this plain red shirt and cut off the neckline and made a small slit in the center. The idea was to make it look somewhat like a cape with it being sort of off the shoulder!

- I took some of the dark color yarn from above and cut little slits to make it look like you could tie the slit shut!

- I took gold felt and cut out moon and sun shapes! Than I sewed them onto the shirt! *You could glue gun them on too*

- I cut the bottom of the shirt as well in like a triangular pattern!

- She wore a black long sleeve shirt underneath.

         

                                      

Skirt

- We had purchased a black tiered skirt a few months before because Cailee had wanted to be Vanellope von Schweetz but than changed her mind to Dani! So we got lucky because I was still able to use it!

*This is what took me the longest because I hand sewed on the accents! 

- I used these three different trims on the skirt!

Green Trim | Red Pom Trim | Red Fringe Trim

- Cailee wore red tights under her skirt!

                      

Now her costume isn't an exact replica of what Dani really wore in the movie but she loved it so much and Hocus Pocus fans knew exactly who she was ;)

I hope you find this helpful and inspires you! 

To see our family group costume all together click here!

xoxo

Jocelyn