Preschoolers cannot be confined to Halloween for costumes.
Last week at school there was a Valentine’s Day Tea. The children wore their parents’ clothes, and attempted to act refined. I lobbied for H to wear Mark’s tuxedo, but I was vetoed. Something about the tux being an heirloom and once belonging to Mark’s grandfather.
We settled on a button down and an old tie.
Thumbs up for wearing a tie.
This week, we celebrated Western Day. We were asked not to go out and buy costumes; we were told to improvise. This is Texas, after all. We all have a few items in our homes that will work for Western Day.
While we do own a play cowboy hat and a pair of boots, we did not have any other cowboy paraphernalia. I know that may sound odd, at least for native Texans. Up until now, though, H hasn’t shown a lot of interest in cowboys. Our dress-up bin is full of pirate and dragon gear, with a bit of construction worker thrown in. Thus far, we have not expanded to include outfits for the rest of the Village People.
To offset our lack of western wear, Mark suggested we make a belt buckle. Pure genius. Every so often he has a great idea, but don’t tell him I said so. That would upset the balance of power around here.
What do you think? We believe I could go into the Aluminum Foil & Sharpie Belt Buckle business.
By the way, our play cowboy hat was re-purposed for last year’s school Easter parade. It looked like this:
We took off all of the doodads for Western Day. But some shiny glue spots remained. H said that was okay, because Cowboy hats are not supposed to be perfect.
And this is why I don’t usually do Wordless Wednesday. I blather.
I wonder…
:: Do your kids play dress-up? What is their favorite costume?
:: I panic a little every time a note comes home from school letting me know a costume is needed. Do you enjoy putting together costumes or does it stress you?
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It stresses me but I think y’all did an AWESOME job on the belt buckle – what a great idea!! And the tea time outfit is too good! š
So cute! My baby isn’t old enough for costumes or school for that matter, but I think I might dig dress up day.
I love that you can’t go without words!
My kids still play dress-up all the time.
My boys LOVE playing dress-up…its usually with super hero stuff like hats, capes, costumes….they fly around the house and use their “powers”…pretty funny!
How cute is that???!!
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I think that I am absolutely impressed with your resourcefulness. LOOKS fantastic!
The belt buckle makes the outfit. Hubs was right.
Me, no kidlings, no costumes, but If I need one Iām going to tweet you for advice š You have talent.
Thank you for this ā made me smile.
God Bless you and all of yours this day.
Dress up is a huge deal in this house. I have trouble keeping all of the different school spirit days straight though. They did fifteen in a row leading up to Christmas break. Is it sock day or hat day??? That was tough!
Great belt buckle!
Dress up all the time at my house! I think there are at least 5 dress changes going on at my house everyday.
best easter hat ever
We recently had a Western Day, too!
I love the Easter hat idea!
This post gave me the smile I needed.
My son is into exhibitionism…his attire consist of underwear and baseball caps are optional š
So thrilled to see there were dress-up days two weeks in a row – just happy I got to see the valentine’s tea outfit in person! See that belt buckle – you are kinda crafty š