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A Halloween Dry Run

14 Monday Oct 2013

Posted by anotherbigbite in I'm a Crafty Mo' Fo', Nerd Alert, The "Joy" of Parenting

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They are done.  OH EM GEE!!!  DONE!

Another Big Bite - DIY Despicable Me Costumes

Halloween costumes are done!!  I was so excited.  I arranged them all on the floor while Nathan and Finn were out and Alice was asleep.  And then I got out the camera because I could. not. help. it.

Which is when the guys walked in, with me standing on a chair, hovering over our costumes with a camera dangling from my neck.

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By some miracle, Nathan was easily persuaded to try them all on and shoot some pictures.  It helped that I promised if we took them now, we wouldn’t have to take a hundred of them right before trick or treating on Halloween.  And I was expecting Alice to have a mini-minion meltdown, but holy lord, she even kept her hat on the whole time.

The miracles just kept coming, ladies and gents.

If you’re new to this neck of the woods, we decided to be characters from Despicable Me (the second one).  Finn decided.  We all followed along.

The kids are Minions, and adorable…

Another Big Bite - Despicable Me Minion and Purple Minion Costume

Nathan and I looked like complete freaks, but I ‘spose that is what Halloween is all about.

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For the kids’ costumes, I whipped out very simple pairs of overalls – just pants with a bib on the front (Finn’s were an old pair of jeans in a past life).  They each got a pair of $.87 gloves from Walmart and I made them each a coordinating hat (you can read all about the hats here) to got with their fleece sweatshirts.

Another Big Bite - Despicable Me Minion & Purple Minion Costume

Another Big Bite - Despicable Me Purple Minion Costume

Nathan’s Gru costume was the easiest and cheapest costume of the bunch.  I made the striped scarf from black and gray fleece.  We dug one of his old coats out of the basement, I tacked on the “G” logo as a pretend zipper pull and made a nose out of Fun Foam.  A not-fooling-anyone kinda nose.  One that is hilariously unsophisticated and not awe-inspiring at all.

Another Big Bite - Despicable Me Gru & Minion & Purple Minion Costume

We had two options – buy the “witch’s nose” kit from one of those Halloween pop-up stores or get the Gru mask.  The witch’s nose was all wrong and had an enormous wart on it.  We found the mask, but besides the fact that it felt like cheating and not half as much fun, when I tried it on, it sent Alice into a panic.  So no to that idea.  Fun foam it was.

And his skinny pants?  I have to hand it to him; he is totally rocking out a pair of his long underwear.

Another Big Bite - Despicable Me Lucy & Minion Costume

My costume, Lucy (Gru’s love interest), was the hardest one of them all.  It sucked up the most time and funds.  I found a pattern at Joann’s for a trench coat and made a few alterations to it – and used fleece to cut down on the cost.  Never in my life have I wanted to murder a piece of fabric more….  The collar was a disaster and I spent over an hour staring at the instructions trying to figure out what I was supposed to do next.  I spent the entire night dreaming about it.  I wish I was exaggerating.

I bought a pair of cheapie sunglasses at the dollar store and painted them with blue nail polish.  Want to know how to entertain yourself for an entire nap time?  Try painting pink polka dots on a scrap of white fabric one day to make a scarf – that was fun!  (Eye roll.)

And the wig?  Ahh.  A hot mess.

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It is actually two $6.00 orange bob wigs from Walmart.  One wig is balled up and pinned to the top of my head for Lucy’s bun.  The one I wore got pinned up and under – and I’m lucky that she popps her collar – since the back is even worse than the front.

Another Big Bite - DIY Despicable Me Gru & Lucy Costumes

Another Big Bite - Despicable Me Costumes

I can only imagine what Alice is thinking about her brother in this pic.

Either way, it is fine – since all we plan on doing is trick or treating at the zoo and around the neighborhood with all of our costumes on.

The only thing left to be decided is this… Nose, or no nose?  Nathan’s fake nose is terrible…. but it is kinda what makes Gru “Gru.”

Whaddya think…. should we keep it?

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Totally thinking this should be my new “About Me” photo.

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DIY Minion Hats

24 Tuesday Sep 2013

Posted by anotherbigbite in I'm a Crafty Mo' Fo', Nerd Alert, The "Joy" of Parenting

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costume, crafts, despicable me, despicable me costume, diy, diy costume, family, halloween costume, kids, minion, minion costume, minion hat, purple minion, purple minion hat, sewing

Another Big Bite - DIY Minion Hats

First of all, I have one word for you…  Mutiny.

After I got knee-deep in Finn’s Minion Costume, Finn and Nathan ganged up on me as he was trying it on.

“Please, can Alice be a purple Minion??  Please, oh please??”

And so my dreams of dressing Alice and I up as dweeby Disney World characters were dashed.  Now we are all going to be characters from Despicable Me.

For those of you who have not seen the second Despicable Me, this is what I was dealing with…

Okay, I ‘spose I could get excited about this…

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The hats were the hardest part of the costume, since the rest is nothing more than a yellow or purple shirt and overalls.  I started with Finn’s winter hat as a template on fleece; Finn’s yellow Minion hat was nice and round on top, but Alice’s got a little extra up top to give some height for ALL. THAT. PURPLE. HAIR.

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After a test fitting, I was properly schooled that Minions have mouths…  And so crooked teeth were constructed out of fleece and fitted for the purple one, and a tongue for the yellow fellow.

For the goggles, I used the top of a mailing tube for Alice’s before I realised that mason jar lids were the perfect size – and subsequently used them for Finn’s.  The eyeballs were more fleece and hot glued into place.

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Hair for the yellow Minion was a piece of cake; black pipe cleaners were fed through the top of the head and glued into place.

The purple hair was a different story all together.  Ohmygod.  I am rolling my eyes as I recall the process.

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My first yarn purchase was too – stringy?  I hit up Walmart for the chunkiest cheapie yarn I could find, and then subsequently spent an entire evening making purple quasi-pom-poms.  Thirty two of them, I’ll have you know.  After they were all properly combed and coiffed, each of them was tacked on to the hat with a needle and thread.  OH, what FUN.

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Once the eyes were glued into place, I had a hard time wrestling the hat away from Finn.  If he had it his way, he would wear it all day long.

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As you can imagine, getting a toddler to stand still with a head of purple hair long enough to snap a clear picture is not easy.  Finn was kind enough to model Alice’s hat.

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Now that the Minion costumes are thisclose to being in the bag, I have to turn my attention to Nathan and I’s costumes.  Nae is going as Gru, and I’m going as his love interest, Lucy.  God help me if I can find a wig for that one…

Because I have learned that my sanity cannot take another head covering made from combed-out yarn.

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