Quote:
Originally Posted by eepster  As I was scrolling up and saw the bump smilie it struck me that you could each be a different smilie.
|
I'm not sure how well that would work realistically.
Anyway, we've been thinking of ideas for over 3 weeks and have yet to actually sew anything. We still haven't cleared the floor under the sewing machine so one of hte kids can plug it in- I can't bend down to do it myself. I wanted to do some mending and ended up doing it by hand instead.
And, to top it off, I just found out that our shul is having a Purim party this Sunday at 3:00 PM. I thought we had until next Thursday to get the costumes done, but we only have until Sunday! This means we can't buy any materials, or even go to the thrift store for ideas, but have to make due with whatever we already have on hand.
The librarian idea is a good one, then we can be a "theme" with a lot more flexibility to use what we already have in the house. DS can use his old Dalmation costume (if it still fits!) and be one of the 101 Dalmations, or a fire dog, or he can wear the kangaroo costume that was purchased for DD1 when DS was an infant, and he can be Kanga and Roo from Winnie the Pooh or a random kangaroo from a non-fiction book.
And the girls can throw together whatever they want and pick a fictional character that resembles the costume- I've got a Statue of Liberty costume I made for myself in college, along with a Medeival woman costume also from my college days, and there's the dress my mom wore to my aunt's wedding in 1982.
The only thing I'm not sure about is what a librarian is supposed to look like, and how anybody will be able to tell I'm in a costume if I'm just wearing my regular clothes! Plus keep in mind that I cover my hair for religious reasons and I don't own any wigs, so whatever costume I make needs to have a headcovering of some kind. Sweeping my hair up into a tight bun for a "librarian" costume isn't an option, and I generally don't see librarians covering their hair.
