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Our Toy Story Halloween Costumes

October 31, 2019 By Kari Leave a Comment

All the details on our Toy Story Halloween costumes:
Woody and Buzz, alien dog costumes, and how I whipped up some cow print chaps for Jessie!
Plus, custom Toy Story pumpkins!

toy story halloween costumes-1Happy Halloween, friends! I’m loving scrolling my feeds this morning, seeing all of your amazing costumes. Honestly, I just eat this day right up. I love it! We’re going to do a bunch of Halloween activities in our jammiess this morning, eat treats all day long, and then get ready for trick-or-treating. Then, after Wyatt goes to bed, we’ll raid his candy bucket, drink wine, and watch a scary movie! 🙂

As far as decorating goes, I had some fun this year styling this Spooky Chic Halloween Coffee Cart, complete with organic, fairtrade compostable coffee pods (you have to check out this amazing product)! I’m also doing an IG Story this morning on our copper and black, bat-inspired mantle, so be sure to pop over to my Instagram to check it out.

toy story halloween costumes-2We’ve been pretty pumped to show you our costumes! Wyatt informed us earlier this year what we were all dressing up as, and I love what he chose! The Toy Story movies are some of our favourites (although, Wyatt didn’t really like #4).

We’ve actually never done a family Halloween costume before. We’ve always dressed up Wyatt and Moses together, but Ryan and I typically just do our own thing for our costumes. Last year’s Kari Skeleton get up was my favourite for sure! I also LOVE when Ryan and I dressed up as Colonel Sanders and a bucket of chicken for a Movember costume party several years ago.

toy story halloween costumes-3Wyatt’s Buzz Lightyear Costume

Wyatt is obsessed with Buzz Lightyear! You may remember he had a Buzz-themed birthday party this year (watch for a blog post on that this weekend).

I truly love making costumes from pieces already around the house, or getting creative with how to put a look together BUT this, my friends, came straight from The Disney Store! LOL! It’s really perfect so why would I mess with that? Sometimes it’s good to just make things easy on yourself, especially with so much else going on. I spent about $100 total for the onesie, headgear, jet pack and wrist command. The headgear and jet pack both light up which is super cool. It’s more than I would normally spend, but I know he’s going to play dress up in this year-round so to me it was worth the investment. I did get it for 20% off (The Disney Store often puts costumes on sale one-two months before Halloween, so note that for next year).

toy story halloween costumes-4toy story halloween costumes-5toy story halloween costumes-6Ryan As Woody

Honestly, I cannot stop laughing. Ry nailed the Woody expression, and literally kept it on for the entire photoshoot. In addition to his own jeans, cowboy hat and cowboy boots, I picked up this Woody shirt, holster and cow print vest from Spirit of Halloween, which is the best pop-up Halloween shop for sure! I snagged the red bandana from Party City.

toy story halloween costumes-7toy story halloween costumes-8Me As Jessie

I had fun channelling my inner cowgirl to transform into Jessie this year. I already had the boots and jeans, and I picked up the official Jessie shirt at Spirit Halloween. My hat from Party City wasn’t meant to be a ‘Jessie’ hat, but it’s perfect! It originally had two blonde pigtail braids, which I cut off.

I had the hardest time finding cow print chaps. When I was checking out at Party City, I double-checked with the cashier to make sure I didn’t miss them. She informed me the only cow print in the store were balloons down aisle six. I paid for my stuff and then proceeded to pop down aisle six to check out these balloons. That’s when it all came together! There were actually western themed party supplies, including a cow print table runner. I cut the table runner in half to make two chaps. I would’ve sewed them to my jeans if I had that skill, but instead I secured them with safety pins. Not the most full-proof option, so if you’re recreating this – sew them on or get someone who can to do it.

I scouted out a long red wig at Party City. Wig tip: spray with leave-in conditioner and brush it out before you style and wear. It looks so much nicer. The yellow bow was originally a bowtie from the accessories section at Spirit Halloween.

toy story halloween costumes-9I used chalk markers to write Andy’s name on the bottom of both mine and Ryan’s boots. It was great for a picture, but came off pretty quickly.

toy story halloween costumes-10Our Pups As The Aliens

We only dress up our fur babes for a photo, and then the costumes come right off. Clearly, they love being dressed up. 🙂  I searched everywhere for dog alien costumes and couldn’t find a single one! Spirit Halloween had these alien headpieces for adults, so I just cut the slit a bit bigger, and filled each top part with a beach towel to make them stand up properly.

toy story halloween costumes-11Toy Story Custom Pumpkins

Our friend, Expert Pumpkin Carver Natasha Guindon, carves custom designs into synthetic pumpkins that last for years to come. When she heard about our Toy Story plan she whipped up this amazing Buzz and Woody ones, which we’ll happily have in our family for a long time. Aren’t they amazing?! Be sure to check out her work here. If you missed this year, make sure to make a note to contact her for next year.

toy story halloween costumes-12What did you dress up as?! Comment below or find me on Instagram or Facebook and please share your costume photos with me! I would love to see them.

Pin this to your Toy Story Costumes and Family Halloween Costumes boards and follow me on Pinterest here.

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➡️ Follow @kariskelton where I share tons of local and Alberta finds for families, stuff to do with your kiddos, and motherhood tips and tricks. We often get into meaningful chats about parenthood too. 

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We're also wondering if she may bring a new elf friend with her this year. 🤔 How cool would that be?! 

🍭Last year she decorated Wyatt's bedroom door with a whole bunch of cool stuff she brought from the North Pole including blown up candy canes, swirly mints, twinkle lights, and a few fun Christmas garland. What do you think?

#elfculture #elfontheshelf #Canditheelf Elf on the Shelf door decoration, decorate your door, Kids room deocrations, Christmas decorations for your kids room.
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Ry and I had the talks that maybe this wouldn't happen for us. The biggest heartache in that was thinking Wyatt wouldn't have a sibling- something we wanted for him. ❤️

If you're unfamiliar with our story:

- In 2014 we had a miscarriage at 15 weeks.💔

- Found out I have an 'incompetent cervix' 🙄 and would need a cerclage for future pregnancies.

- Six months later we were pregnant with Wyatt! ❤️

- Wyatt was born in July 2015.

- A few years later we started trying for another babe.

- It turned out to be a 2.5 year journey. In 2021, we took the summer off trying (I turnes 40) and our first month back in the game - boom. 💃 Pregnant!

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