Pretend Play with Recycled Halloween Costumes
Posted by: Christina / Category: Running the HouseholdMuch to my own dismay, we received the first Halloween costume catalog on Saturday. I understand that the company only has seasonal sales and it’s trying to make money but in the name of everything that’s sacred, can we not get through summer without being bombarded with winter clothes at the malls and Halloween costume catalogs in the mail!?
I was even more confused as to why my husband gave it to our daughters to digest (I need to get faster with the throwing-away-the-seasonal-catalog-thing). As you can probably guess, all of these Halloween costumes are quite expensive, both girls have circled a dozen costumes that they would like to have, and I’m not likely to spend upwards of $100 for dress up clothes!
My youngest daughter actually loves to dress up in costumes almost daily. Every year we save the Halloween costumes, some of which are beautiful because they were made with love by my mother, and inevitably they get worn for weeks after the Halloween trick-or-treating event but eventually they get retired to the ol’ “dress up box”.
This poor dress up box has been through the ringer! It’s just one of those cardboard storage boxes from an office store but after being stuffed to overflowing with these Halloween and dance costumes, it’s in shambles. But it’s a good standby when my girls have friends over and they complain about being bored. My favorite response is, “Go check out the dress up box!”
Now, if only I could figure out a way to prevent the kids from growing so we can recycle these Halloween costumes yet again…
