Slimer

After a month of waiting for our Brown Eyed Girl to change her mind about being a Ghostbuster for Halloween, I went ahead an ordered her the "girl Ghostbuster costume, you know, the one with the skirt."

When you are a mom with young children, who can still be manipulated and forced to wear what you buy them being able to coordinate outfits adds a little something special to an event, holiday, or special occasion. Having a boy and a girl, I accepted a long time ago that they would never wear cute matching dresses. However, I live for coordinating outfit opportunities.

For instance, in 2011 I dressed the kids as a Cowgirl and a cow for Halloween. 

I am proud to say that this year's costumes were chosen with out the influence of Handy Man or myself. Unless you count allowing them to watch and become obsessed with the movie Ghostbusters in which case I blame Handy Man and Peter Venkman.

One day, Mr Blue Eyes said he wanted to be Slimer for Halloween. I asked him again to be sure and he smiled from ear to ear, nodded his head and said again with glee, "Simer ween!" Wahoooo coordinating costumes!!!

I consulted my good friend Google first and these were my options.

Pretty sure this would just scare him to death.

This was actually a child Slimer costume I could purchase. Maybe for a 10 year old but I had serious doubts about getting my 2 year old to want to wear this.

I was getting no where with Google and started talking to Pinterest.

Now I was getting some where!

I am always truly amazed at what some parents can make with felt, cloth, and even an old green sleeping bag.

Unfortunately, I am not handy with a sewing machine. I can rock a glue gun. However, I was afraid my costume would end up as a Pinterest Fail and poor Mr Blue Eyes would end up looking more like a green booger by the time my glue gun and I were done with him.

Time to call in for reinforcements!!! And I know just the lady who is handy with a sewing machine.

Grandma Joan!

 

She is also an accomplished fisherman. 

After a few text messages and after sending a few examples from Pinterest, Grandma Joan had the basic idea of what I was trying to accomplish and was more than happy to help with the challenge. 

To say she was excited is an understatement. She got right to work before our scheduled visit the middle of October. This was the costume model we were running with.

Using her sweatshirt as a template, she started creating her pattern. 

Once she had her pattern, the master construction began.

Slimer was taking form.

Unfortunately, our seamstress lives in Iowa. So when she needed a model to try on Slimer to see if she was on the right track, Grandma Joan had to hire the neighbor boy for a fitting.

I was so excited how Slimer was turning out. Grandma Joan really is amazing. She completed all of this on a Sunday.

A week later and a fourteen hour car ride and Mr Blue Eyes was able to see and try on his new costume himself.

His excitement was building.

He was all smiles when he was able to see himself in the mirror. My cheeks were aching from smiling. This was going to be an epic Halloween!

A few last minute tweaks to the costume and it was ready. Unfortunately, Mr Blue Eyes refused to try on the costume again. Don't panic! I decided it was best not to force the issue otherwise we might never get him in it for Halloween.

Yesterday was our Brown Eyed Girl's Halloween party at school. As soon as Mr Blue Eyes saw Sissy getting dressed up as a Ghostbuster, he ran to his room and grabbed his Slimer costume. Success!

Thank you Grandma Joan for all of your hard work on making Slimer for Mr Blue Eyes! We love you! XOXO