FIRST HALLOWEENS FOR TOBY HABERMAN'S SONS JEREMY & DAN!
1976: Jeremy, a three year old Big Bird, wears the costume I made for him in vivid yellow faux fur. You can't see his huge waving tail behind him or his dyed yellow tights with bright orange bands circling his little legs. Dan (two years old) is celebrating his first Halloween as Cookie Monster in his blue fur costume with 2 painted plastic ball 'eyes' pinned to the top his costume.
1977: Jeremy couldn't decide whether to be a Super Hero or a Turtle (both were passions). So I added a glitzy "S" on his turtle tummy plate. It was just 1/2" foam, spray-glued to attach taffeta, with lines drawn on it for a somewhat realistic pattern. His silver lamé Super Hero cape, with "Super Turtle" letters glued on it, covers his thick foam carapace (back shell) covered in the green cotton of his costume. He was so proud to have this special costume. I used a pattern for the head, including 2 circles of 1/2" foam, each covered separately in the costume fabric, then stitched together and embellished.
Dan loved elephants, so he became Super Elephant. His head included a long trunk and big floppy ears. A silver lamé cape and "S" on his tummy made him a Super Hero too. Dan was almost 4 years old at the time.
1976: Jeremy, a three year old Big Bird, wears the costume I made for him in vivid yellow faux fur. You can't see his huge waving tail behind him or his dyed yellow tights with bright orange bands circling his little legs. Dan (two years old) is celebrating his first Halloween as Cookie Monster in his blue fur costume with 2 painted plastic ball 'eyes' pinned to the top his costume.
1977: Jeremy couldn't decide whether to be a Super Hero or a Turtle (both were passions). So I added a glitzy "S" on his turtle tummy plate. It was just 1/2" foam, spray-glued to attach taffeta, with lines drawn on it for a somewhat realistic pattern. His silver lamé Super Hero cape, with "Super Turtle" letters glued on it, covers his thick foam carapace (back shell) covered in the green cotton of his costume. He was so proud to have this special costume. I used a pattern for the head, including 2 circles of 1/2" foam, each covered separately in the costume fabric, then stitched together and embellished.
Dan loved elephants, so he became Super Elephant. His head included a long trunk and big floppy ears. A silver lamé cape and "S" on his tummy made him a Super Hero too. Dan was almost 4 years old at the time.
JUST A FEW MEMORIES . . .
CHERIE HAPPY & SARAH & JULIET’S HALLOWEEN’S - 1996 , 1997 & 1998:
Sarah is Scarlet O’Hara - she had just read ‘Gone with the Wind’ several times over! She was 13 years old. Her costume was from a pattern I modified to look like something I thought Scarlett would wear.
Juliet, 5 years old here was the dancer - here a ‘Spanish Dancer’ The best part of the costume were the fish-net stockings, - I don’t know how I found those to fit a 5 year old!
At this time I was working full time which meant about 60 hours a week. I vividly remember finishing these as the sun was coming up . . . Very excited to see how they would look on the kids!
1998: Sarah is 15 here, and a Fairy. I improvised, following no pattern. I just gathered a bunch of ‘fairy’ looking fabrics and draped them around her.
Juliet was a witch. This was about the third or forth time she wanted to be a witch! I, of course wanted her to be a princess, but she would hear nothing of it!
Juliet a ‘furry kitty’, from a pattern. 1997.
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