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Its just a bunch of Hocus Pocus: Halloween Costumes 2017

November 2, 2017 by Finding your joy in the journey

 

If you have read any of my other “spooky” October posts you know our Halloween party theme was Hocus Pocus, our party invites were Hocus Pocus and our Halloween Home tour had a Hocus Pocus theme, so it’s obviously no surprise that we did Hocus Pocus Themed Halloween costumes this year.

Of course every year we don’t do our costumes to match our party theme. Last year our party theme was Haunted Mansion and we did How the Grinch Stole Christmas Costumes, so not even close to the same. But this year we built our theme around our costumes, because who doesn’t love a good Hocus Pocus theme? Honestly I was surprise at how many people had never seen the movie and had no idea who we were. Madness I tell you! Probably a good 65% of people had never seen the movies. If you are included in that group, GO WATCH IT NOW!!! Its amazing, I promise. When we were out trick or treating people would slow down and yell “Hi Winnie!!” It was the best! At first I wasn’t sure they were talking to me, I thought they were talking to Aowyn whose nickname is Wynnie but I quickly realized they were calling out to me, Winifred Sanderson in the flesh.

Without further ado I present to you the cast (minus a few key characters, I really need another daughter) of Hocus Pocus. Mom: Winifred Sanderson, Dad: Skeleton Band Guitarist, Tayton: Billy Butcherson, Landon: Lead Singer in the Skeleton Band, Fynnock: Binx, Aowyn: Sarah Sanderson, Braddoc: Dadcula (Max’s Dads costume).

Winifred Sanderson: My ungodly book speaks to you. On All Hallow’s Eve, when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground. Oh oh! We shall be back, and the lives of all the children of Salem will be mine!

[All three witches cackle]

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Aowyn didn’t want to be a Sanderson Sister with my at first. She wanted to be something pretty and wear make up. I had her watch the movie and within a few minutes she decided she wanted to be Sarah Sanderson because she is “so pretty and wears make up.” That was it, she sealed the deal and I got to making her costume.

I think she makes a gorgeous Sarah Sanderson.

She even practiced Sarahs song.

Come little children
I’ll take thee away
Into a land of enchantment

Come little children
The time’s come to play
Here in my garden of shadows

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I made the whole entire outfit minus the tights. I tried to find a top for her but since I couldn’t find one I pulled out my trusty sewing machine and got to work. I was so nervous because I had never made a costume like this from scratch but I was impressed by myself. Pat on the back. I did a lot with not a lot of time or experience. It’s not perfect but it worked well for what I was going for and she loved it.
IMG_5695 Our baby Binx was the cutest little baby boy cat around.

Winifred Sanderson: Therefore, it stands to reason, does it not, sisters dear? That we must find the book, brew the potion and suck the lives out of the children of Salem before sunrise. Otherwise it’s curtains. We evaporate! We cease to exist! Dost thou comprehend?

Mary Sanderson: You explained it beautifully, Winnie. They way in which you started out with the adventure part and slowly.

Sarah: Explained what?

Winifred Sanderson: Come, we fly!

IMG_5696 IMG_5697 Landon always goes along with my crazy schemes. He is like his mom and loves to dress up and have fun on Halloween. After watching the movie he decided he wanted to be the lead singer in the Skeleton band that plays at the party Max and Dani’s Mom and Dad go to and “dance until they die”. IMG_5698
I think he makes a totally handsome lead singing Skeleton.

I put a spell on you because you’re mine
You better stop the things that you do
I ain’t lyin’, no, I ain’t lyin’
I just can’t stand it babe
The way you’re always runnin’ ’round
I just can’t stand it, the way you always put me down
I put a spell on you because you’re mineIMG_5700
Tayton is my man! He wanted to be a zombie and has asked me to be one since probably July of this year, maybe even earlier. When we watched Hocus Pocus I asked him if he wanted to be Billy Butcherson the zombie and he jumped at the chance. His costume is my favorite and the wig just take it over the top.IMG_5702 He didn’t talk most of the night and acted like his mouth was sewn shut for real. He even practiced his zombie moves and sounds.IMG_5703 Winifred Sanderson: Oh, cheese and crust! He’s lost his head!IMG_5704 Noah used this wig years ago as Captain Hook and it was perfect for Taytons Billy costume. I bought a Benjamin Franklin costume online and added some extra frills and lace to it to make it more fancy and old times. I think it all worked out well together.IMG_5705 Winifred Sanderson: Unfaithful lover long since dead. Deep asleep in thy wormy bed. Wiggle thy toes, open thine eyes, twist thy fingers toward the sky. Life is sweet, be not shy. On thy feet. So sayeth I!IMG_5706 Seriously, the smolder is on point with that make up and costume. This kid was killing me al night long.IMG_5707 I told my husband he should be Max or one of the bullies that messes with Max or even one of the Quaker people who hung the Sanderson sisters or Thackery Binx in human form. but he wanted to be part of the Skeleton rock band with our 11 year old. After we were all dressed he said he wished that he had been someone else because his costume wasn’t as cool as ours and wanted to know if I could come up with something really quick? HAHAHAHAHA obviously the man has never made of put together a Halloween Costume. So the answer was sadly “No.” and there might have been a little I told you so thrown in there for good measure as well, okay we all know there was. I mean I tried ever so desperately to convince him to be something different, but he did not agree…. that is until after we all got put together and he felt like he wasn’t nearly as epic. So yeah, I’m pretty sure I repeatedly said “I told you so.” Does that make me a bad wife? Because I really did tell him so.IMG_5708
IMG_5710 Braddoc never ever wants to be apart of the Family theme. Last year he wanted nothing to do with our How the Grinch stole Christmas theme. I think the last time he was part of the family costumes was when we were Harry Potter Characters. He did do a combo Shark Attack costume with Noah a few years ago, but mostly he is embarrassed by us. So this year when I suggested he might like going as Dadcula, which would fit with our theme (Max’s Dads costume at the costume party) but not be super obviously part of our group he jumped at the idea. He has wanted to be a Vampire for years but always ends up changing his mind, so this year we got the best of both worlds for him. He did lose pretty much every single piece of his costume within the first few minutes but thankfully It was all home-made and no big deal. I’m just glad he still dresses up… Autism can be funny like that. IMG_5711

Max: Oh! Dad.

Dave: It’s not Dad. It’s Dadcula.

[see’s Allison]

Dave: Oh, my goodness. Who must this charming young blood donor be?

 

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Winifred Sanderson: Twist the bones and bend the back

Sarah, Mary Sanderson: Itch-it-a-cop-it-a-Mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca

Winifred Sanderson: Trim him of his baby fat

Sarah, Mary Sanderson: Itch-it-a-cop-it-a-Mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca

Winifred Sanderson: Give him fur black as black, just

Mary Sanderson: Like

Sarah: This!

Fynnock was the cutest little Binx the cat I have ever seen. Of course he wouldn’t stay still for many pictures and the ears came off pretty fast the first night for trunk or treat but he left them on during trick or Treating on Halloween.IMG_5713 I wanted to do something super cute for him because I can only pick their outfits for so many years, but settled on the cat and I think he looks adorable anyway. Plus the full black outfit hid all the stick candy stains. The very first trunk we went to he got a sucker which he was happy with and so at the next trunk he sat down by a friend of ours and tried to open the sucker. He was done! I opened the sucker for him and showed him that more people were giving him candy. Each car he tried to hand them candy from his bucket instead of them handing him candy. He has always been a great sharer.

 

Dani: You’re my kitty now. You’ll have milk and tuna fish every day. And you’ll only hunt mice for fun.

Voice of Thackery Binx: You’re going to turn me into one of those fat, useless, contented house cats.

Dani: You betcha.

IMG_5714 I will say that this probably was one of y most favorite costumes ever. I say that every year but it’s always true. They keep getting better and more fun. I loved my Bellatrix costume a lot too, maybe there is something about me and witches. My husband jokes that I have a dark soul… maybe he is right.IMG_5715

IMG_5719 Oh look, another glorious morning. Makes me sick!!IMG_5720
We put a spell on you, and now your ours!!!

Winifred Sanderson: Why? Why was I cursed with such idiot sisters?

Sarah: Just lucky, I guess.

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It’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus.IMG_5717

Winifred Sanderson: Sisters, All Hallow’s Eve has become a night of frolic, where children wear costumes and run amok!

Sarah: Amok!

[dances around]

Sarah: Amok, amok, amok, amok, amok.

 

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I put a spell on you
And now you’re mine.
You can’t stop the things I do.
I ain’t lyyyyyin’.

It’s been 300 years
Right down to the day,
Now the witch is back
And there’s hell to pay.

I put a spell on you
And now you’re miiiiiine!

Hello, Salem! My name’s Winifred, what’s yours?

I put a spell on you
And now you’re gone. (gone gone gone so long!)
My whammy fell on you
And it was strong. (so strong so strong so strong)

Your wretched little lives
Have all been cursed,
’cause of all the witches working
I’m the worst!

I put a spell on you
And now you’re mine!

[Watch out! Watch out! Watch out! Watch out!]

If you don’t believe,
You’d better get superstitious.

Ask my sisters!
“Ooh, she’s vicious!”
I put a spell on you….
I put a spell on you.

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I hope you had a wonderful Halloween.

To see our past Halloween costumes go here.

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