The Transformer

As I looked though Facebook this last few weeks, I saw many pictures of friends and family members making Halloween costumes for their kids. In the end, you could always tell what they had made (the nerve of these crafty women). I was SO jealous. I wanted to be the mom that desired to make my kids' Halloween costumes. In reality, I would rather buy my kids' costumes which is a good thing because I don't have the time or patience to make costumes.
I tried making a cardboard Transformer costume for my oldest that had working parts this year because that was what he had his little heart set on. We had about 2 weeks from the time he decided on this costume to Halloween. The frustration level as we got closer to Halloween was intense! We finished it the morning of Halloween after the bus has already left. He was happy with the result. (The cute kids in the costumes from Amazon. They were happy, too.)

I loaded him into the car, and took him to school where said costume disintegrated. I am not going through that again! It was not fun!

He went trick-or-treating in a ski mask, black pants, and a black shirt and called himself a bugler. He was happy with the result of both costumes. He impressed his friends at school and went trick-or-treating his last time in a more comfortable costume.
For the moms who enjoy this kind of thing, more power to you. Keep doing your thing. I will be buying my kids' costumes or crafting them out of clothes they can wear on a daily basis when we are done from this point on. I'm just THAT mom.