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Tate’s First Halloween (+ Creative Costume)
turtle baby
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Halloween is just not that important to me. I mostly participate because it’s important to my husband. But I am a sucker for babies in cuddly costumes, so this year I made a bit of an effort — or I intended to.
Steve and I talked about what we might dress Tate as for weeks, but we just couldn’t decide. I would have loved to have made his costume, but let’s be honest here, I can’t find the time to use my sewing machine to save my life — it never would have gotten done. Last weekend, we went on a last ditch shopping effort in hopes that we would find a costume that we liked, didn’t cost a fortune, and actually fit our baby boy. What a challenge!
The costumes that were marked as Tate’s size were cheap, ugly, and more money than we wanted to pay. Target was our last stop and I was about to give up. They had sold completely out of baby costumes. As I started to walk away from the seasonal aisle, I saw something I thought just might work. Click through to read about our unexpected source of Tate’s turtle costume.
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9 Comments
Chelle commented on Oct 30 11 at 9:38 pmWhat a great idea! I never would have thought of this!
Amanda commented on Oct 30 11 at 10:03 pmYou’re so clever! And Tate’s adorable!
SJ commented on Oct 30 11 at 10:08 pmTurtle Tate is so cute! Great mommy problem solving skills!
Kristyn commented on Oct 30 11 at 11:05 pmThis. Is. Awesome! Nicely done!
jennifer commented on Oct 30 11 at 11:42 pmso many of the pet costumes were cute! you definitely have the creative gene!
Erin commented on Oct 31 11 at 1:21 amBrilliant! I wish I’d seen this sooner!
Colleen commented on Oct 31 11 at 7:10 amI had the same thought when our Target was also sold out of baby costumes. There was a great shark costume for dogs. I wasn’t sure it would work but yours turned out great. Good work, mama.
Tina commented on Oct 31 11 at 10:07 amWhere’s the “like” button on here? :)
Timothy commented on Nov 01 11 at 2:44 amWe went with a baby spider and I was his web costume
http://builtbykids.com/our-baby-spider-and-web-halloween-costume/
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