Halloween Costume: Ewok

 This year was hard to decide what to make for my son's Halloween costume.

I had planned for him to be Gus Gus at 6 months right when he was born a huge fat baby.

Last year, I was excited to make him the Max wolf costume from the book: Where the Wild Things Are.

Making my kid's halloween costume is a big deal to me.  I don't care if it's totally amazing, the Gus Gus was made with an old t-shirt and other scraps.

I just want to make a creative costume you wouldn't see at Walmart or find on Amazon.

But I had such a hard time this year thinking of what he would be.  He's 2 1/2, so I only have a few more years of total control before the kid has an opinion on what he wants to be.

So all summer my plan was to make him a costume to be Willow.

But my husband thought no one would know he's willow and assume he's a hobbit from Lord of the Rings.

So I thought about it, and ended up going with the main Ewok from Return of the Jedi. It's actually the same actor, Warwick Davis.  He played the ewok at age 11 in Star Wars, then worked with Lucas again when he made Willow.  I think Warwick was 18 or something when he was Willow.  Anyway, still Warwick, but not Willow.

The costume is actually a lot like the Max wolf costume.  I used his zip front pajamas as the pattern and added the hood, making the belly a lighter color.  The ears were sewn on the hood.  I just hacked out the red hood, which seems kind of big to me.  I think I'll hack some off.  The hood has two slits for the ears, then snaps at the base of the hood to stay on.

I thought it was a fun little costume, but I'm not as excited about it as I was the past two years' costumes.  But he does love it, and it is a fleece jumpsuit/ pajamas to keep him warm, so it's good, I just keep thinking of Willow.

Right in the beginning he grabbed this huge tree branch to put in the water.  I was surprised he could lift and carry it.

I think this is the last Halloween post I have planned, so on to other projects!

I did make another Halloween costume for my niece in the summer: Hot Rod .