{"id":1965,"date":"2014-09-25T13:03:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2015-08-17T23:39:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T06:39:39","slug":"halloween-costuming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/halloween-costuming\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Costuming"},"content":{"rendered":"

There must be a connection between being a mother and wanting to craft. I’m not sure if it’s the desire to be frugal or an experiment in creativity. Regardless, I decided I’m making my daughter’s Halloween costume this year. I want to make the costume “Boo” wore in\u00a0Monster’s Inc.<\/em><\/strong><\/a> Ever since I put\u00a0her hair\u00a0in pigtails (I think that was around 6 months), people have said she looks like “Boo.” So Boo she shall be!<\/p>\n

I’m not sure if I’m going over my head with this, because my sewing skills are quite lackluster. However, I’ve already bought some non-refundable materials so I guess I’ll give it a go.<\/p>\n

Here is my Pinterest<\/strong>\u00a0board for costume inspiration:\u00a0http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/westsidemommyLA\/halloween-costume\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Wish me luck!<\/p>\n

\"Aria<\/a>
Aria next to Boo, from Monster’s Inc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There must be a connection between being a mother and wanting to craft. I’m not sure if it’s the desire to be frugal or an experiment in creativity. Regardless, I decided I’m making my daughter’s Halloween costume this year. I want to make the costume “Boo” wore in\u00a0Monster’s Inc. Ever since I put\u00a0her hair\u00a0in pigtails […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[906],"tags":[563,559,560,562,558,565,564,561],"class_list":["post-1965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements","tag-boo","tag-costume","tag-crafting","tag-disney","tag-halloween","tag-holiday","tag-monsters-inc","tag-sewing","eq-blocks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p46LgQ-vH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2128,"url":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/halloween-with-my-little-boo\/","url_meta":{"origin":1965,"position":0},"title":"Halloween with my little Boo","author":"westsidemommy","date":"November 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Sewing the costume It probably wasn't a good idea to make my daughter's Halloween costume my\u00a0first sewing project outside of the one class I took over ten years ago (where I learned how to sew a tote bag!), or to try to make it without using a pattern but instead\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/category\/news-announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Halloween2014.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Halloween2014.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Halloween2014.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Halloween2014.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Halloween2014.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Halloween2014.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4245,"url":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/halloween-with-a-1-5-year-old-vs-halloween-with-a-2-5-year-old\/","url_meta":{"origin":1965,"position":1},"title":"Halloween with a 1.5 year-old vs. Halloween with a 2.5 year-old","author":"westsidemommy","date":"November 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Another Halloween down in the books! 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