DIY School Supplies Family Costume

It's Halloween time again! I admit I was a bit lazy at first with the kids' costumes this year. Usually I have a theme all planned out months in advance, but before I knew it, I realized it was October already and we had nothing! I just wanted to buy something but when I told my daughter to choose from an online store, she looked at me incredulously and said "You're NOT making our costumes?! You HAVE to!!!" Ooops, that's what I get from them being used to all my DIY projects haha!

Alice in Wonderland costume for Book Week

For Book Week this year, my daughter decided to go as Alice In Wonderland. She was Little Red Riding Hood for Grade 1 and Hermoine Granger last year. I've been wanting to do Alice for the longest time so I'm so happy she finally chose this character.

DIY Harry Potter costume

It's Book Week again at school! And I didn't have to worry about my son's costume since I just recycled it from his sister's last year. ;p

DIY Mario Bros. and Toad Costume

I was honestly late in planning the kids' Halloween costumes this year.  I would keep asking them what they wanted to go as and they would give me a different answer everyday. Finally, I just decided on Mario Bros. which I've been wanting to do for a few years now. :)

DIY Hermione Granger costume

Now it's my daughter's turn to dress up for Book Week at school and she wanted to be none other than Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid costume for Book Week

It's Book Week again at school and to celebrate, there will be a parade where the kids should dress up as their favorite book character. Last year, my daughter came as Little Red Riding Hood. This year, it was my son's turn and he actually came up with the idea of going as Greg Heffley from Diary of a Wimpy Kid!

A DISNEY Christmas!

Our much awaited theme for our family's annual Christmas costume party was... DISNEY! Last year was Asian and the year before that was Ugly Sweater. It was easy for me to think of what to go as, since I've thought of doing INSIDE OUT for Halloween before. So here na lang for Christmas! ;p

A Pokémon Halloween!

Since I spent all that effort making my son's Ash Ketchum costume, I figured why not make it a Pokémon-themed Halloween na lang right? So say hello to Ash, Poké Ball, and Pikachu! :)

DIY Ash Ketchum Pokemon Costume

Halloween is fast approaching and when I asked my son what he wanted to be this year, he firmly said: Ash Ketchum from Pokemon. He and his dad love playing Pokémon Go until now and I can't believe he practically knows all the names of the different Pokémons and their evolutions!

DIY Linggo ng Wika costume

It's the month of August already and for school kids, that means Linggo ng Wika! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to buy a baro't saya or Maria Clara outfit for my daughter since there wasn't one available in the mall I went to. I had to leave for a trip soon and didn't have time anymore so I just had to improvise. :)

DIY Little Red Riding Hood Costume

My daughter's school will be celebrating Book Week, and they'll be having a parade where the kids should dress up as their favorite storybook character. She actually has a lot of Disney princess costumes already, but I sort of wanted her to wear something different this time. Anyway, I was looking online for some inspiration and decided that an easy option would be Little Red Riding Hood.

DIY Knight Costume

My kids had a Royal Court Parade activity in school and they had to come in medieval looking costumes like a king, queen, princess, knight or jester. Finding an outfit for my daughter was easy since we had so many Disney Princess gowns in her closet. In fact, her big dilemma was which dress to wear lol!

My problem was my son's costume since all he had were superhero outfits. And I didn't want to spend for something he was only going to probably use once. So I had to whip out my DIY skills to the rescue! This costume is so easy you can do it in 10 minutes and it cost practically nothing (if you have all the materials already like me).

Halloween 2015

Sorry for being MIA these past few days, we've just been really busy taking advantage of the kids' sem break. Plus, I've also been fixing their requirements and applications for big school already. Gosh, is Miley really going to be Grade 1 already next year?! Where did the time go!

I've been so preoccupied lately that I haven't even decorated the house for Christmas (I didn't even put up Halloween decors like before!). We finally put up the tree 2 days ago, and I still have so much to do. These next few weeks are going to be so hectic since we have some family vacations lined up together with entrance exams and Christmas shopping which I haven't even started with! Ayayay!

Anyway, I'll leave that craziness behind for now and share with you our Halloween costumes for this year. I wanted it to be easy to do, cheap but cute, and something the whole family could be part of. So presenting... DESPICABLE ME!

Happy Halloween 2014

If you're following me on Instagram (@mrsmommyholic), then you've probably already seen what the kids' costumes were for Halloween.

You also know that I've always dressed Miley and Sabe as a pair - Dora & Boots in 2011, Lilo & Stitch in 2012, and Peter Pan & Tinkerbell in 2013 (wherein hubby and I also joined in as Captain Hook and Mr. Smee!)

Now that we have a new addition to the family with baby Skyler, I was really excited at first thinking what theme we could do this year. I had a couple of ideas (The Incredibles would have been perfect right? ;p) but then Miley and Sabe are already at that age wherein they want to do things their way (and they can get pretty stubborn too!). I finally decided to forego having a theme this year and just let them be who they wanted. :)

Miley had asked her dad to buy her a Merida costume a couple of months ago when he was in the States. We made her choose among all the Disney princesses and I was really surprised when she kept insisting she wanted Merida since I knew for a fact she had only watched the movie Brave once (and she got scared of the bear too!). But she kept saying she wanted it so hubby went ahead and bought it.

The costume wasn't cheap (about $30 I think) so I figured she might as well wear it trick or treating. But she needed a couple more things to really look like the character. Merida is best known for her wild hair, so I bought a red wig at Divisoria for P200. I also found a bow and arrow at Toys R Us for only P99! It was actually from the Juan dela Cruz toy line (remember that telenovela starring Coco Martin? lol!) but it really matched her outfit. :)

Meanwhile, hubby and I watched the Rurouni Kenshin movie trilogy and really enjoyed it! Hubby loved it so much he started watching the old Samurai X cartoons again. Sabe ended up watching with his dad and liking it as well! Good thing I was able to find a kimono in SM on sale for just P100. And we were able to buy a kiddie samurai sword in Korea which was perfect for his costume. I wanted him to have a long ponytail just like Kenshin but it was a challenge getting him to wear the hairpiece I bought. He kept saying "I don't like! I'm NOT a girl!" lol! I was able to take a couple of pics though without him noticing I clipped it already. Can you see his ponytail in the pic below? ;p And of course, I drew an X on his cheek with my eyebrow pencil to complete the look. :)

Can you tell feel na feel niya ang costume? My gosh, emote to the max! Hahaha! I didn't even tell him how to pose, this is all him! ;p

For Skyler, I really love owls so I was so happy when hubby was able to buy this costume in the States as well. It is absolutely adorable and super gigil! I thought he was going to be fussy with the costume, but I was so surprised when he was so behaved and didn't even try to remove the hoodie part in his head. And so many people took pics of him when we went trick or treating since he was just too cute! :)

Anyway, here are more pics of them in their costumes. :)

Miley as Merida

Sabe as Samurai X

Skyler as baby owl

Oh, and I sorta had a mini costume too. When Miley said she was going to be Merida, I figured I'll be her momma bear, the queen! Bought this bear hat at Metro Department Store for about P130. ;p

The kids were so excited, they could barely stand still! I couldn't even get a decent pic of the 3 of them haaay!

their best group shot!

so in character!

Finally going around trick or treating!

Hi baby Tiyanak! Miley and Sabe are terrified of this thing haha! ;p

some houses gave dirty ice cream! yum!

eating their loot

all their candy!

So it was a successful Halloween again this year! I admit, I kinda wish we did have a theme but hey, there's always next year. I actually have some ideas already so at least I have a whole year to prepare haha! ;p

Trick or Treat Neverland style

Well, another Halloween has come and gone and this year was even better than the last! I guess it's also because both kids are at that age where they are able to appreciate trick or treating and all that candy already. Of course, what made it extra fun was the fact that me and hubby also dressed up too so we can match the kids! I'm sure you can already guess who we are ;p

Like I said in my previous post, I usually just think of my kids costumes and make sure they coordinate. This year, they came as Peter Pan and Tinkerbell.

But then, hubby and I thought wouldn't it be fun to dress up as a family? So hubby became Captain Hook...

And I became Mr. Smee! Which is perfect since I'm preggy and Mr. Smee has a big tummy too haha :)

If you can't tell, we had a blast doing all the silly poses! ;p

Oh, and my sister joined in the fun at the last minute! She decided to wear Miley's dragon costume on her head so she could become the Crocodile that ate Captain Hook's hand. Perfect! ;p

Putting together the costumes was so fun, especially the one for Captain Hook! If you're wondering, hubby's shirt was made from 2 ladies tops that I got for P100 each at the export overruns stall from the Noel Bazaar. When I saw that ruffled white shirt, I knew I hit the jackpot. At least I can still use the tops after Halloween haha!

Here's the whole gang ready to go trick or treating!

And yes, hubby went around the whole time in full costume (while I was in the car following them). Career na career! A lot of people actually took pictures of him and the kids since they looked so cute haha!

gotcha Peter Pan!

We had sooooo much fun and the kids got a lot of candy which they're still eating up to now!

Miley's favorite from all the goodies - PEANUTS!

dividing their candy the next day

Now I'm so excited to think about what we'll go as next year! Any suggestions? ;p

My kids' Halloween costume reveal

I always plan my kids costumes months before Halloween since I get so excited thinking about all the possibilities! There are three musts I follow when deciding on their costumes:

1. They must coordinate - check out their costumes last year as LILO & STITCH and the year before that as DORA & BOOTS ;p
2. It must be comfortable - nothing too hot when they go around trick or treating
3. They must love it as well - I can't force them to wear something they don't want to anyways

And so this year (if you haven't already guessed from my teaser pic of Miley's shoes), my kids came as PETER PAN and TINKERBELL! :)

off to Neverland...

It was actually last Halloween when hubby came up with the idea, since he said it would look really cute with Miley as Tinkerbell being so much bigger than Sabe as Peter Pan hehe. And he was so right! ;p

giant Tinkerbell with cutie Peter Pan :)

And it's also a good thing that Miley actually loves Tinkerbell too, especially after watching the Disney Fairies show on TV. And I'm glad they started showing classic cartoons on the Disney Channel, including Peter Pan which Sabe also ended up enjoying. Needless to say, they LOVE their costumes!

we can fly, we can fly, we can fly!

I totally love how light and comfortable both costumes are! I bought Sabe's Peter Pan costume from Divisoria, while hubby got Miley's Tinkerbell costume during a trip abroad. But they also have similar versions available in different department stores.

Anyway, here are more of their adorable photos from the mini photoshoot I did. As you can see, they had no problem getting into character. Project na project haha!

Anyway, Happy Halloween everyone! More pics to follow from our trick or treating in the coming posts. :)