Kate and Edwin had another adorable year of dressing up together (last year was Lilo and Stitch) and this time around they decided on Rainbow Dash and Spike the Dragon from My Little Pony. :)
Rainbow Dash is a pegasus known for her adventurous spirit and competitive attitude. She loves all the colors, is bright, fast, and FUN! I can't think of a more Kate costume than Rainbow Dash.
Together we made Kate's Rainbow Dash tutu. It was so fun! We were able to pull some pieces from a sparkly tutu I wore at Disneyland earlier this year. << Recycling costumes is our jam. We shaped the back of the tutu to be longer like a tail. Kate made her own necklace with a kit that we found at a craft store, and her shirt was a turtleneck we found at a thrift store. It was the perfect solid blue color! I altered the neckline at home.
Her hooves were made with felt squares, which I cut to the right shape and then added velcro and elastic to so that they would stay on around her shoes. The pony ears were also made with felt squares and a craft-store headband. We tucked extra rainbow colors of tulle into her ponytail, sprayed some glitter hairspray, and voila! Rainbow Dash hair.
The only pre-finished thing I actually bought were her wings. I considered making them, but for the sake of time and expense I found these cute child-size Rainbow Dash wings at Halloween City. They were sparkly, and they already had a cutie mark on the back! (Cutie marks are typically on the hips of the ponies and indicate their special talents.)
Speaking of which... I did actually make Kate a cutie mark out of craft foam for the side of her tutu, but we forgot to attach it for the Trunk-or-Treat! Hopefully I can get a picture of it tonight. ;)
Edwin has also really enjoyed watching My Little Pony with Kate and friends this summer, so he was super jazzed to be Twilight Sparkle's sidekick, Spike the Dragon!
Spike is totally adorable, and I think it was the perfect costume for Edwin. I wanted to make sure the dragon costume was done right, so we found a Simplicity pattern and picked out fabric together at the craft store:
The bumpy purple seemed like just the right stuff for cuddly dragon skin, and the lime green felt was an awesome touch! Elastic went around his shoes to hold on the claw feet. It was so fun to watch him walk around as a little dragon! I didn't get many pictures of the side or back of Edwin, (he wasn't really jazzed about taking pictures that night) but my most favorite part was his tail.
Edwin also had little mittens with claws on them, but decided not to wear them at the last minute.
We were also able to bring some friends along to the Trunk-or-Treat, which was super fun! Pretty much for the first time EVER my bestie Michelle and her family live in the same state with us at Halloween. It's been great to get our kids together!
Liam (who IS Harry Potter) and his Uncle Eli (a guy from Halo)
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We ALSO got to bring our awesome friends Dani, Jake, and Rylan along with us! I love seeing our kids practice trick-or-treating together. :) Rylan and Edwin are both so shy. But they got the hang of it and got quite the collection of candy, haha. Plus Rylan makes the most adorable kitty-cat ever.
We hope everyone has a fantastic, safe, and happy Halloween!!
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