{Thea, our orange flower fairy princess}
We knew she would want to be something orange, it was only a question of what she would settle on. For months, she asked to be an "orange sled," before changing her mind only a few weeks ago. I must say, I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I could stop figuring out how I was going to make that costume!
The costume wasn't complicated, and didn't even take that long. For the flower necklace, I used this tutorial from Martha Stewart (though there was no template for the flowers, so I used this one from her pet costume tutorial).
For her dress, I dyed a white cotton jersey sheet orange - though it turned out much more peachy in color than I intended, which actually worked out quite well. I used this super easy pattern, by chicken hill on etsy. To finish off her costume, I dyed some white tights green for her flower stem and made her a wand from felt scraps.
Thea came down with an awful cold a week before Halloween, so she spent the week home with me. We spent our mornings working on things to get ready for her preschool class Halloween party. We stuffed treat bags and mede these little monster treat cups from recycled egg cartons.
{sick, but still silly}
On Halloween day, she was finally well enough to return to school, and it was a good thing: I think she would have been heartbroken if she had missed the festivities.
The kids took part in a parade, and then sang sweet songs for the parents. We finished the morning with a party for her little class.
By the end of the day, I was the one who was sick. I went out for a few minutes to watch Thea start out trick-or-treating, but I didn't last long. I managed to snap a few {blurry} photos of her in her costume before I headed to bed.
John continued on, accompanied by our wonderful neighbor friends and their two sweet daughters.
They made it up one street in our neighborhood before it started to pour. Which was probably just the right amount of trick-or-treating anyway.
All in all, it was a good day. A good day indeed.
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