Halloween is fast approaching and creative parents everywhere are preparing costumes for their children and themselves. Everyone seeks to come up with a totally unique concept, but sometimes those who put things off have to throw it together. Whether the family plans ahead or puts the seams together with safety pins, unique fabrics help make any costume stand out.
Those of us who are over the age of 30 are more likely to have worn homemade costumes each and every year. There were very few retail stores that carried costumes for young people, and our stay-at-home Mom probably thought it was a waste of money anyway. In those days our costumes might have been a linen Angel with itchy gold-colored halo, or a paper grocery sack tin man.
Very few of us actually liked the costumes we were forced to wear back in those days, and our teenage years were a welcome time. It was then that the potato-sack scarecrow and the itchy and stiff angel got retired or handed down to our unfortunate younger sibling. In a mad flurry of creative exuberance we were able to dress ourselves as devils, vampires, cheerleaders, or Death himself.
As we reached our teens, we and our little brothers and sisters were often able to Trick-or-Treat in groups with all our friends. In those days there was a notion that people were reasonably safe. With costumes made by our own hands, both for us and our thankful siblings, we learned to journey through our towns and neighborhoods under a veil of darkness that filled us all with a tingling excitement and fear.
Some children of the confusing 1980s generation found their way into their little towns where the crazy lady of the village owned her own vintage costume shop. Many of these establishments still stand to this day, and teenagers still rush to see what is hip each year. For those of us who learned to sew during the Halloweens of Old, we know just how difficult it can be to make a suit appear antique.
Store-bought outfits do not always fit a young person appropriately. When a child is running about in something that is too small, they tend to get overheated and can become physically ill. If the outfit is too loose, they run the risk of falling when running around, and crossing the street at a run can be extremely dangerous, as many commuters are still on their way home from work during those hours.
For parents who want to create costumes for our Millennials, there are no limitations except the boundaries of our own creativity. Three-Dimensional printers can actually print gowns and masks that suit our own artistic vision. Costume contests have become an International obsession as party-goers will broadcast their entire night Online.
Younger children can dress up as black angels or white devils these days, as the societal boundaries have been relaxed a great deal since 1989. Should they need to venture through all those dark streets as we did, we can sew LED lights right into their costumes. Masks and bicycle helmets are also an excellent place to tape or glue illumination.
Those of us who are over the age of 30 are more likely to have worn homemade costumes each and every year. There were very few retail stores that carried costumes for young people, and our stay-at-home Mom probably thought it was a waste of money anyway. In those days our costumes might have been a linen Angel with itchy gold-colored halo, or a paper grocery sack tin man.
Very few of us actually liked the costumes we were forced to wear back in those days, and our teenage years were a welcome time. It was then that the potato-sack scarecrow and the itchy and stiff angel got retired or handed down to our unfortunate younger sibling. In a mad flurry of creative exuberance we were able to dress ourselves as devils, vampires, cheerleaders, or Death himself.
As we reached our teens, we and our little brothers and sisters were often able to Trick-or-Treat in groups with all our friends. In those days there was a notion that people were reasonably safe. With costumes made by our own hands, both for us and our thankful siblings, we learned to journey through our towns and neighborhoods under a veil of darkness that filled us all with a tingling excitement and fear.
Some children of the confusing 1980s generation found their way into their little towns where the crazy lady of the village owned her own vintage costume shop. Many of these establishments still stand to this day, and teenagers still rush to see what is hip each year. For those of us who learned to sew during the Halloweens of Old, we know just how difficult it can be to make a suit appear antique.
Store-bought outfits do not always fit a young person appropriately. When a child is running about in something that is too small, they tend to get overheated and can become physically ill. If the outfit is too loose, they run the risk of falling when running around, and crossing the street at a run can be extremely dangerous, as many commuters are still on their way home from work during those hours.
For parents who want to create costumes for our Millennials, there are no limitations except the boundaries of our own creativity. Three-Dimensional printers can actually print gowns and masks that suit our own artistic vision. Costume contests have become an International obsession as party-goers will broadcast their entire night Online.
Younger children can dress up as black angels or white devils these days, as the societal boundaries have been relaxed a great deal since 1989. Should they need to venture through all those dark streets as we did, we can sew LED lights right into their costumes. Masks and bicycle helmets are also an excellent place to tape or glue illumination.
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