HALLOWEEN!!!

Those who know me, KNOW I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE Halloween! It is my favorite holiday! I go all out and decorate my house first thing on October 1st! I just love it! And I REALLY love dressing up! I always wanted my boys to remember Mommy was never too "Grown up" to dress up and have fun on Halloween. But now its got to where not just the boys wait to see what I am going to do...I have people come by my house before I leave to just see my outfit! ha! Now I hardly ever spend any money on my costumes. (but that will be changing slightly) And I NEVER buy an already made costume. ewwww. But most of my creations have been basically me painting my face...then wearing black. I want my "art" to be the focal point. Here are some of my past looks...

                                                   
                                                    

                                                         
                                              

                              
                                             

                                            
                                   

                                           
                                                     

Now last year I went a little more and decided to spend a little money for nothing but a headdress. So meet my last year's creation.....(less than $20 spent)

                                                                    2015 "Medusa"

And FINALLY my son let me make him over! He never wanted me to put make-up on him...but he finally give in and was glad he did! My neighbor's kids even got in on the action and we had a small group of zombies! (no money spent)

 

My husband who NEVER does Halloween even got in on the action....he made a stone face to go with my Medusa costume! And he made it all by himself! Ha! He is so funny!

 

 BUT!!!!
THIS YEAR........
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I am so VERY excited! I have a budget this year of $100. And I am pretty sure I will make it well under budget. But this year no makeup...no hair. Full on costume! So here is my inspiration that I found on Pintrest....

Meet GROOT from Guardians of the Galaxy!!

This was Calen Hoffman's creation of Groot. He done such an AMAZING job! It was total inspiration and I HOPE that mine can look even half as good as his! So we shall see! I am going to have to get to work on it QUICK!

So what are YOU going as for Halloween? Let me know and show me some pics! Need some ideas? Hit me up! I love to help others come up with ideas for costumes!