Okay, so this second-hand 'Morphsuit' that I found at Once Upon A Child felt like SUCH A WIN! My midde had just mentioned the day before that he would like to either be Thanos or wear a morphsuit. Since Thanos looked pretty much impossible to recreate on my own- I almost danced for joy when I found this blue morphsuit for $7.99!!
Anyhoo, sady for me, my middle decided he ONLY wanted to be Thanos. More on that to come.
On that same day that I found the morphsuit, I found a Mr. Peanut costume while thrifting at Talize. I was not LOOKING for a Mr. Peanut costume- but I immediately fell in love and paid the $4.99 in hopes that ONE of our 5 kids would wear it.
THIS costume was the biggest hit of any costume that any of my kids have ever worn! No joke!
His teacher's loved it and STILL bring it up when I see them weeks later! Strangers on Halloween night commented on the cuteness- I mean, He WAS adorable. I couldn't find a thrifted Top Hat, but found one at a Halloween specialty store for $1.25. So, my youngest son's costume cost less than $6.00!
My oldest finally decided on a costume a couple of days before his first Halloween party. He decided on a werewolf, which was pretty easy because of his already-crazy-hair and he already owned a plaid shirt, jeans and used my vest. I painted his face and hands and used grey hairspray in his hair. Oh, and he borrowed my vest.
I decided on Halloween day to be a Werewolf Mama, to kind of match with him. Low and behold, he changed his mind COMPLETELY for Halloween night and decided he needed to be a mime. Yep, a mime. He wore a black sweater out that he already owned and a black hat as well. At least this last minute costume was completely FREE.
Back to my middle. I was at a loss as to what to do to make a big purple bald-headed bad guy. With a magic gold gauntlet. My friend Leanne suggested a purple hat for the bald head. That felt doable.
So, I grabbed a lavender coloured hat from Value Village for $2.99. I found gold gloves and gemstones at the dollar Store to make the Gauntlet. Sloan actually enjoyed glueing the gems into the proper places on his 'Gauntlet'. I found a muscle-y undershirt at Talize, and used felt to make the gold accents on Thanos' outfit. Thank goodness he's 7 and likely did see Thanos when he looked into a mirror after I painted his face purple.
I grabbed my step-son a Spiderman Costume from Talize as well. I have a few around the home but wanted him to have his own, AND it was only $5.99.
Since my oldest would not go out as a Werewolf with me, I dressed my husband up as one with me. He hated it, but was a good sport anyway. Haha.
(Products used: Rustic Brown, Granite, Snow Shadowsense, Blackberry LipSense, Black Eyesense Pencil)
I have to say, I have painted my kid's faces for many years now- and I absoloutely LOVED that the SeneGence shadows, pencils and lip colours were smudgeproof and stayed all day/night!!
So, thanks to thrifting, Halloween cost me a whopping $22.25!!! Not bad for 7 costumes!!!
Thanks for reading friends! If you have any questions about WHY I thrift or for tips on thrifting send me a message!
I realize now that when I changed the name of my blog from NeverNew to Courageous Beauty Co.- all of my links that I had set up are now wrong..so I need to go through my last 7 years of bogging and fix that!!
Happy Thrifting Thursday!
Blessings.
