Halloween Costumes: Rooster and Sunshine

When it came time to talk costumes this year the husband and I had some pretty good ideas as to what we wanted to dress the girls up as. We came up with some pretty elaborate, family coordinated options and presented them to the girls only to have them shot down. Amelia had plans of her own.

If it were Barbie, Disney princess, or any other licensed character I think I would have cried and tried to get her to change her mind but this idea she had was pretty great. I had not heard of nor seen such costumes on anyone in the previous years trick-or-treating so how could I say "no" to such an original, creative idea?

So I set out to create the costumes she so wanted to wear.

A rooster and a sunshine.

Pretty amazing, huh? Creative thinking for a three year old. She did have a little inspiration courtesy of Netflix and an early 90's movie from mine and Daddy's childhood: Rock A Doodle

Brown shirt, women's tights, and an abundance of feathers made up our lovely Chantecler. The sunshine was courtesy of foam, fleece and sparkly tulle. A lot of hot glue and sewing needles later here is how they came out: