Indy and the Dolphin

 

The costumes...  Buddy Boy was pretty definite and unwavering when it came to what he wanted to be for Halloween, Indiana Jones.  We looked for leather jackets on e-bay, but didn't find anything for a reasonable price.  So I made one.  It isn't leather, but it is a pretty good polyester that I found in the upholstery section.  I found a pattern that worked, but it wasn't quite the right size so I had to completely rework the pattern.  I wasn't sure that it would work.  I was afraid that it would be too small, but it ended up a little big.  Oh well.  It's great for a costume.

 

Here is my indecisive little dolphin.  She wanted to be a dolphin or a mermaid so I started by making a reversible dolphin/mermaid tail.  I wanted to reduce the chance of last minute meltdowns.  The tail is basically a skirt with a big fin hanging off the front.  The flukes have some super stiff Pelon to hold their shape.  My original idea was that the fin would go in back, but she had other ideas.

 



The back fin is pinned to a shirt we already had.

 

Here's the fabric for the mermaid look.  I love the shiny green scales.

 

 

And the whole thing.  Wouldn't you know, she never wore it out of the house.  I would have taken a picture of my little mermaid, but I couldn't get her in to the costume again.

 

On Halloween there were multiple costume parades.  Indy looked great.  He loved having a whip and holster as well as the all important over the shoulder bag.  I made the whip by braiding some very long strips of the jacket fabric.  Thank you YouTube for the demo on braiding a four strand round braid.  He loved being Indy.  It was fun for me to see him get a lot of positive feedback on his costume.

 

At Buddy Boy's school the teachers all dressed as Waldo.  It was funny to see them all together.

 

 

 

At preschool the kids trick-or-treated through the office then met all of the parents and all of their cameras to sing a few songs.  They really outdo themselves with the Halloween carols.

 

My Girl's best friend ever that she has known for her whole life was dressed as Izzy the pirate.  That caused a few problems that night when My Girl wanted to be Jake the pirate to trick-or-treat.  After a few unsuccessful attempts to convince her that the pirate stuff we had would work, I told her that Jake was friends with mermaids and dolphins so she could choose one of those things.  That worked.  Once we turned her coat inside out so that the grey lining showed and pinned the fin to the coat, she happily roamed the neighborhood as a dolphin with her trick or treating buddy.  They were the tooth fairy princess and the tooth dolphin.