Character Day and Halloween 2010

Ellie as Emily Elizabeth

Holding Clifford

Clifford

Ellie was supposed to dress up like a storybook character the Friday before Halloween and we couldn't think of who she should be.  We looked through every single book that we have (which is ALOT!) and we couldn't decide.  We saw a Clifford book and she agreed to be Emily Elizabeth.  The costume was quite easy, thanks to Walmart.  I found a pink turtle neck and sewed two black buttons in the center and got some striped tights.  She already had a black skirt and a white shirt.  But finding a Clifford proved to be a very difficult task.  I went to Toys R Us, Target, Walmart, the PX, Borders, Books a Million and I couldn't find a Clifford in any of these stores.  I found many characters like Corduroy, Curious George, Skippyjon Jones and even Walter the Farting Dog!....but no Clifford.  So I decided to get a sock puppet kit.  The night before the parade I asked Ricardo to help me come up with a way to make Clifford out of one of Jay's old baseball socks.  And this is what we came up with.  With a little bit of rice, thread, felt and glue we made Ellie this cute little puppy.  We were so excited to show Ellie the next morning but she was quite upset that she didn't get to help. :(  Seriously!  She got over it and proudly wore her costume to school and gently carried her Clifford in her arms.  It turned out to be a great time for her.  The parade was really cute. 

My Hello Kitty

Gir from Invader Zim

It was hard to think about Halloween when I had been so focused on character day so I was very thankful that Hot Topic had these ears for both my kiddos.  Add some face paint and voila! two very cute characters!