How he learned the ways of the force

As we started thinking about what little man could be for Halloween this year we didn’t really have any preconceived notions, it just had to be something cool – as defined by me. The extent of last year’s costume was a onesie that said “this is my costume” because my wife was working and I’m not that into Halloween where I felt it was necessary to drag my six and a half month old out about town.

This year, however, was a little different because he’s a walking, jibber jabbering malestrom of activity. Our neighborhood has an annual parade where the kids walk behind a firetruck that serves as master of ceremonies and there are people lined up along the parade route offering tricks and treats. We didn’t have any designs on actually going trick or treating, but we still felt it would be fun to have him dress up for the first time.

Once we started thinking about costumes inspiration struck in the form of a catalog we received in the mail. Being the father of a fair haired child and a huge fan of Star Wars I instantly gravitated towards the Skywalker outfits. My mother happened to be visiting us that day and we asked her if she could make something like the costume we saw for little man to wear.

Growing up my mom made all our costumes and she is very talented and creative when it comes to crafty things and sewing. She found a pattern and some fabric she liked and whipped the thing up in no time. As you can see from the photos she knocked it out of the park. The attention to the detail on the leg wraps totally made the outfit.

We used a pair of brown pajama pants for the leggings and a turtle neck style onesie for him to wear under the wrap. The outfit was made complete with a little blue food coloring in the water that filled up his bubble wand and put the finishing touch on our little Jedi’s weapon of choice.

After getting over his initial shyness, little man bounced around and seemed to have a great time at the parade. His costume was a hit, mostly with the other dads, and I’m glad I didn’t hear this one woman ask if he was Yoda. I might have followed her home and used “the force” on her house.  Sure, my son is on the small side, but Yoda? Besides, his light saber was green.

Since my little padawan didn’t feel like napping that day, he was totally spent at the end of the parade. Add to that the unseasonably warm weather and the fact that he was wearing several layers of clothing, we skipped the neighborhood pizza party and hung out with our good friends that lived down the street so our kids could play together.

There is no truth to the rumor that I have already asked my mom to make him an all black Jedi outfit for next year so I can say that he left the Dagobah system to try and save Han from Vader. None.

Tagged as: Costume, Halloween, Star Wars, Tell Me Thursday, Trick-or-treating