Fun Superhero Style

My Superheroes

Back in March Cole Elementary hosted a Mother/Son superheroes party. Brilliant was my first thought on the idea. As a mother of only sons we miss out on getting daughters ready for Father/Daughter dances. When it comes to special events, often times the relationship between mothers and sons gets overlooked. I mean after all, boys are not too keen on taking their moms to a dance or tea party. I think the problem much of the time is a lack of ideas with alternative options for the boys. However, I think that Cole Elementary figured it out with the Superheroes. I am sure it’s probably not the first one ever done and the idea might not have originated at the school. It was however, the first one that I had heard of and, more importantly, participated in. It was so much fun! We all dress up like superheroes and head to the school in costume. The gym was spilling over with all kinds of superheroes like Batmen, Hulks, Captain Americas, Supermen and of course Supermoms! The music was loud, the rock climbing wall filled with heroes, and the food was hotdogs and pizza. The boys had a marvelous time and as mom it was really pretty special to get to share the moments and the memories with my sons! Yay for the Superheroes Party!!!

Super Fun!!!

Book Inspired Costumes

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday the boys school is celebrating with READ ME WEEK. On Friday they are ending the celebration of reading with book character day. The boys are going to be dressing up as a  famous book characters. In honor of this creative and fun day I browsed the Internet for a few of my favorite characters brought to life by costume fun. Here are some of my adorable finds from the world wide web. I think the costumes below can easily be tailored to fit  adults or child  so that everyone may take part in a charatcer day at their school!  HAPPY READ ME WEEK!

BOOK CHARACTER COSTUMES

Carmen Sandiego

Carmen Sandiego Book

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Carmen is a media franchise of educational computer games, TV programs, and BOOKS, and I found this Carmen over at What I Wore blog.  I will also note this blog is super great, and has many more super fun costume ideas for when you need to play dress up!

Carmen Sandiego brought to life by Jessica Quirk from What I Wore

Luna Lovegood

Harry Potter Books

Luna Lovegood the adorable and quirky little Blondie from the Harry Potter series was brought to life by a fan's costume I found over at Luna Fans. I must say brilliant use of the bike helmet!

Luna Lovegood Costume

Fancy Nancy

Oh...to be 6 or 7 again I would morph myself into Miss Fancy Nancy. This is one of those books that I am tempted to buy and read even though I have a house packed full of little boys. I mean come on how fun is she!!!  I found this costume over at Blu Moon Design.

Fancy Nancy!

Curious George and The Man in The Yellow Hat

One of my faovirte books series....Curious George

Looking after Curious George is over at Father Apprentice is The Man with the Yellow Hat. I love this idea for a costume for character day. Actually you could probably be either one George or The Man with the Yellow Hat!

Cute cute book inspired costume idea again from Dad Apprentice

How To Train Your Dragon

The Book

This is one of my favorite young readers books.  I know this costume doesn't say that it's Hiccup but it totally could be. I am Momma - Hear Me Roar is a brilliant blog with brilliant ideas, and this costume is no exception. I mean she used rug and toilet bowl covers which made for a super cute Hiccup in my opinion!

Super Cute Viking

Olivia

This little pig has big personality! I found the cutie dressed up below over at YOURS TRULY.  To cute for words!

The sweetest little Olivia

If Give A Mouse A Cookie

Book Mouse

I thought this costume was very original and would work great for child or adult. You could change up the undershirt to a grey t-shirt or turtle neck if you didn't want to go sleeveless. The cookie looks super simple to make, and you could just make a large one out of card board if you didn't have two dressing up. I found this story brought to life on website Instructables complete with instructions.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Costumes

Okay folks I had a ton of fun looking at all the book inspired costumes, and these where some of my very favorite and most original finds. I do have a few links of some honorable mentions below that where just to cute to leave off. So check out that list if you are looking for more inspiration for a book character. I would love to hear from all of you on what characters you would like to bring to life with costumes inspired by favorite books???

Honorable Mention Links

1. American Doll
2. Corduroy
3. Max
4. Madeline  (*This one is Seriously Adorable)
5. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
6. Book Fairy
7. Cat in the Hat & Green Eggs and Ham
8. Sherlock Holmes
9. Narnia Costumes
10. Arthur

Costumes Ideas For The Guys

Okay I already featured the costumes from the web that I loved this year for us gals. Now it's the gentleman's turn. These are a few of my favorites some for creativity, some for genius application of makeup, and others just because they are pure fun! I also discovered while looking for costume ideas for my husband that men DIY costume ideas are actually kind of difficult to find. What are the men in your life dressing like this year?

Shark Attack

SHARK ATTACK!!! How creatively genius is this idea from tHe fiCkle piCkle. Perfect costume for dad's of little boys. I simply love it, and this one is for sure going in my own Halloween ideas!

Mad Hatter





This guy is a pro he simply must be. I couldn't get over how well down the makeup and costume are. It's an darn close to perfect match to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland's Hatter. I found this guy over at Costume Works.

Plastic Army Men

Also found these adorable toy plastic army men over at Costume Works. I give this duo and A+ in the creative department! This would be great to add in to a group of Toy Story costumes.

Where's Waldo



Lastly is this Where's Waldo from wtfcostumes.com. This Waldo goes above and beyond the striped shirt and hat. This guy is for sure a spitting imagine of Waldo. I am loving all the effort he put into his costume!

Costume Favorties For Us Gals

I love the costume part of the Halloween season it's my favorite part of Fall. It even trumps the chocolate and apple cider, and I do love my apple cider! So I thought I would post a few of my favorite costumes I have run across on the world wide web.  I mostly love DIY costumes only because they take more thought and creative juices, but I will admit some of the store bought costumes can be cute these days!

The Mermaid

Love this do it yourself tutorial from Traci Hines, and her use of sequins for scales is pure genius. She posted a video and step by step directions on the Etsy Blog. If your looking for last minute costume this would be all to cute.

The Book Fairy

This Book Fairy Costume from Liliedale is the perfect costume for the book lover.  The lovely creator of this costume was kind enough to even to give us step by step directions on how to become a Book Fairy on her blog.

The Comic Beauty

This is just speechless, and probably extremely time consuming, but this little Comic Book Beauty that was featured on Charmed would be sure to make you the talk of the party. This costume would be a walking talking work of art!

The Hamburglar

Hamburglar super cute costume idea from What I Wore and looks fairly simple to assemble. Would be be super cute to put the whole family in McDonald's themed costumes. Oh and P.S. What I Wore has lots more super adorable costume ideas this one was just my fave!

Sunday Snippet{Halloween Fun}

HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. ~Mason Cooley

The Cat In The Hat, Sir Paul McCartney,FunShine Care Bear, Mickey Mouse, & Blues Brother



"Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me NOW!
It is fun to have fun
But you have to know how."
— Dr. Seuss



"I don't work at being ordinary."
— Paul McCartney



"Everybody neat and pretty? Then on with the show! "
— Mickey Mouse

Sunday Snippet{Halloween Past}

For today's Sunday Snippet thought I would share a couple photographs from 2009 Halloween Party!

Clever and Fun Children's Costumes{DIY}

I searched the Internet for a few DIY costume ideas for children. There are so many fantastic ideas out there. I just keep wondering where all the fabulous creative juices come from that these people have, because I want some of it. Anyway folks... I thought I would share some my favorite costume finds of the day. I would love to see some of your creative costume creations(All costumes are fair game:pets,adults,children, and babies,)….I may even have to feature them on my blog or hold a little costume contest(depending on how many emails I receive) here on Inside My Head. So if you have an awesome costume creation you would like to share email it to me at insidemyheadblog(at)yahoo(.)com before Wednesday October 8th .

5 Totally Phenomenal DIY Children’s Costumes

Photo credit and idea to Disney FamilyFun
1. Unicorn: transform your little darling into a fairy tale land with this mystical and unique unicorn costume. Made with felt and a hoodie this is sure to be a hit with all her friends, and the good news is it's fairly simple to pull it all together before the costume parties and trick or treating begins.

Photo credit and idea to Disney FamilyFun
2. Crocodile Wrestler: this adorable little getup is sure to satisfy even the most adventurous of children. The costume is created with simple Khaki color clothing, and handmade with soft Styrofoam , a crocodile, binoculars, and a safari hat.

Photo credit and idea to Lizette Greco
3. Mario mustache and all. This is one adorable little plumbing hero from Nintendo Mario Bros. game. The costume is manageable to pull together with over-sized overalls, red turtleneck, white gloves, red hat (painted or sewn on M symbol), and don’t forget the all important mustache. Add in a few accessories, and you are good to go save Princess Peaches!

Photo and idea credit to Quick&Simple
4. Pink Poodle: I just fell in love with this little puppy. Made with pom-poms and a sweat suit, this little costume is going to melt a few hearts into handing out the good candy bars.

Photo and idea create to Pera Chapita
5. Circus Folks: this is always a great last minute cost idea because it can work for boys and girls of any age range. You can transform your children into the whole circus ringmasters, mimes, lion tamers, trapeze artist, and of course the all time favorite clowns. With clowns you can dress them as crazy and wacky as you like, and it’s one time you don’t have to worry about matching. With any of these circus character costumes your imagination is the limit...let it run away with you at least to the circus!