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walking, talking, breathing fire!

This year was the first year I had a reciprocating saw in my pumpkin-carving arsenal. Though the jigsaw still did most of the work, and a router bit on my Dremel did some of the partial-depth cutting.

I elected to do a simple face because Valor is learning to identify body and facial parts. So far he knows “head,” “ears,” and “feet.” “Nose” is easily confused with “nos,” as in plural negatives.

I tried to give the jack-o-lantern the same number of teeth as Valor, but by Halloween night, something must have devoured one of them—I blame the mosquitoes—leaving us with a bit of a snaggletoothed look:

Abby’s mom (Lamons) undertook another labor of love and volunteered to make Valor’s Halloween costume. She said it had more pieces than Abby’s wedding dress. She modified the pattern to have a removable Velcro tail, which has certainly been a good idea (especially when using the carseat).

Although some people have misidentified him as a dinosaur (and one person guessed an alligator), he does have wings and walks upright! He’s a dragon!

It’s hard to get rampaging dragons to stand still, though!

Tripped up in the scenery, he takes to all fours!

Happy Halloween!

13 thoughts on “walking, talking, breathing fire!”

  1. I’d heard about this project during the course of the making of it when our little group would go out to lunch. Val is so cute and makes an adorable dragon. He surely looks happy. We all enjoy seeing his pictures.

  2. What a darling young man…I smiled and smiled as I scanned your site. And Lamons’ sewing skills shine again. Thanks for sharing.
    Diane

  3. Absolutely adorable -Val and outfit!!
    I saw AMAZING flexability there when he fell – and then I realized that his tail was not his leg!!
    Love your blog.

  4. Seeing these pics has made an otherwise-rubbish day much, much better 🙂 What a beautiful costume! (OK, it’s adorable and fantastic as well, but it’s beautiful in both craftsmanship and color!)

  5. Oh my goodness, Valor is so adorable in his dragon costume. If he came by our house on Halloween I’d just smother him with candy and love.
    It seems like only yesterday you guys were picking out his name.

  6. oh my gosh that is the most awesome costume i have ever seen!!! i’d love to see pictures of the wedding dress, too. did it also have a detachable tail? 🙂

    (i used to comment as sccook, but i’m syates now)

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