Halloween 2011

Even though it's hard to be new in a town a few months before Halloween (no big friend groups to hang out with and/or trick or treat with either), this one turned out to be rather fun. Kylie picked out a cool costume that only the truly nerdy will get (and she loves that!), and Tim spent hours making "the most beast Halloween costume ever" for Collin. (I quoted Kylie in part of that last sentence....hahaha.) I'm going to try my best to organize the photos we have so that they make sense, and I'll include some links for those of you who have no clue who Kylie is (or Collin). :) Enjoy!

KYLIE  (First, info on her costume, then....pictures!) 

Kylie decided to be Ramona Flowers, from the Scott Pilgrim comic books (and the movie...but she's more of a fan of the books). For those of you with no clue about what I just mentioned, here are a couple of links (Just click the words):

Scott Pilgrim Wikipedia

Ramona Flowers Photo from the Movie (with hair like Kylie's, Ramona has several styles and colors throughout the series though)

Ramona Flowers Photo from the Comic Books

Scott Pilgrim Movie Trailer


Ok...now for the photos!

We got Kylie a long blue wig online so that she could cut it into the Ramona style.  At first the wig looked like this:

After spending FOUR hours cutting the wig by herself, she ended up with this:

   


















We ordered the goggles she has on above online, and Meemaw purchased the "Sub Space Bag" you'll see in other photos.  The sweater is from Old Navy and the shorts are from Forever 21.  Blue tights were finally tracked down at Target, and the boots were ordered online.  So...costume complete!  Here she is in full gear:

COLLIN

Collin decided to go as Predator from the movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger (plus many sequels without Arnold).  Tim made his costume pretty much from scratch.  It's VERY impressive.  The mask part was made from PAPER...yes, paper!  He pieced it together then used a shellac so he could paint it!  He used football shoulder pads and shin guards as a base then covered them in foam to look like armor.  All of it was painted a bronze color.  The hair was made from long pieces of flexible foam-type stuff that he shaped and painted black, then attached to a ski cap.  He even hand painted a fake muscle top from the Halloween store to look like Predator skin.  Everywhere Collin went on Halloween people would stop and say, "Whoa!!  The Predator!!!!  That is amazing!!!"  It looked even cooler in person. 

If you have no clue what the Predator is, here are some links below (photos follow the links):

Predator Wikipedia

Predator Bio Helmet Photo (There are some slight variations on the helmet in some of the movies, I tried to find one most like Collin's here.)

Predator Full Body Photo

Predator Movie Trailer (original movie, from 1987)


Note:  We found one flaw with the costume, it was a bit uncomfortable for Collin...LOL!   ;)
 
Here you'll see Tim with the shoulder pads propped up on a chair so he could work on adding more foam detail.

Here is a close up of the helmet made out of paper, after it was painted.

Now for Collin in the costume

Now the the final pictures:  Ramona and Predator together.  :)