Boots the Monkey, Dora the Explorer’s sidekick, modeled here by Caroline. I have handmade two of these costumes for sale. Both are 2T size. Ideal for Halloween.
Cost $60.00 which includes shipping.
First come first serve.
e-mail me at puppetmaker@gmail.com
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Its too bad you don’t have any in adult size (actually, I’m more “young mens” size), cuz I would so wear this.
I take it that Caroline is not a size 2T this year…
That child is so cute…
Y’know, if you could make Gir costumes (from Invader Zim) you could clean up! I’d be tempted to have another kid just so they could wear it!
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She is so cute!
“Its too bad you don’t have any in adult size (actually, I’m more “young mens” size), cuz I would so wear this.”
Considering Kathleen custom-made it, I’m reasonably sure that, if she had your measurements, and you guys could work out money issues, that she’d whip one up for you. Drop her an e-mail.
PAD
Pssst… my three-year-old niece is absolutely fanatical about Dora the Explorer. If she finds out there was a costume available like this and I didn’t buy it for her (which I can’t, as money is tight right now), she will NEVER forgive me.
So, let’s, y’know, keep this between us, shall we? Thanks.
Caroline is an absolute doll, by the way.
Okay, that is entirely too adorable.
Ðámņ you, Kelly! That was gonna be my line!
She’s right, though, Kathleen. Caroline is adorable. If Claire and I had kids, and I had a job, I’d be sending you a check right now.
Miles
Beign spaniard and all that I need to ask this… was’nt Halloween a “scary” holiday? yahoo dot com offers me to buy fireman, superman, princess and power rangers costumes and here I see a wonderfully crafted cute monkey… (dont take me wrong, I love the costume)
Have you guys gone soft on me? Is it against the law to expose your infants to terror in the US?
“Beign spaniard and all that I need to ask this… was’nt Halloween a “scary” holiday? yahoo dot com offers me to buy fireman, superman, princess and power rangers costumes and here I see a wonderfully crafted cute monkey… (dont take me wrong, I love the costume)
Have you guys gone soft on me? Is it against the law to expose your infants to terror in the US?”
Halloween hasn’t been “scary” in the United States since its inception back in the 19th century. Nominally based on a Celtic festival in which the boundaries between the realm of the living and the dead became temporarily blurred, it’s basically a time of dress up and ingesting of candy garnered through kids going house to house. Whatever “terror” there may be still associated with the holiday is confined to the occasional slasher movie.
PAD
Whatever “terror” there may be still associated with the holiday is confined to the occasional slasher movie.
Don’t forget those poisoned candy urban legends and Jack Chick tracts.
If the realms of the living and the dead came into contact, I think that makes for a very terrifying evening.
Media portrayal of Halloween coming from the US allways included mummies, vampyres, witches, people telling scary stories… Just to name an example, Roseanne Halloween episodes showed the whole family trying to scare the hëll out of everyone who rang their door bell. Similar holidays held in the more celtic influenced areas of my country (Noche de Difuntos…Deceased’s Eve) didnt include costumes but it had a heavy terror-taletelling element. Maybe my assumption of Halloween beign a terror holiday wasnt accurate, and I accept your version since you live there and know better, but you have to admit the evidences are misguiding…
Media portrayal of Halloween coming from the US allways included mummies, vampyres, witches, people telling scary stories
The “scare” element is certainly still a factor: Haunted Houses, for example, are still fairly popular.
You can still find plenty of those types of costumes, mummies, vampires, witches, and so forth. You just don’t see a lot of advertisement for those types of costumes, because they’re pretty standard fare.
As PAD said, Halloween hasn’t been “scary”, but those elements are still there to some degree.
Awwwwwwww….
Hope she has a nice time trick or treating.
In terms of costumes, Halloween is as scary as people want to make it. Seeing as not everyone wants to dress up like a ghost, a witch or a character from a horror movie. Otherwise, there’s generally an element of spookiness or at least the supernatural there. When people buy supplies for a Halloween party, they generally get paper plates and stuff with witches, ghosts and black cats on them rather than princesses and firemen. Also, I doubt I’ve ever seen a Halloween TV special with a Power Rangers/cute monkey theme. In general, there’s a combination of spooky/silly or cute. For example, my mom’s favorite Halloween movie is Hocus Pocus, which is set at Halloween and features witches but isn’t scary (I prefer to watch the old Universal monster movies from the ’30s, myself). So, the scary/supernatural part is still there, people don’t always choose to employ it in costumes, though. Actually, the one traditional Halloween costume I didn’t understand until recently was that of the “bum” (or tramp, hobo, beggar or whatever you prefer). I figured it just stemmed from kids who wanted to wear beat up clothes as a costume (which is partly true). Turns out that out-of-work Irishmen used to use Halloween as an excuse to beg for food and play tricks on those who weren’t generous. So that’s where that costume AND trick-or-treating probably came from. Go figure.
Anyway, Caroline is as cute as a button in that picture.
Don’t forget those poisoned candy urban legends and Jack Chick tracts.
Somebody poisoned Jack Chick tracts!!!??? :-O
I don’t get this whole dressing-up and knocking on people’s doors, expecting a handout of lollies. It’s only been in recent years (3-4 years) that we have been getting “trick or treaters” in our suburb. This never used to be done here.
“I don’t get this whole dressing-up and knocking on people’s doors, expecting a handout of lollies. It’s only been in recent years (3-4 years) that we have been getting “trick or treaters” in our suburb. This never used to be done here.”
Are you from outside the US? Because Halloween only got popular outside the US in recent years. Like I said before, it probably started with those beggars all those years ago. Plus, there were old Celtic traditions of offering otherworldly spirits food in order to buy them off and prevent any evil tricks. It’s just good Halloween fun. Kids get to walk around the neighborhood at night and get free candy. Grown-ups get to see all the cute and interesting costumes that kids come up with. It’s just one of the big traditions of the day.
I’m in Australia. I find it odd that we teach our children NOT to accept lollies/gifts from strangers, but that you encourage it on that particular night. hen children have knocked on our door, they don’t get anything, except to be told that we’re Aussies, and we don’t “celebrate” Halloween.
I think Halloween and trick-or-treating are just things that you get if you grew up with them. I’ve heard about people outside the US questioning it a lot up until recent years when it’s becoming more common overseas (I know I was surprised to notice they celebrated Halloween in the Harry Potter books, knowing that they’re British). To us, it’s just part of the tradition and a well-ingrained one. If you ever suggested to a child in the US that they skip the Halloween festivities, they’d be apalled. It would be like skipping Christmas, Thanksgiving or Easter (not counting religious reasons).
Anyway, I think you might like to know that one of the Halloween traditions to go along with trick-or-treating is the annual “checking of the candy” in which parents check over the treats to make sure they haven’t been tampered with. I’ve heard of some towns that use those airport x-ray/metal detector machines to check for foreign objects in the candy. There’s also the tradition of making sure kids put strips of reflective tape on their costumes to make sure cars and other people can see them.
“Considering Kathleen custom-made it, I’m reasonably sure that, if she had your measurements, and you guys could work out money issues, that she’d whip one up for you. Drop her an e-mail.
PAD”
Grrr…. I saw this posting too late. I already threw together a nifty Clark Kent costume that I’m already wearing tomorrow night. I’ll definitely keep this in mind for next year.
“Considering Kathleen custom-made it, I’m reasonably sure that, if she had your measurements, and you guys could work out money issues, that she’d whip one up for you. Drop her an e-mail.
PAD”
Grrr…. I saw this posting too late. I already threw together a nifty Clark Kent costume that I’m already wearing tomorrow night. I’ll definitely keep this in mind for next year.
Megan, here’s a helpful hint. Turn off your outside lamp, and most of the people should skip your house tomorrow night. Having the light on is kind of a Halloween Come And Get It Candy Bell.