{"id":11872,"date":"2012-10-30T12:45:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T19:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/?p=11872"},"modified":"2012-10-30T12:45:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T19:45:50","slug":"11872","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/30\/11872\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Last Minute Halloween Costumes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/b>The night before Halloween with no costume is the step-mother of invention.<\/p>\n

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These days are long gone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I miss the days of walking through Costco in July, seeing an adorable zip-em-in-keep-em-warm-aren\u2019t-they-cute? costume for $15 and Boom! Halloween\u2019s done. On the way to the check-out line grab a gazillion-pound bag of assorted chocolate candy bars that you will have just enough left for the five people who will come Trick-or-Treating and Bam! Done.<\/p>\n

Not so simple anymore.<\/p>\n

Kids grow up and learn to say, \u201cI want to be Batman!\u201d or \u201cI want to Princess Jasmine!\u201d Soon, you\u2019re spending a small fortune (money, BTW, that could\u2019ve been better spent on Reese\u2019s Peanut Butter Cups) on a few flimsy scraps of highly flammable rayon that barely constitutes a superhero or princess costume (defining props not included).<\/p>\n

This doesn\u2019t include the time and money spent when the kids inevitably change their mind and want to be something else.<\/p>\n

By the time they\u2019re a preteen you have spent so much money at the Spirit Halloween<\/a> store trying to make their Halloween wishes and candy dreams come true that you\u2019re kicking yourself for not buying a small island in the Caribbean instead.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve gotten sick of hearing myself complain every year, \u201cWhen I was a kid, we used to make our own Halloween costumes! Nobody was buying me ____________ (insert latest fad here, i.e. Morph Suits<\/a>) you\u2019ll only wear once for $50! It doesn\u2019t cost a thing to be a ghost or a hobo!\u201d<\/p>\n

But every year I break down and give in to buying a costume because I don\u2019t want to be bothered with making one. We\u2019ll end up running around crazy, paying top dollar for waiting to the last minute, trying to pull that perfect costume together. I will drown my frustrations in my ten-ton bag of Hershey\u2019s Miniatures minus the oh-so-easy, adorable, zip-em-in-keep-em-warm-aren\u2019t-they-cute? costume for $15.<\/p>\n

But this year is my last year. If my teenagers still want to go Trick-or-Treating next year I have a list of homemade costumes ready for them that I\u2019ll be willing to help with. For those new moms out there\u2014save yourselves from my fate and start now with this list. Just don\u2019t forget to invite me to your private island in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

The Lazy Mom\u2019s Guide to Last Minute Halloween Costumes<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
COSTUME<\/b><\/td>\nSUPPLIES NEEDED<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raisin<\/td>\nBlack garbage bag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pickle<\/td>\nGreen garbage bag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marshmallow<\/td>\nWhite garbage bag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bag of Garbage<\/td>\nAny color garbage bag, assorted garbage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hobo<\/td>\nStick, bandana, yesterday\u2019s clothes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Present<\/td>\nBox, wrapping paper, bow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Couch Potato<\/td>\nSnuggie, TV remote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giant\u2019s fan<\/td>\nGiant\u2019s hat, fake black beard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dodger\u2019s fan<\/td>\nPrison Record<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Simon Cowell<\/td>\nWhite t-shirt, too tight jeans, bad haircut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lindsay Lohan<\/td>\nAnkle Monitor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Halloween? Done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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