Homemade costumes make me smile! Every year at our party, we get a few people who make their own simple but brilliant costumes. This year, my favorite homemade costume was Ahsoka. I was told it was made in just a couple of hours (the night before, mostly with things found at home), and it is just brilliant in its simplicity.
It’s kinda funny how you can see something so many times, and you still don’t really SEE it. I think we do that in all parts of life. We do it to our partners, friends, parents, kids, our surroundings… we often fail to appreciate how amazing they really are.
‘Can’t tell you how many times I have seen the Star Wars movies, yet I had no idea there was a bag on the bandolier across Chewie’s chest. My hubby, who has seen the movies at least five times as many times as me, had not noticed either. Oops. Must be all the fur in the way.
IV, V, beyond great! VI, pretty great. Then there are I, II and III… well…not my favorite movies, but the prequel trilogy did give us some great moments and characters. My faves in no particular order:
Kids grow so fast! We quickly realized that if we (the parents) wanted maximize our (never mind the kids’) amusement at Halloween we had to plan ahead. We needed to do all the short characters while the objects of our amusement were still small. Yoda, at about 2 feet, is the size of a pretty young child, so Yoda was our very first. R2D2, check. We still need to tackle Ewoks and Jawas. Then there is young Anakin, another shorty! So a couple of years ago, our little guy got recruited as a podracer pilot.
This past May, after a few years of helping me make elaborate and pretty masculine costumes (General Grievous, Chewie, R2D2), my daughter requested an easy-to-wear and girly costume for our May the Fourth Party. Since she had already been Princess Leia and Ahsoka, we figured it was time for Padmé Amidala.
Saturday is really the only day we ever get a chance to do any crafts at the M4P HQ. So if, like us, you are looking for an easy fun project for tomorrow, here is the downloadable pattern and instructions on how to make the M4P C-3PO Tshirt.
May the Fourth be with You Party 