Tuesday, October 16, 2007

PAC-MAN!!

For the past several weeks, Chris has been painstakingly pasting soggy strips of newspaper on my big gray exercise ball. The reason? Our six-year-old Tommer requested a "Pac-Man" costume for Halloween.

I'll admit, my first reaction to Tom's request was something like, "Too bad, they don't make Pac-Man costumes. How about Bat Man?", but Chris was thinking much more creatively. He browsed Google, and with the brainstorming help of Christy at the HJ, his brilliant idea was born.

Several coats of paper mache, primer paint, and spraypaint later, we have a genuine Pac-Man costume! Thomas could not be more thrilled!!





Thomas will be wearing black on Halloween night-- I'll post pictures for sure! Thanks to Chris for all of the hard work!!

11 comments:

Elena said...

So cool! That is an AWESOME costume. Much better than the $20 outfits from K-mart that I am making my kids wear. You guys are good parents. Can't wait to see the whole get-up completed on Halloween.

becky ward said...

I can't wait to see the whole get-up either! How original! He's got to win a prize at school for this costume!

Marilyn said...

That is so great! Talk about the patience of Job - way to go, Chris!

Gina said...

Hi Elise- Thanks for the comment on my blog! Feel free to stop by anytime! You have a beautiful family!!! Gina

becca said...

That turned out really cool! I am very impressed. Way to go Chris! I don't deserve a prize though because I totally cheated! I had no idea until you gave us a hint, and I saw some of the other comments. Ha Ha :)!

Christy said...

Well, if not for anything else, the HJ newspaper is definitely good for great papier mache! Looks great!

michelle said...

this is so cool.

Caitlan said...

Haha ah I love this costume so much. I had all my roommates look at it because it's so cool!

Kristine said...

What a super cool costume! Chris needs to give Mike some pointers:)

Amanda and Andy Hansen said...

What a cool costume. I didn't guess before because I already knew the answer from Marilyn and didn't want to cheat. I am so impressed with the paint job and everything, Tom will have the best costume in Logan!

Emily said...

Love this idea, so creative!