Halloween 2012

***I know this is super late. I actually started writing it, shortly after Halloween and never got around to finishing it, until now! Oops. :)

We had a great Halloween this year! In case you don't know what we are, we are Steve and Blue from Blue's Clues.

This show was popular in the 90's, but it's on Netflix and Anna really likes it.

Dan has been told numerous times over the years that he looks like Steve from Blue's Clues. A few months ago, he told me, I should be Steve for Halloween and Anna could be Blue! I agreed, but it wasn't definite.

A few weeks later, I asked Anna what she wanted to be for Halloween and said, I thought daddy was going to be Steve and I was going to be Blue! I didn't realize she'd been paying attention to our conversation.

So then, it was decided.

Here is Alex's Handy Dandy notebook candy bag. I made it out of felt. For the chair I printed out a picture online and traced it onto the red felt. Then I drew on the chair lines. I thought it turned out really cute. 

Here is Anna's Blue candy bag. I first just made it blue. Then when it was all done, I decided to add the paw print. I wish I had thought of it sooner, because Blue's paw print is supposed to be dark blue, but oh well. 

I played around with the idea of Alex being the green dog that was sometimes on the show. I was going to maybe be a girl version of Steve, with a striped shirt. Dan finally came up with the idea of the girls being Blue and the boys being Steve.

We went trick or treating with some of Dan's friends. Here is Jasmine, the baby giraffe, Alex, Anna and Koji.

Anna was so cute, we decided we were done trick or treating, and she didn't want to finish! So I took her to a few more houses. Silly little girl. 

I love this picture of Dan and Anna, ahem, I mean Steve and Blue!

Me and my little Steve!

Dan, as Steve, with the complete package. His handy dandy notebook and Blue!

He wore this to work and the kids LOVED it. They grew up with Blue's Clues, so all of them knew the show and who he was. It was great. 

A little more about how I made the costumes: I bought Anna's shirt at the 99 cent store. It was a little big, but for $1, I figured I could alter it.

I put one of her shirts that fit, over the blue one, and traced it. Then I cut off the sleeves and excess and sewed the sleeves back on. I've never done anything like this, but it actually turned out! The shirt itself, was made of super cheap material, so that was kind of hard to work with, but it was all good in the end. 

I got mine for $1 at another discount store. I sewed blue felt circles on both of our shirts. I made Anna's tutu skirt and ears. Dan made an ear template, I traced it and cut it out with felt, sewed it, then put wire in the ear and hot glued it to a head band, that I had covered with blue ribbon. I thought she was the cutest little doggy! 

We went to our Church's Halloween party and all the teenagers just oohed and awed over our costumes. Because they were little when it was airing. 

Overall, it was a very fun Halloween!