Big Bad Hombre Wolf and Nasty Red Riding Hood Halloween Costumes

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Our 2016 Halloween costumes were political, DIY and free -- three of my favorite things. We put a current events twist on the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood Halloween costumes. Remember, this was right before the 2016 Presidential Election between Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and reality TV star Donald Trump. Our political Halloween costumes were takes on comments made during the presidential campaign by both candidates.

Aaron became the Big Bad Hombre Wolf reusing his wolf mask and gloves from our first Halloween together in 2004. He used fabric paint to write Bad Hombre on a black t-shirt, added a leather motorcycle jacket (or as we call it, Ramones jacket), a dog chain and furry wolf legs under his ripped jeans. For the fur, Aaron used leftover fabric from his DIY Super Mario 3 raccoon tail.

I repurposed the cape from my Little Riding Hood Halloween costume but opted for a black dress over the shiny red costume dress. I dug into my craft supply and found my alphabet jewelry kit from childhood and quickly fashioned a nasty necklace and a label for my basket of deplorables.

We spent $0 (not including the money we spent all those years ago on the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood costumes) and the ensembles took little effort, especially when compared to some of our more involved DIY Halloween costumes.

Best of all, we got to go trick-or-treating. We took our ninja nephew around our spooky neighborhood and came home with a ridiculous amount of chocolate, which we traded with the kid for candy we can actually eat. We received lots of compliments on our costumes and no one complained about the adults trick-or-treating for candy at their door. Win!


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