Greek

My kids have thoroughly enjoyed The Lightning Thief series and so we decided to use Greek mythology as our theme for Halloween this year.

We will begin with dear Cupid (or Eros in Greek).  Luckily it was in the 90's and so he was quite comfortable in his fabulous get-up.  He may hate me later, but it was so worth it.  His costume was super easy and he could run around to his heart's content....hitting unwitting passersby with his arrow of love.  It was a riot.  I just couldn't help myself with his curls, belly and long eye lashes...it was just too perfect. 

Next is Hermes, the messenger god.  Dennis got quite the kick out of his winged feet and helmet.  He thought he was completely cool and ran and pranced around the whole night.  And he didn't even seem to mind that he was basically wearing a dress.

I heard someone ask him who he was, to which he promptly replied, "Homies"...(he still can't get his r's)...and I about died as the person quietly mumbled to themselves, "Oh, Homies......" with the most confused look you've ever seen.  I set them straight after a bit.

Here we have the great demigod, Hercules.  I had the hardest time with the Hercules costume.  I couldn't decide how to do muscles without it looking tacky...and so I just didn't make anything in the way of muscles.  I just settled for some armor and a tunic.  I had big plans for the armor...but ran out of steam, inspiration and time, and so this is my sort of half-hearted effort.   But, he was happy as a clam, and wielded the sword he made at Scout Camp proudly.  He battled Harry Potter, Darth Vader and many others at our church Halloween party and was pleasant as punch about the whole ensemble, so I guess that's all that matters.

He REALLY got into his character whilst taking photos.

Then on to Artemis, goddess of the hunt and moon.   Miss B loved the character Artemis in the books, and  chose to dress as her months and months and months ago and began planning her outfit straightaway.  I found multiple sketches of outfits and accessories on her desk and in her room.

We put some branches in her hair to give her an outdoorsy look and made a quiver out of a Pringles can (thanks to a friend's genius idea).  I made her some arrows and she made a bow, but the bow was a bit cumbersome to carry with a candy bag...

and I was Medusa...the evil monster who turns her unsuspecting victims to stone just by looking at them....spooky. 

I did not know how to pose as Medusa... and I couldn't pull off a beautifully sinister look...so this is what you get... a semi-awkward half-squat with a cheesy grin and a very strange looking foot.   And I now know why Medusa is so ornery.  Wearing a gazillion snakes on your head equals a gimongously hideous headache...and I promise there were lots of snakes in my hair, you just can't really tell in this shot.  

We had some fun festivities too...we had dinner in a pumpkin last night.  It was actually quite good. We made  leaky cauldrons for breakfast (muffins baked in scooped out oranges), and we carved pumpkins as well.  Miss B and I tried our hand at some more complex designs this year.  We did the house together and her and Dennis did the clown and cat.  Mr C, Dad and Q helped with all the cutting and scooping.