I must say that I was quite disappointed when I went to the store the other day to pick out Halloween costumes for my two children. It seemed as if the costumes were falling apart right there on the hangers. The quality was so poor that I was sure the costumes would not last through an evening of trick-or-treating.

Another disappointment was that they all seemed to be the same. There was very little variety. It was either a pirate or a princess or some type of animal. What happened to the creativity? I knew that I could do better than this, and thus, I left the store empty handed.

I logged on to the Internet to see what I could come up with for Halloween costume ideas. I was pleasantly surprised to find some creative ones that would not take a whole lot of time to make. I asked my kids to look at them and decide what they liked. They each picked one and I put them together. And, believe it or not, the costumes were still intact at the end of the night.