{"id":18951,"date":"2013-10-20T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=18951"},"modified":"2013-10-19T13:56:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T17:56:33","slug":"does-finding-the-right-halloween-costume-have-to-be-scary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=18951","title":{"rendered":"Does finding the right Halloween costume have to be scary?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who has time (or the ability) to sew a costume?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"UTKellyRev2Column\"<\/a>Halloween can be stressful.<\/p>\n

The temptation to consume ridiculously huge amounts of candy coupled with the added pressure of finding costumes that are age appropriate and don\u2019t cost $125 is a real challenge.<\/p>\n

And, although I profess my love (almost weekly) for Pinterest, it is super annoying to see what crafty people are up to out there in the world.<\/p>\n

Exhibit \u201cA\u201d:<\/p>\n

\"Kelly\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I mean\u2026\u2026\u2026REALLY?\u00a0 (Although, the Chanel purse is GENIUS and I sorta want it for myself)<\/p>\n

When my children were younger, I never sewed a costume. \u00a0Mostly because I couldn\u2019t sew if you held a gun to my head, but, also because WHO HAS THE TIME TO DO THAT?\u00a0 It seems like A LOT of effort for a very short 2-hour trick-or-treating window.\u00a0 Not to mention that a wardrobe change inevitably happened twenty minutes before leaving our house (EVERY year and usually resulted in tears\u2026.mostly mine).<\/p>\n

This Halloween, my twelve year old informed me that he would like to go as \u201cLamar\u201d from the video game, Grand Theft Auto.\u00a0 I know, I know!\u00a0 Before you write in the comments about how HORRIBLE this video game is, I know.\u00a0 So, imagine how heartwarming it is that my child aspires to dress like a thug and wander the neighborhood. \u00a0NOT GONNA HAPPEN.<\/p>\n

While I have never been talented enough to make a costume from scratch, I also have never purchased anything that has been really expensive.\u00a0 I am all for being creative with things that we already own or are easy to throw together.\u00a0 So what that you are a slightly different vampire from last year?!?\u00a0 Let\u2019s focus on full size candy bars.\u00a0 Right?\u00a0 Eye on the prize.<\/p>\n

My kids are really excited to check out Unionville\u2019s \u201cValley Of Terror\u201d interactive \u201cZombie Safari\u201d (located at 1081 Wawaset Road).\u00a0 The participants\u2019 board military trucks complete with mounted paintball guns to \u201cshoot\u201d Zombies as they drive through a life size town. \u00a0Right up their alley!\u00a0 Sounds cool, huh?\u00a0 Go to http:\/\/valleyofterror.com<\/a>\/ for more information!<\/p>\n

Happy Weekend!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who has time (or the ability) to sew a costume? By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times Halloween can be stressful. The temptation to consume ridiculously huge amounts of candy coupled with the added pressure of finding costumes that are age appropriate and don\u2019t cost $125 is a real challenge. And, although I profess my love […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245,7],"tags":[2120,92,76,2121],"class_list":["post-18951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-costumes","tag-halloween","tag-kids","tag-trick-or-treating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}