Pokemon Halloween Costumes

We wanted to match together for a family Halloween costume this year. They’re lucky we’re doing new costumes at all! Mostly I wanted to make an effort for my sister who’s so excited about her First Halloween here and wanted to dress up with us, so we brainstormed together for ideas. There were enough Pokemon options to choose from that the kids and adults might enjoy, and that they might be able to wear for more than just the day of Halloween. With Baby at the hospital I didn’t have time or energy to make the costumes myself, so we ended up ordering most of the hats online.

I set aside a day to shop and look for stuff for costumes, and it felt so disappointing, and a drain of time and my limited energy. How hard is it to find a pink dress, a blue hoodie, or orange fabric? I had these grand plans of crafting a MagiKarp costume for Jer that would take up his entire torso, but where do I even go for sewing fabric or materials now that Joann’s is out of business? This year’s motto is now, “Make it work with what we have.”

Yes, it would have been so cool to do all the bells and whistles and make things the way we envision them, but I’m learning that “Done is better than Perfect” when in survival mode.

I bought a plain hoodie and beanie, stitched Squirtle’s face on the hat, and he wore his turtle shell from his Ninja Turtle costume. In true Kat fashion, I was stitching F’s Squirtle hat together with only minutes left until the Trunk or Treat party.

My Pokeball costume cost nothing, and I put it together in 15mins. I’m not sure why my greatest creative moments are during times of high stress and time constraints. The pokeball is actually the tag from W’s bulbasaur hat I was about to throw away as I was clearing the sewing table to cut out one by hand! 🤣

We definitely had fun together at the Halloween festivities!

Love, Kat