The KISS costumes

So the kids have been planning this since last year! Jay has been trying to talk them into this since Cache was born. This is one group costume that worked pretty good because they still looked good by themselves when they were at school. Gavin refused to paint his face for school so he went as a pirate, Kaelee's costumes was not done in time for school so she was a witch. So here is the story of the costumes the good the bad and the ugly.

First I had great plans of making boots, and multiple pieces for each kid, and buy wigs. So to do this JoAnn fabrics was having a sell that started on a Sunday and all Halloween Fabric was 50% off. So Jay and I got up early and went to IF (I know we are awful) and spent $35 of fabric I cleaned of the bolt of every one of my fabrics. Next I had to figure out how to make these costumes because I did not like any of the patterns I found. Then I got sick, got behind in school, and oh yeah tried to edit patterns in the middle. How dumb can one mom be? I'll let you know next year! So first I tackled Gavins leather jacket because I thought this would be the hardest! It turned out great! Makenzie sacrificed her favorite leggings to her costume and one of her black shirts I just cut out the fabric and wonder undered it all on. The silver fabric was a pain to say the least. Kaelee's wings came next as I tried to blend my ideas with Jay's (Husband shouldn't get an opinion in stuff like this) but we do work well together and Kaelee's wings turned out pretty darn good although her spikes didn't want to stay on. Oops Cache reminded me that I had not started his the morning of his party so I started what I thought would be the easiest (the alien). Those darn discs were difficult. Jay called me in the middle and I was bawling, but it all worked out and Cache told his teacher, "Yeah my mom just did this this morning," glad he thinks I can do anything! Oh yeah the makeup everyone told me not to worry so much about the clothes but to worry about the makeup. First we started with Halloween costume makeup and it smeared and I couldn't get lines very sharp so then I went and bought (don't judge) out door acrylic craft paint. The outdoor stuff stayed shinny. Friday night at the carnival it took Jay and I 2 hours to apply the paint, I am proud to Say on Saturday with all four kids we got it down to 1 1/2 hours. So here are my best pics......