When I first approached ev with Halloween and how she’d like to dress-up, she said something as random as “cup”. Confirming my guess, she didn’t remember last year’s Halloween. After a few descriptions of jack-o-lanterns and trick-or-treating, she pleaded that she didn’t want to be a costume, that she is a girl! After a few more conversations, we are now comfortable with dressing-up as a creature and still being a girl.
I love the idea of rummaging through a trunk of fabrics and random pieces to put together a costume. I imagine as ev grows and accumulates stuff, Halloween will be a creative, practical flurry of imagination. Sure, there is the pile of tutus for the ballerina/fairy/fairy princess, but I was hoping ev would give me some unique input to this year’s dress-up.
Sure enough, inspiration came from the busy as a bee page in one of her favorite books “Quick as a Cricket” by Audrey Wood. She is fixated on the antennae, legs, wings, stripes and all parts bee.
In the end, I found the bumble bee a close second to the fairy princess for uniqueness. But, hey, there’s a story behind! And thank goblins for Etsy artists and designers who contributed to our future trunk of costumes!
we ordered these puffs from a creator on Etsy
ev Reaches 
Zabbetta!
Yes, very much!
Very nice……. they look really simple. Wonder if we could have made them by hand?
I bet we could! No time this year for making, unfortunately.