It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a… gumball machine?
As it turns out, my first Pinterest-inspired costume-making adventure went off without much of a hitch. Lucky enough, Finn’s first costume required little more than a hot glue gun to construct. So, I felt up to the challenge.
We looked at tons of pre-made infant costumes, but nothing really spoke to us. There’s just not that much variety for a little squish that can’t even sit up, yet. So, rather than spend $50 for Finn to be a sadly misshapen lump of a zebra, we decided to go with something a little easier–and a little more fun.
As soon as I saw this gumball machine costume online, I was sold! It’s basically just a onesie, some pants, and a hat with pompoms glued on, after all. How could I mess it up? Plus, FOOD.
Of course, Finn is still a little too young to go trick-or-treating (can’t wait for the next year, though). This whole costume thing was really only for one purpose, then: photos. We wanted pictures of our little guy in his little costume, and we wanted to be able to say that–even if it served absolutely no purpose at all–we dressed him up for his first Halloween.
And since the only thing we really good do was take photos, we took A LOT of photos.
Having these photos–and being able to torture/embarass Finn with them when he’s older–is TOTALLY worth a few glue gun burns.
We had a great first Halloween with our little guy. We have a tradition of watching scary movies and binge-eating junk food with a couple of good friends. Finn stayed up with us, this year, and I was a little nervous that we’d have trouble getting through the movies while watching him.
Our little guy was a champ, though! He sat on the couch and hung out with us while we watched movies, and he even went to bed without a peep, all while we were loudly watching Insidious 3 and a party raged upstairs.
All month, I’ve been eyeing our neighborhood’s Facebook page, taking note of all of the Halloween activities offered for kids. Next year, Finn will be able to participate in some of them, and I’m SO excited about it. But I’m not going to wish time away–the trick or treating days will be here soon enough.