Also, “work” aprons are available in craft stores like AC Moore or Michaels, as well as Home Depot. I used this to attach my tools, but you could punch out some holes, or attach the ribbon with staples just as easily. In the drapery section of the fabric store there is a kind of tape with loops on it they use for curtains. I stitched it, but you could staple it, duct tape it, or use a hot glue gun too. The apron is just a rectangle of pink vinyl folded up to have pockets. So, I designed my logo in my computer and ironed it onto the pink fabric using transfer paper, which is very easy to use. If you did that you could use Sharpie Markers to write your logo, but I didn’t think of that until later. The plastic curtain would work as you could just draw whatever you needed direct on it, and save a lot of time. If you don’t sew, you could use vinyl fabric, shower curtains, or tablecloths and it would work just fine. Just a fold over hem at the top and bottom, and laced my daughter’s pink sash through the top for attaching at the neck. The cape I made from material at Joann’s fabric, about 1 yard or so, depending on how tall you are. I chose Pink and black as pink is the color of hope and support for women, and I planned to wear my black shirt with pink breast cancer awareness logo on it anyway. I used markers and vinyl fabric to cover over the police insignia, attaching with hot glue. The taxi hat was a $3 police hat at the local 5&10. I lightly stuffed the gloves, and attached them to the hose with elastics, and tied off the sleeve to the glove with fishing wire, which is virtually invisible. I took “sleeves” or pant legs from old or discarded clothes and covered the blue hose. Everything else can come apart easy for re-use. Only the backpack had to be cut with four openings, 2 each side, top & bottom. You could also use swimming noodles, a regular hose, flexible ducting etc… I had saved the pool hose from years ago just in case it was needed for costumes, like Medusa or something. I cobbled the back set-up from an old backpack my friend Melissa donated, and blue pool hose I had laying around. In addition to the costume contest criteria, I wanted something easy on and off, so I could lose the costume if it became too hot once the dancing started. Mom’s diner is also open 24/7… as well as the national Bank of Mom. I wanted a taxi type hat reflecting my chauffeur enterprise 24/7, and every mom needs to have “eyes in the back of her head”, a referee whistle, and an unlimited supply of food and cash. I envisioned a costume that incorporated 3-5 arms, each hand representing some household chore or use maybe even carrying items related to the arm, like a wash bucket, garden tools etc. The details just followed along! I also used some internet “jokes” that came my way about what happens when mom is not on the job, to fill in some details too. This helped inspire my costume, along with 2 t-shirts that I had purchased from Terri at TNT Designs entitled “Mom’s Taxi” and “Mom’s Diner”. It said, “If evolution were true then mothers would have 3 arms”. A few weeks before the party I opened my refrigerator and saw a magnet that had been there forever. I thought long and hard about a costume that would be fun and different. This year the theme was “Hero’s and Leaders” in honor of election year, and we were encouraged to interpret that creatively. Type some clever words supporting your favorite ceiling and iron it on any old t-shirt you have laying around.Every few years my dear friend Jenny hosts a themed costume party. I’m a huge fan of punny costumes and this is probably my favorite! You can grab iron on printer paper at any craft store. This one is ridiculously easy, a fanny pack, some mickey mouse ears, a disney-ish t-shirt and you have a fun and super lazy Halloween costume! You can even kick it up a notch with a fedora and some dark shades, you know, to protect your identity □ The more the better! Stick them all over your shirt and Voila! Instant Identity theft Halloween costume. Grab some sticky name tags from your local office supply store and fill them with all the names you can think of. If you are like me (a total procrastinator) then this post is for you! If Halloween snuck up on you quicker than ghost in a haunted house, then here are my favorite lazy Halloween costumes! *AFFILIATE LINKS AHEAD…DON’T WORRY, I’LL USE THE MONEY FOR SOMETHING PRACTICAL, LIKE WINE….
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