Handmade Vintage Costumes for the Next Generation

With Halloween rolling around faster this year than ever before, I was really trying to just figure out a simple costume for each of my children.  Usually the theme is picked in January and mom and I get started creating in September.  Ever since my baby boy peep was born I have always picked something both kids could be together.

The first year they were Little Red Riding Hood and the "Little" Bad Wolf (I looked everywhere and can't find these pictures) Ugh!

The next year they were Dorothy and a Munchkin

 

    

And last year they were Wendy and Peter Pan

 

 

This year we went vintage, clown vintage to be exact!.  I was looking through some of my old dance costumes to find something for my daughter and at the bottom of the bin were two wonderful memories that had been forgotten.  My mom made my brother and I matching clown costumes when I was around 5.  I loved them then and I love them NOW! 

Well the kids saw them and I thought, 'they are never even going to consider these for their costumes, they are make out of early 80's fabric, possibly late 70's fabric that was just saved til the 80's.'

They took one look at them and screamed in horror delight!  They both demanded that they try the costumes on immediately.  By this time I am just grinning from ear to ear, could this be? they liked them, they really, really like them!  HOT DOG, we may have just stumbled upon two perfect costumes!!!  We had to make some alterations and fix some old elastic but the clown costumes are being put to good use once again 30 years later. 

So do you think their kids will be fighting over the vintage clown costumes 30 years from now?

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