Farm boys seem to have their own unique ideas of what makes a great Halloween costume. I probably don't help this matter when I am one of those moms that would prefer to make our costumes instead of buy them. I thought you might enjoy a couple of our favorite Halloween costumes.
The John Deere Tractor:
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| Safety first: no tractor is complete without a Slow Moving Vehicle emblem on the back. |
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| The hardest part of this costume is keeping the 2 boxes connected. This year, we used bolts and nuts to hold them together. |
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| He insisted on the muffler that he found himself. Foam pipe insulation made a great light weight muffler. |
The Ear of Corn
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| This has been one of my favorite costumes over the years. I printed the corn design onto iron on paper and applied to white material that we sewed into the green shucks. The silks we left over from a centerpiece I had at some time...kind of like gold Christmas tree icicles but stiffer. When one of the boys was younger, we loaded him into a wagon filled with real ears of corn for the local kiddie parade. | | | | | | |
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Do you have a favorite costume that your kids have used over the years?
-A Kansas Farm Mom
Too CUTE!! I am making one of these for my daughter for drive in movie night at church!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I would love to see yours when you get finished. We all do things a little differently. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteGreat job! Does the tractor get to harvest the corn? Lol. Our oldest will be Larry the Cable Guy.... How simple is that? :) and it was Grandma's idea, not even Mommy's!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Right now we are harvesting soybeans. I am trying to figure out how to work trick or treating into the harvest schedule.
DeleteLove them both Nicole!!! Great job! We have a bumble bee, a bunny rabbit and a 1950's bank robber. Will have to send you a picture. I too perfer to make the costums. This way the are all original!
ReplyDeleteThanks! If you ever want to borrow the corn costume, the boys have outgrown it. :)
DeleteI just love the John Deere costume! So creative! Makes for fun play dates also :) Thanks for linking up to Thankful Thursday!
ReplyDeleteThose are great! I used to love making Halloween costumes for my son and nephews. I kind of miss those days.
ReplyDeleteGoodness. I'm not a big fan of dressing up for holidays, but my human insists. At least my horns are big, so she usually goes for those goats with little or no horns. I would like to try nibbling that big ear of corn.
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