Halloween Costumes

So, first holiday hurdle--costumes for Halloween. Thankfully, both children decided to be something similar to characters they've chosen in the past.

Last year Bella chose to be a racoon. We bought a cat suit at Target (masks and tails sold separately) and ears and a coonskin hat at party city. So, we have ears, and costume, but wrong tail.

I creatively e-mailed and posted on Facebook, looking for a cat tail to borrow. I received two offers, and an idea to stuff a sock or knee-hi, and make one (great idea).

This morning, a friend dropped by with not one, but two choices. One of the tails she was offering was a little boa made of goose or ostrich feathers. Unusual for a cat tail...

Perfect for Bella's costume, which has feathers around the neckline, and all four limbs. Perfect. Better than I could have done myself. Probably couldn't have found it if I had gone looking (and I didn't even think of it!).

Now, if I can just find some hay or rafia, Tristan's Pitchfork costume for the school Harvest theme will be taken care of. Maybe the 2nd graders have some hay laying around for their guinea pigs...