Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A Pirate Halloween!

So, after much delib­er­a­tion, we did a Pirate theme again!

It was Big Brother’s choice–either an ani­mal or a pirate. He went back and forth between a jaguar and pirate for weeks–even sug­gest­ing a “jaguar-pirate”, but even­tu­ally, the pirate won out. After all, pirates get to carry swords! So, Lit­tle Brother donned the home­made par­rot cos­tume made 3 years earlier…

…and we made Big Brother a pirate costume!

Aar­rrrrr, mateys! I LOVE this pic­ture of him!

The pirate cos­tume was SO easy to make! Just cut up a pair of old “comfy” black pants (with a per­fect knee hole in the them already), cut the sleeves on a white shirt, made an almost no-sew pirate vest (we just had to sew lit­tle 2-inch shoul­der seams), and got a cut of some awe­some red fab­ric per­fect for a sash! Then, I used the left overs to dec­o­rate a match­ing trick or treat bag for him.Here’s a few “up-close” shots of the costumes:

We kicked off the night by head­ing to a dif­fer­ent neigh­bor­hood where one of the houses con­structs a GIANT pirate ship every year! Seri­ously it’s one of the coolest Hal­loween DIY things I’ve ever seen. It’s their WHOLE front yard/driveway/walkway, com­plete with fir­ing can­nons (shoot­ing smoke), fog, lights, music–the works! Totally amaz­ing! Then, we headed back to our neigh­bor­hood where the boys had a blast trick or treat­ing! The high­light in our neigh­bor­hood is a cul-de-sac that goes all-out, espe­cially when it comes to pump­kin carv­ing! Seri­ously, look at these!! We espe­cially like the pirate-themed carv­ings! It was a great night and we had a blast watch­ing our lit­tle pirate & his lit­tle par­rot! Hope you had a fun night as well!

What did your kiddos/family dress up as?!