After last year's Storybook Character Day fiasco, I swore to myself it wouldn't happen again. Last year, I had two days to find/make character costumes for Heathens #2 and #3 for school. After a mad dash to the local costume store and $60+ later, neither Heathen was happy with his costume. But the choices were limited and time was even more limited than the choices. I swore 2012 would be better!
I started watching for the school announcement for Storybook Character Day immediately following Christmas. It was NOT going to sneak up on me again!
This year, I had two weeks to get my act together - and brainstorm two male storybook characters that the Heathens would think were cool enough. I literally spent a good two hours searching the Internet for good characters and created a list of approximately 35 characters. And the Heathens chose:
Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket
Pinocchio was an easy costume. I found it on the Internet for a ridiculously cheap price and ordered it right away. Jiminy Cricket was another story altogether. If it wasn't for my mother-in-law and her love of putting together costumes, Heathen #3 wouldn't have looked half as good as he did. Here are the results:
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| Heathen #2 as Pinocchio |
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| Showing off his puppet strings. |
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| Heathen #3 as Jiminy Cricket. |
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| He knows he looks like a million dollars! |
Here are Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket together! I was THRILLED with how awesome they looked and they were so proud of their costumes!
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| Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket (the puppet and his conscience) Heathen #2 and #3 were thrilled with their costumes! |
I think Heathen #3 was meant to wear this type of clothing on a regular basis. From the moment he put it on, he continually posed. And he used the umbrella as a prop to show more attitude! Look at him in all of these photos! This last photo shows EXACTLY what I mean. He wasn't even aware that I was taking the photo!
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| Look at the poise! |
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