Halloweenie Family

Halloween.

We LOVE Halloween. We love Halloween so much that my husband and I got married on Halloween.
Who doesn't like dressing up and pretending to be someone/something else? I don't know anyone who have never done this, even as children. My kids love dressing up. Love it. I love it. So, Halloween is our Christmas. This year my kids ( Well, the oldest one ) decided that we were going to go as Monsters, Inc for Halloween. Awesome idea! I was all for it. Now, who to be?
If you haven't seen Monsters, Inc you should, right now, open a different browser window and attempt to view it/google it/youtube it. Because if you do not, the following really is going to make you lost.

There are several characters that play a large role in the movie. The most popular are :
Sully
Mike
Boo ( Boo can be Boo as a human or Boo as a Monster ) We chose Boo as a human

There are the bad guys:
Mr Waternoose
Randal

There are some supporting cast members:
Celia
Roz
Abominable Snowman
George
Teenage Monsters

Who were the players in our household? Ellie, my oldest, determined who was going to be each character. She was going to be Celia, Georgia, my middle babe, was going to be Boo. Then Delilah, the baby, was going to be Mike. Daddy could be Sully and mommy could be Roz. This was a great idea.

They no longer make Monsters, Inc costumes in the stores. It's an older Pixar movie, and not really that popular anymore. Definitely won't beat out Toy Story for popularity at this point. ( but wait for Monster University by Pixar, it will make a comeback ) So, that meant that I had to make everyone's costumes. Boo was easy.

I put Georgia's hair in pigtails, got some purple leggings and a "too big" T-shirt and viola! We already owned the monster doll from the movie. This was by far the easiest costume to make.
Next I tackled Sully, my husband. I purchased a monster hat from the local Spirit Halloween store and then he was transformed into Sully!

You can also see me here in this photo. I'm Roz - the "turns out to be the head of the CDA in the end and is posing as a Monsters, Inc employee the whole time" lady with a raspy voice. I had some glasses already, so I just cut some old mardi-gras beads up and attached then to the glasses. I wore a cardigan, teased my hair, and added some pouty lipstick and a mole. Roz.
She's constantly asking Mike if he filed his paperwork last night. He didn't.
Speaking of Mike Wazowski:

There is Baby Delilah. I painted a Mike Eyeball and mouth on a big green long-sleeved shirt. I found the hat at Target. She also had on some slipper socks that had blue toes. Super adorable, super appropriate.
by far the hardest person in the fam to make a costume was Ellie. She wanted to be Celia, Mike's girlfriend. Celia has snakes for hair.

This is Celia. Nothing I could do for the one eye - but I painted some Squooshy snakes purple and attached them to a headband. I cut sleeves off a "too-big" T-shirt and put some tulle around the collar. I also drew some scales on the dress with a sharpie. I put a swirlie snake on the back to imitate her hair a little better, and to balance it on her head. I also cut up some purple tights ( heavy ones ) and sewed a thumb hole in them to she had "mitten-hands." Like Celia does. She wore the same tights on her legs.

She was so happy.

So there we are! Happy Halloween from Monsters, Incorporated! We Scare Because We Care!