The Last Airbender

Weston wants to be Aang, the last air bender, the avatar, whatever name you prefer, for Halloween. This is the first halloween one of my kids hasn't been satisfied with some costume in our supply or in Target's large inventory. I researched costumes and found a few suppliers of Last Airbender costumes, but they were around $50 and looked cheap and not that impressive to me. I finally came to the realization that if I was to make Weston Aang, I would need to make the costume myself. Sewing is on the bottom of my list of abilities; however, Fiora volunteered me to sew 20 aprons for her classmates last month, and it somewhat increased my confidence. So Weston and I set out to make an Aang costume. Thankfully Weston was willing to settle for a costume design that resembled the "people movie" rather than the animated series. I found a tomato red cape, a hand me down aisian looking blouse, and an old cotton slip, and with the help of Wendy's sewing machine and some ingenuity, I transformed them into a cloak and an outfit that satisfied Weston. I was so pleased with myself!! (I had to order the staff from BuyCostumes.com., we had nothing like that lying around.) Weston talked me into buzzing his hair too, so stay tuned.