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DIY Costumes

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I love this time of year and, the possibilities for DIYS are endless between the costumes and decorations. There are so many fun things to make this time of year.  I especially love when my kids ask me to make their costumes. The other day I asked Little Man if he remembered the year I dressed him up like a lion. He said no, the only costumes that stood out to him were the ones I made for him, or bought ones that I enhanced to make the character that he wanted. This year Little Man wanted to be cousin It from the Adam's Family, to match his friends costumes.  Little Miss wanted to be Gabby from Gabby's Dollhouse, specifically the Halloween Gabby, dressed in a rainbow dress complete with cat tail.  Little Man's costume was fun to make. My initial idea was to use a grass hula skirt but I couldn't find a grass one, I found lots of plastic ones in green, blue and pink but no brown or grass ones. Pivoting slightly, we wandered the isles of the Dollar

Beware of Gnome

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Beware of the Zombie Gnome! This is the newest addition to our Haunted Fairy Garden. This gnome was in a paint your own garden gnome set that Little Man painted years ago.  The paint was wearing off so we decided to give him a new (after) life, and paint him as a zombie gnome. I love how weathered and beaten up he looks. I also gave my  welcome to our gnome  sign a spooky upgrade by painting the flip side to day 'beware of gnome.' Our Haunted Fairy Garden grows spookier every year. This year in addition to the zombie gnome and sign, I also repainted my fairy as a ghost fairy and we added a haunted tree house.  Happy Halloween!