Halloween 2008

Clodfobble · 09-18-2008, 04:34 PM

Are your kids planning their costumes yet?

I was inspired today for Minifob's costume--he would absolutely love to dress up as a Mover (these guys.) You actually can buy a little costume from their website... for 100 damn dollars (and it's on backorder at that price!) That ain't happening. So I was trying to find some sort of generic "mechanic" coverall costume that I could adapt, but no luck so far. The closest I got is a "UPS guy" costume, and I don't know if I could successfully bleach the brown and dye it blue. I even looked at sewing patterns, but they're all adult-sized. I'd basically have to freehand it anyway to get it small enough, so why buy the pattern? Plus, my sewing skills are questionable at best.

So my new theory is I could get a generic blue tracksuit from Wal-Mart, and sew the jacket/pants together. If the jacket's on top, then the zipper front would still go down past the hips, and the pants waist would be gone--that would look kind of like a one-piece coverall, right? Then I'd just have to cut the hood off and turn the remainder into a half-assed collar thing.

Of course it would be easier if I could just find a place that sells toddler-sized blue coveralls...

Trilby · 09-18-2008, 04:56 PM

what about Baby Gap? I bought coveralls there for Danny when he was a wee lad. Maybe they still sell them.

Clodfobble · 09-18-2008, 04:57 PM

I'll check there. I've also made an excellent discovery: they're called "boilersuits" in the UK, and blue ones for kids are amazingly common. Now I just have to find one that's cheap enough and ships to the US.

BigV · 09-18-2008, 05:25 PM

Are you stuck on blue?

How about brown?

Twenty bucks.

monster · 09-18-2008, 05:39 PM

if they don't, you can have it shipped to my MIL and she can ship it to you.

footfootfoot · 09-18-2008, 07:04 PM

Ten Hut!
http://www.soldiercity.com/childrens...s/c/701/lc/315
No blue, but they do ahve black which when bleached a lot gets bluish. They also have od green and a pale desert camo which may blue up.

Clodfobble · 09-18-2008, 08:23 PM

Yeah V, unfortunately it's a character thing, so it has to be dark blue or it's not the right costume at all--it would be like dressing up as cookie monster, but using brown fuzz.

The khaki suit in foot's link might take blue dye nicely...

This is exactly what I need. It's made by Dickies, but for some reason it's only sold in their UK stores, not the US. I've got an email into their customer service department to see if they can ship one to an American Dickies outlet for less than $20 (which is what a variety of resellers of that item generally are charging.)

Trilby · 09-18-2008, 08:47 PM

Cool suit---I can see why Minifob wants one!

I hope you get it all sorted out. Halloween is, after all, the most important night of the year! Pumpkins! YAY!

monster · 09-18-2008, 09:54 PM

here's a cheaper one on ebay

we can do the onward shipping thing. if it's only 2.50 to mail in the uk, it can't be that heavy

Sundae · 09-19-2008, 03:51 AM

Same here Clod - happy to mail to you if it helps.

Flint · 09-19-2008, 08:40 AM

Anyone have plans to do Yo Gabba Gabba?

Perry Winkle · 09-19-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Anyone have plans to do Yo Gabba Gabba?

Shit... Another reason my hypothetical kids will not be exposed to TV.

Ibby · 09-19-2008, 11:45 AM

Gabba Gabba?
Hey!

glatt · 09-19-2008, 12:06 PM

My boy is going to be a pirate. He put together a really good costume from crap we already have around the house. I'm quite impressed with this 1st grader's scrounging abilities.

My girl's going to be a person walking on her hands. She'll wear a shirt as pants and sweat pants as a shirt with her head hidden in one of the legs. Shoes on her hands and gloves on her feet. And we've got this paper mache head kicking around that she's going to dangle from the neck of the shirt between her legs. So far, I'm not impressed with the look of it all, but I give her credit for her idea. She has to walk around holding her arms over her head and with shoes on her hands I don't know how she will hold on to anything. They are supposed to wear these costumes at school.

Both are pretty independent and don't want me to barge in and take over, so I'm not sure what to do about my daughter. Her costume doesn't really work. I might have to ask her about the details of this thing and let her see with her answers that it won't work as is.

Flint · 09-19-2008, 02:27 PM

Wha?1 Yo Gabba Gabba is A W E S O M E

09-18-2008, 04:34 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Halloween 2008 Are your kids planning their costumes yet? I was inspired today for Minifob's costume--he would absolutely love to dress up as a Mover (these guys.) You actually can buy a little costume from their website... for 100 damn dollars (and it's on backorder at that price!) That ain't happening. So I was trying to find some sort of generic "mechanic" coverall costume that I could adapt, but no luck so far. The closest I got is a "UPS guy" costume, and I don't know if I could successfully bleach the brown and dye it blue. I even looked at sewing patterns, but they're all adult-sized. I'd basically have to freehand it anyway to get it small enough, so why buy the pattern? Plus, my sewing skills are questionable at best. So my new theory is I could get a generic blue tracksuit from Wal-Mart, and sew the jacket/pants together. If the jacket's on top, then the zipper front would still go down past the hips, and the pants waist would be gone--that would look kind of like a one-piece coverall, right? Then I'd just have to cut the hood off and turn the remainder into a half-assed collar thing. Of course it would be easier if I could just find a place that sells toddler-sized blue coveralls... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-18-2008, 04:56 PM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	what about Baby Gap? I bought coveralls there for Danny when he was a wee lad. Maybe they still sell them. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-18-2008, 04:57 PM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'll check there. I've also made an excellent discovery: they're called "boilersuits" in the UK, and blue ones for kids are amazingly common. Now I just have to find one that's cheap enough and ships to the US. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-18-2008, 05:25 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Are you stuck on blue? How about brown? Twenty bucks. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-18-2008, 05:39 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	if they don't, you can have it shipped to my MIL and she can ship it to you. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-18-2008, 07:04 PM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Ten Hut! http://www.soldiercity.com/childrens...s/c/701/lc/315 No blue, but they do ahve black which when bleached a lot gets bluish. They also have od green and a pale desert camo which may blue up. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-18-2008, 08:23 PM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yeah V, unfortunately it's a character thing, so it has to be dark blue or it's not the right costume at all--it would be like dressing up as cookie monster, but using brown fuzz. The khaki suit in foot's link might take blue dye nicely... This is exactly what I need. It's made by Dickies, but for some reason it's only sold in their UK stores, not the US. I've got an email into their customer service department to see if they can ship one to an American Dickies outlet for less than $20 (which is what a variety of resellers of that item generally are charging.) __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-18-2008, 08:47 PM	#8
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Cool suit---I can see why Minifob wants one! I hope you get it all sorted out. Halloween is, after all, the most important night of the year! Pumpkins! YAY! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-18-2008, 09:54 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	here's a cheaper one on ebay we can do the onward shipping thing. if it's only 2.50 to mail in the uk, it can't be that heavy __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-19-2008, 03:51 AM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Same here Clod - happy to mail to you if it helps. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-19-2008, 08:40 AM	#11
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Anyone have plans to do Yo Gabba Gabba? Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-19-2008, 11:45 AM	#13
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Gabba Gabba? Hey! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-19-2008, 12:06 PM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My boy is going to be a pirate. He put together a really good costume from crap we already have around the house. I'm quite impressed with this 1st grader's scrounging abilities. My girl's going to be a person walking on her hands. She'll wear a shirt as pants and sweat pants as a shirt with her head hidden in one of the legs. Shoes on her hands and gloves on her feet. And we've got this paper mache head kicking around that she's going to dangle from the neck of the shirt between her legs. So far, I'm not impressed with the look of it all, but I give her credit for her idea. She has to walk around holding her arms over her head and with shoes on her hands I don't know how she will hold on to anything. They are supposed to wear these costumes at school. Both are pretty independent and don't want me to barge in and take over, so I'm not sure what to do about my daughter. Her costume doesn't really work. I might have to ask her about the details of this thing and let her see with her answers that it won't work as is.

09-19-2008, 02:27 PM	#15
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Wha?1 Yo Gabba Gabba is A W E S O M E __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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