Homemade

I have a checkered past with homemade Halloween costumes. When I was four, I remember being very proud of a vampire cape my mom had made me. But when I was ten, I had the bright idea of wrapping myself in Ace bandages so I could be a mummy. Having failed to mention this to my parents until the night of, I ended up going out wrapped in toilet paper. And not even that for very long, as I wound up largely unwound. Out on the streets, heckling occurred. Harsh words were exchanged.

Last year, in the several costumed events that seem to comprise a child's Halloween week these days, M. Edium alternated between an extremely clever turtle costume my mom made him and a store-bought fireman's outfit. This year he's relying on just one: the WALL-E costume I made for him with help from my wife and my mom and the Internet, which I have described here. I thought I had another week to put the finishing touches on it -- attaching the arms, adjusting the suspenders, applying the fake rust, etc.;but on Thursday night I found out that the annual Halloween party at the high school across the street was happening that very evening, and things got a little hectic.

But we got done, and aside from having to turn around as soon as we left the yard to reattach a loose suspender, his first public appearance in the big yellow box was a success. At the party, people of all ages were impressed.He was certainly the only one in that costume. I know there is a pre-made Wall-E costume you can buy, but we didn't see any kids wearing one. Which is good, because that kid would have been shamed.

And then the first thing M. Edium wanted to do at the party was go into the jumpy-castle. Off came the box, and the paper mask, and the little treads I'd tied to his ankles, and the paper WALL-E mask, leaving him looking like a tiny thug in brown and black clothes, boots and watch cap. And then later, he looked like a iny thug with a jack-o-lantern painted on his cheek.

Oh, well, plenty more opportunities still to come. Saturday was the trick-or-treating rounds sponsored by locak merchants, and then there's his costume parade at school on Thursday, and something else on Friday evening, although I can't for the life of me remember what it was right now.

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