Trunk or Treat

Last night, at our church, they hosted a safe alternative to Trick or Treating door to door called Trunk or Treat. Cars piled in the parking lot, opened their trunks and provided games and candy for all the kids. They even had a great preschool (4 and under) area for Cole and his friends. It was so fun to see everyone all dressed up in their costumes.

All week or month rather, I have been trying to figure out what Cole should be for Halloween. I always thought I wanted to make or create his costume so it would be creative, unique, and possibly free. But I had not one idea, until yesterday morning! I told Brent, "Hey, let's make him a pro skater. Surely, we can do that. He has jeans and a hoodie. We can totally make a board." So we did. We already had some errands to run, so we headed to the mall and looked for the perfect shoes and hat. I was not willing to buy anything that he could not continue to use after this one night. We found some awesome Vans at the Vans store on SALE and then search all over for the hat. We weren't having much luck. There were several kids hats, but not the right look. If he didn't have the right hat and just any hat, the whole outfit would have been thrown off. So we were at the Vans store for the second time and I saw a great hat, but it was a for a man, not a toddler. It was knit and Brent liked it for our upcoming trip so we got it and I stitched the back up to make it fit Cole for the night. Yes! It was perfect.

Now, it was time to go back home and make/finish Cole's prop. The skateboard. To make this, we used all items we already had around the house: cardboard, spray paint, toilet paper rolls, dowel rods, and internet printed out logo. We used a piece of a cardboard box for the board. There were two folds on either end that were great because it allowed the board to not look flat and have tips. Brent spray painted the top of the board black and the bottom white. We printed an Element logo off from the internet and cut a stencil out and spray painted that maroon. The wheels were toilet paper rolls with dowel rods in the center. As we were making this, we kept thinking of ways to make it better. I really wanted to make the wheels able to spin, but that would have been more time, maybe the next one. :)