After a week of foraging for materials, three days of sewing and cursing and sewing and hair-pulling and one night of hot gluing, Jude's Halloween costume finally became a reality. Without further ado, I present for you, The Giant, Ink-Squirting Squid...
Pretty cool, right?! I was very proud. I don't know if you can tell in the video, but the arms and tentacles are lined with suction cups that I cut off a rubber bathtub mat. The "ink" is black Silly String. He's a little bit of a ham (can't imagine where he gets it) and went to town squirting that stuff. I'm not sure what the janitor of his school had to deal with in the aftermath. Sorry about that.
Oh, and only once did I overhear Jude asking someone to please not step on his testicles.
Anyway, as usual, Jude's tiny Catholic school went insane over Halloween. Interestingly, for the last four years, I would have said they went INSANE. But this year was just insane. Just not quite as inspired as usual. Not sure why. If you're interested, previous Halloween INSANITY is written about here and here and here (you should actually check them out to get ideas for next year!). But even though it was a slightly less over-the-top than past years, it was still pretty outrageous, remember it's a city filled with creative types. So here are my favorites of the year...
But my very favorite costumes of all, weren't any of the kids, but two of my favorite moms...
God, I love our weird school.
I'm already thinking ahead to next year. What do you think about the kid going as Dumbledora the Explorer?
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I have been waiting FOREVER to see what Jude's costume was! And it blew me away, it really did. AWESOME! And wow, your school really does go all out for Halloween. Lily's teacher dressed up as one of the Duck Dynasty guys, which was pretty fun!
Posted by: Ginny Marie | 11/08/2013 at 04:32 AM
Oh my gosh, they really do go all out. So awesome. Xander impressed his classmates with his triceratops costume I made for him, but he would barely have rated a mention in that creative environment. I think I live in the wrong place!
Posted by: Keely | 11/08/2013 at 07:18 AM
Turbo's mummy outfit would have needed a bit more attention, but for homemade, he might have held his own. The squid was inspired. Ink just made it.
Posted by: VandyJ | 11/08/2013 at 07:31 AM
The squid costume is hilarious. Great job! The squirting ink is inspired.
I feel kind of bad for the girl who ended up as the rock in the rock, paper, scissors trio. She looks a little unhappy in that confining costume. I wonder how they decided who got to be which one. A game of rock, paper, scissors, maybe? :)
Posted by: Angelina Costenaro | 11/09/2013 at 02:06 PM
You are SO creative! Love the costume. I believe your school would be at home in Weird Austin, TX.
Posted by: Janice Adcock | 11/10/2013 at 07:22 PM
I love your weird school too. Awesome Halloween costumes.
Posted by: Mommy Lisa | 11/12/2013 at 10:11 AM