Robin Hood and his Merry men ^_^!

The last couple years  - we haven't really done halloween. But - this year - we've entered a time when budget trumps all. I can't afford to take the kids to Comic Con or Ren Faires. So - a local free opportunity to dress up and hang out seems like the best doings and goings on. So - till we are independently wealthy enough to hire a farm sitter and pay for all the expense of doing the Con - Halloween is the Cosplay event for the year ^_^!
So - here is what we did.
I needed to art out. 
It was suppose to not cost anything. But - of course - it totally did :P I had to buy a yard of felt - I went with synthetic - instead of wool - and of course - the hats and Goodwill sweaters. To bling out the stroller - well - that was an investment.
$3 here and $12 there adds up fast. But - it can't compare to the cost of going to the Con - so - I feel okay about it. About 80% of the stuff we used - we already had.
AND - my boy is five. Five is that age when you go way outta your way to give them the experiance and memory. So - next year we can skip or go cheaper. We'll see. (  note to self - 3rd kid will be 5 in 4 years... start saving )

Ears and tail felted from roving I spent way too much on years ago - and never used up til now!!! Finally ! I get to go to the fiber arts store again! I used sooo much roving!!! ^_^ !

Who says Maid Marian has to be a damsel in distress?

Felt princess hats from Dollar Tree. Prop Octoberfest hat from Amazon. Both altered quite a bit. She made her own mask. THAT was awesome!

My attempt to make Lady Kluck Slightly less dowdy. I figure - she is a total rock star fighter in the Cartoon- so - I took off with that.

Prince John. Borrowed the lion costume - 10 year old made the crown - Fairy Godmother had sent the Royal Jewels ages ago. It came together pretty sinking well.

The cost of the curtains and throw at Goodwill kinda threw me off. Aaand - had to buy a snake ( 10 year old made the hat and cape for him outta scraps ) . But - sigh. We just didn't have anything regal enough to make a medieval carriage - so - we're just owning it. 

We bought the hair dye - instead of a Cosplay wig. her hair already had bleach bits and I buy bleach in bulk - so we were able to have the snow white ends of fox hair to complement the red/orange dye. 

In the end - I feel like it was a total win :)