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joann10
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Posted: Oct 04 2008 at 6:11pm \| IP Logged

I am on the search for Saints and Religious Halloween costume patterns. Free patterns or ideas are what I am looking for....money is too tight to purchase new patterns right now.

I am on a quest to refill our costume bucket...and I am afraid time is running out....

I hope I get to them!

Veronika
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Posted: Oct 09 2008 at 4:21pm \| IP Logged

Hi Joann!
Have I got some ideas for you! Over the past years my 5 have gone as:
    Juan Diego: White sweats with a pillowcase"tilma", cut up the sides and a hole cut out of the top for their head. On this we fabric-glued a paper copy of Our Lady of Guadalupe and some old fabric roses. Wear a straw hat and pencil on a mustache... Great costume!
    Moses: When my twins were about the size of your little one, the one in your photo, one went as baby Moses! I put her in a white footed pj and carried her in a basket lined with a baby blanket, of course, to which I glued some cat-tail reeds.
     St. Agnes: a plain long dress up gown and laurel wreath crown. She carried a toy lamb, So simple!
     St. John the Baptist: Again, dark sweats with, believe it or not, an old furry zip-out raincoat liner tied around him as a shawl. Fake wig and beard, the scruffier the better, and an old branch for a walking staff...oh yes, and we made a paper scroll with the words "Repent! For the Kingdom of God is at hand!" on it for him to carry as well.
     St. Veronika: my namesake! A simple costume dress and fabric swatch for a veil. She carried a piece of fabric (actually, for us an old diaper!) onto which I fabric-glued a paper photocopy of the Holy Face.
     These are a few that come to mind now, but I'm sure I'll come up with a few more as I think about it! My children have been dressing up as saints since the oldest was little and she's 14 now! What a great way to celebrate All Hallows Eve!
   I'll post a few more ideas as I get them! Good Luck, Joann!

Veronika

Milehimama
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Posted: Oct 11 2008 at 9:55pm \| IP Logged

I buy men's t-shirts for a basic "tunic". They come in all colors and are "no sew"!

Then we just drape and safety pin anything else needed.

Brown t-shirt + rope = St. Francis
Gray t-shirt, +sharpie marker to draw in "scales" = basic armor for St. Michael, St. Martin, St. George...
Blue t-shirt + curtain panel or sheet folded in half = Our Lady!

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