Once Upon A Dream - Halloween 2016

For YEARS I have wanted to pull off a themed family costume for Halloween.  I lied on Facebook when I said this was our first year... Kev reminded me that on  Hunters 1st Halloween (2012), we were Charlie Brown, Lucy & Snoopy 

and that Hayden's 1st Halloween (2014), the children's costumes were themed as Peter Pan & TinkerBell.

So.. this is the first time we've done a themed costume as a family, with all 4 of us!  Princess Aurora... I mean Hayden, got to choose this years costumes and it was obvious enough of what she wanted us to be, but I was surprised that I was able to pull it off in a bout a day. 
Sleeping Beauty, Prince Phillip, Maleficent and her Raven came together for a classic family themed Halloween costume and I couldn't have been more in love with each look.
Princess Aurora/Sleeping Beauty

Both her dress and crown came from our dress up box that is full of dresses and accessories from our favorite shop, Little Adventures. 
Prince Phillip.

Hunters costume came together with mostly stuff we had in his closet. Pants/Black Long Sleeve shirt we had.  The brown oversized shirt we picked up from the DI for $2 and then cut to make it look more like the outfit Prince Phillip has in the original movie. We picked up a Red Cape (it's really a girls cape but we cut off the bow in the front and you can't even tell) from Little Adventures also. ($10 at Zurchers) The Sword and Shield we also had.  Hunter was excited that it was the sword he actually got from Sleeping Beauty's castle at Disneyland. 
Maleficent.

Hayden begged that I be Maleficent for Halloween. Luckily, I remembered an awesome co-worker who wore this costume last year to our work party and I texted her the night before to see if I could borrow it.  Score!  I found these Maleficent horns at Zurchers for $3 and had the most fun doing my makeup. Red Lips - LipSense from my KissesByKyla collection - color: Napa Layered w/Blu Red.
Raven.

Coming up with a last minute costume for Kev was definitely the most frustrating.  I thought real hard how I could make him the 3 fairies all at once. That was too much work. Hayden didn't want him to be King Stephan and a Spinning Wheel didn't really seem like a 'cool' costume. I finally settled that a Raven costume would be the easiest. Black shirt, wings and mask.  I found the wings at Michael's, who already had their Halloween stuff discounted to 70% off, for $5.99. The beaked mask is from Zurchers, $3, and I added some black feathers to the side of the mask.  Quick/Easy and Kev loved that he could wear his regular clothes with a few accessories. 

 

Let's hope Hunter's choice next year is just as exciting, can include a 5th human being and that he'll let me know more than 24 hours before we all have to be dressed up! 
Hope you all have a safe and wonderful Halloween!