Magical Handmade Knight Costume

So I believe that there is magic in dressing up.

My husband says that he is not ready for work until he has a suit on. My daughter only wears dresses because she says that pants make her feel like someone else. And despite initial protests from his preschool teachers, my boy goes to school most days with his pants on backwards and his socks purposely mismatched because he likes the way that they make him feel. For the same reason, I wear heels around the house with my pajamas sometimes, and on an off day I may toss on a  sequined crown for a trip to the grocery store (it makes people smile really wide - try it).

With the magic of dress up, and the way that just-right outfit or costume makes one feel in mind, my son Z and I concocted this knight costume last weekend despite having agreed as a family unit to dress up this Halloween as members of the Addams family. On short notice, this is what we came up with. 

 

The awesome knight's helmet and wrist cuffs were purchased from the super Etsy shop World of Whimm, for Z's birthday last year. The pants are plain old grey Hanes sweatpants, and I made the chain mail to match the helmet and cuffs with an old green t-shirt, an extra large men's hooded sweatshirt, some fancy iron decals, and scraps of natural lightweight twill tape.

Needless to say, Z loves his costume, and even though I wanted him to be the Pugsley to my Morticia this Halloween, there would have been no magic in that.