Here's the story behind our DIY Mother-Daughter costume... The world’s largest emergence of periodical cicadas occurred this spring in the mid-Atlantic

Simon: My 10 year-old daughter said she wanted to be Black Widow from The Avengers for Halloween, but I thought an actual black widow spider would be much more fun! I...

Well the sewing has been put on hold for a little while- it's report writing time and I must focus! In the meantime, I thought I'd share some costume ideas for those dress-up days that school springs on us from time to time. I quite enjoy the creating of costumes at the moment but ask me again in another couple of years when I have kids at school and I may not feel the same way. Ha! Maybe you could use one of these ideas? Jonah dresses as Mr Strong for a book character parade. We just got a…

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