Oh heck, speaking of spare time, I really don't have much so I'm going to leave out a lot of detail for everyone's sake. ;) Ethan wanted to be Link. Link? you ask...Yes, the character that saves Princess Zelda from Gannon in the video game Zelda. That gave Savannah an idea--she wants to be Princess Zelda.
I think in my "mommy-brain" coma I, for some reason, agree to these costumes and buy parts for them at the beginning of October. So after the anniversary party I still had to actually buy the pattern I was going to use for Savannah, buy all the notions to go with it, and cut out and sew everything. I got Ethan's cut out and the main part of it (a peter pan pattern that I adjusted a bit) sewn in one day and felt pretty good about it, although I knew that it was the easy one. The next few days I tried to make the little parts to his costume like the hat, boot-covers, and gloves (which never happened).
There were several days in between Ethan's and Savannah's costumes that I simply couldn't do anything on them because of errands, appointments, school,...exhaustion. I finally realized that I could no longer procrastinate starting Savannah's costume. I had bought tons of white costume satin and needed to get going on it even though I only had about 4 days left....I think. My Mom was at Costco and called to tell me (w/3 days left) that they had a Barbie bride costume that was white and maybe I could use that. I had already spent til the wee hours of the morning the night before cutting out all the pieces for her dress (and it was a very frustrating thing in itself) so I was very torn. If the rest of the assembly for the dress was going to be as frustrating as the cutting out I definitely wanted the premade dress. On the other hand, if I didn't make the dress, all the money for fabric and time I spent cutting out pieces would have been a complete waste. So we decide for her to buy the dress and then if needed, depending on what I decide, return it later.
That night when I finally was able to get to it I made the decision to just start making the dress and then if I had trouble, I would quit and resort to the barbie dress. So I sewed, and sewed, and sewed. I think I finally quit at about 3:30 a.m. I made the whole dress except for the hemming. This takes us to Wednesday, halloween being on Friday. The remainder of my time was spent (among other things, of course) trying to figure out the details of the costume. Things like the shoulder armor, the apron thing, the gloves' detail, and the vest. I worked on her costume until the absolute last second.
You might be impressed with the costumes until you look at the pictures I was going off from. At the same time, if you knew how many little details there are and then imagine trying to adapt them into a kid's one-day costume, you might still be impressed so I'm going to include both pictures below. (Another side-note is all the time I spent on the computer just trying to find a good picture of Link and Zelda. There are all kinds of versions of these two since the game is from the 80's through recent times. I went with images from more recent games.)
I forgot to mention Tanner's and Garrett's costumes!! Tanner is in love with SpeedRacer and HotWheels so this basic costume was perfect that I found online. A little pricey, actually, but worth it compared to how little time I had.
Garrett is a very busy little boy, as I have mentioned, so when I saw this costume on OldNavy.com I just had to buy it. It was a perfect fit for my little stinker.
