As promised, here is a little rundown of our Halloween costumes this year. Brett was Anakin Skywalker, I was Padme Amidala, and Trent was Yoda. We wanted something in the Disney family, since we were going to be attending Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party in Walt Disney World. Since Disney just purchased the rights to Star Wars, we decided to be a Star Wars family. We had a mixture of pre-made costume and hand made items. Here we are as a family.
Yoda
Our little man was Yoda, who is little - how convenient!
We bought this costume from BuyCostumes.com (also available on Amazon), which included the robe and a hat.
However, the reviews on the hat were not good, saying it was too small and didn’t fit the age group for which the costume was designed for, but we took a chance anyway. It definitely did not fit. So I panicked, since we were just a couple weeks away from the Halloween Party, but then Brett found this super cute crocheted Yoda hat on Etsy. I can’t get over how adorable it is.
Trent actually likes wearing it (except for the night of the Halloween Party at WDW - go figure). This hat totally made the costume and probably got the most attention out of anything.
And for added fun, we got him a small battery-operated glow stick to be his lightsaber from Amazon.
He just wore brown/khaki shorts/pants underneath and green socks.
Anakin Skywalker Costume - From Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Brett was the first person to have his costume completely ready. He got lucky and found a great costume with all of the pieces already together, except for the boots and lightsaber. His main focus was finding a quality robe. Most pre-made Anakin or Jedi costumes come with a pretty lame robe, so he was happy to find this one. Yes, it’s a little pricey, but he can wear it again and again (he claims he’ll wear it to Star Wars weekends at Hollywood Studios - which we’ve only been to once, so I’d like to see that happen - but also says the robe and the boots can be used for other costumes too).
Here is Anakin from the movie:
Here is Brett’s costume:
Available here: JediRobeAmerica.com
It comes with several pieces and looks really authentic. The only adjustment he had to make was putting velcro squares on his shoulders to help keep the shoulder tabards in place.
If you are looking for just the robe, you can find them separately (and ironically enough, I just found this one on Amazon - it’s from the same costume!).
His boots were from: HalloweenCostumes.com. Amazon had them too, but they were much more expensive. These can also be worn with his pirate costume and other costumes too, I’m sure.
Lastly, the all important lightsaber.
This one is available here on Amazon and even though I would have preferred him to just use a cheap lightsaber, this one was really impressive and realistic (as realistic as a “laser sword” can look I guess).
Padme Amidala - From Episode II: Attack of the Clones (The Arena Fight Scene)
Seeing as I was going to be wearing this costume to Disney World, and am not in as good shape as I would like, I opted NOT to go with the sexy version of this costume lol.
Here is Padme in the movie:
Here is a couple versions of the available costumes.
I read lots of reviews and lots of people kept saying how see-through the costumes were (or off-color). So, Brett convinced me that should make it myself…at least by finding the separate pieces and making anything I couldn’t find already made. OMG was this stressful. Some items I found easily, others I was literally shopping for 2 days before we left for WDW. Honestly, I tend to take the easy route with costumes or let Brett make them for me, even though I secretly wish I would learn to sew and make my own awesome costumes, but until then…
Here is the breakdown of my costume.
Top: This shirt in white from Academy Sports
Bottoms: White stretchy pants from Goodwill. I seriously searched EVERYWHERE for a pair of stretchy white pants that weren’t expensive. I found them at Goodwill 2 days before our trip. It’s ridiculous how difficult it is to find anything white after Labor Day, let alone have it not be entirely see-through.
Boots: This was actually the first part of my costume I found, from here on ebay. They were very comfortable and my feet didn’t hurt even after walking around Magic Kingdom for 6 hours.
Holster/Gun: I could not find the holster in an adult size, so I got this child’s Padme holster that came with a gun blaster and just attached a long strip of velcro to the back to extend it to the size I needed. It worked perfectly and was probably cheaper than the adult version, anyway!
Cape: I luckily stumbled upon searched for everywhere and found a white blanket at TJ Maxx large enough to cut to the size I needed. Brett made the cape for me.
He cut the blanket in half (it was a large blanket), then cut out a rectangle where the top of the cape would be, along with a hole right underneath to put my head through.
Then, to make the ends look nice where the blanket was cut, he placed a line of liquid stitch permanent adhesive and folded over the edge and let it dry.
The robe was made so I could put my head through the hole that was cut out, then sling the long piece over to my other shoulder, where we placed a piece of velcro to hold it in place.
Arm cuffs: Brett doubled a strip of duct tape and then covered it with aluminum tape for each arm cuff, then placed velcro strips on the end of each one to hold it together.
That pretty much wraps up our costumes this year. Is it too early to start thinking about next year’s costumes?
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