![]() ![]() My husband had a blast making it and I’m pretty sure he was more excited than my son was. He also added shoulder supports and pads inside the costume, so that it would be comfortable to wear. For the screen, he printed out an image of the game onto transfer paper and ironed it on a black shirt. Then, because it had to be realistic, he used those little recorders from Build-a-Bear and recorded the familiar sounds of the game, so that when you pushed the buttons, it sounded exactly like you were playing the game. He found a joy stick around the house and ordered some push buttons on line. He searched for images on the internet to print, cut and paste on the walls and front of the costume. He used yellow foam core from the craft store to build the shell. ![]() Does it require any sewing? No? Great! This can be your project :) And he was off and running… My brain was reeling…but my husband had an idea and was really excited about it. He said he wanted to be the video game for Halloween one year. (Really? You want to be a Blue Morpho Butterfly, not just any butterfly?)Įnter the Pac Man phase for my son. Once they get an idea, they stick with it even if I try to talk them out of what seems like an impossible feat. They go through phases of interest and then Halloween costumes and birthday parties just get swept up into the theme. You know how some kids change their mind 100 times on what they want their costume to be for Halloween? Mine don’t. Sometimes the insanity is because our kids come up with big ideas that we try to execute, and sometimes we simply get caught up in a stream of creativity and find ourselves creating decorations, making costumes or decorating cakes at 2 am the night before the event. My husband and I are pretty insane when it comes to these things. Let’s talk birthday parties and Halloween costumes. If not, there will be more recipes coming next week :) So, if you’re interested in learning more about our creative projects, read on. I know Throwback Thursday is all the rage, but I really didn’t want to jump on that bandwagon (much to my husband’s protests.) Fridays work best for me, so I’m breaking from the pack and we’ll just see how it goes. (Although some are much better quality than my early recipe posts, so there’s that.) Most of the pictures in these posts will likely be home photos that were never taken with the thought that they’d be published, so I’ll need a little leeway on judging picture quality. Here, I hope to share some of our creative endeavors… projects that we worked on well before the blog. Welcome to Flashback Friday, a new series on The Merchant Baker. ![]()
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