Wild Thing Halloween

It's needless to say that we're a little obsessed with Where the Wild Things Are. I mean even since Tulia was 3ish (wild things birthday party masks? remember?) she's been loving that book. and even since nate and i were little and read it, we loved it. so tulia actually has nate's original book from 1970something and there are green scribbles all in it and she comments on how naughty her daddy was to draw in books. However it wasn't easy to convince the lady that a wild thing costume would rule. You see, she wanted to be a skull with a candle coming out of it's head, a dead cat and then a bleeding dead cat. (ew.)
Long story short, wild thing costume idea won out in the end.

I got the fur at the PA fabric outlet where i had a rather pleasant and bonding discussion about fur with the previously thought of "mean pa fabric lady". she was all about this costume and taught me how to cut fur.

Nate and Tulia added the horn aspect via paper mache and the rest of it was made by moi. I even made the hoodie (without a pattern!) which for me was a total miracle.

In the end, i felt like we achieved a glorious finished product...perhaps minus my face painting skills. nate and i have decided since we probably won't be dressing up this Halloween (why aren't we though!?) that we shall live vicariously through this costume together.
the end.
happy hauntings.