Today is the day, the unveiling of this year’s famous couple Halloween costume!! I am so excited about this one!! We’ve been dressing up as a famous couple for seven years now, ever since we became empty nesters. It’s been a fun tradition and I often get asked throughout the year what our Halloween costume is going to be this year!
I have always loved Mary Poppins. So, when I heard that there was a new Mary Poppins movie, Mary Poppins Returns, coming out this December I knew that my Mary Poppins Halloween costume needed to return! My favorite costume, up until this year, was our first year when we were Mary Poppins and Bert. Having Mary Poppins return was perfect!
This time though my Mary Poppins Returns Halloween Costume returned with Jack, the Lamplighter, not Bert.
For Jim’s costume, we just pulled out what he wore for Bert and add a lamp lighter torch (a tiki torch we had in the garage, spray painted black) instead of a chimney sweep!
My Mary Poppins Returns Halloween costume was a little bit more involved. I knew I didn’t have time to actually sew something so I was lucky to find Oasis costume shop online. And they had just what I needed. I ordered it off their site, using my measurements and it arrived in less than two weeks and it fit perfectly. The quality is excellent! It came with the skirt, jacket, caplet, bow tie and gloves. I did have to shorten the skirt a few inches after it arrived.
The polka dot shirt was one that I already owned. And I ordered my blue shoes and blue hat off of Amazon. I added the cute little birdie myself to the hat.
We will be hosting our annual Couples Dinner Party again this year and I knew that I wouldn’t be able to wear my complete Mary Poppins Returns Halloween costume while I cooked and served dinner. So after watching the Mary Poppins Returns trailer and seeing Mary in a cute apron I made myself one. I used this pattern –
As Mary Poppins would say – Everything is possible – even the impossible!
Mary Poppins Returns!
Be sure and check out our past years famous couple costumes!
2015 – Clark Kent and Lois Lane
2012 – Cruella deVil and Horace
The Mary Poppins return costume is adorable! Love love it.
Love your costumes. I like Mary the Best. Then Lucy and Dezi and then Clark Kent and Lois. You are so cute together. Just love the photos. Love the recipes. Keep em coming 😉 Oh, I have to share this one. My last Dress up, when I was late teens, we discussed about this guys place that Whoopie was giving out Soda. That was a real treat when I was young. I think I was about 17 and in the year 1976 or 1977. We had to go to that house of course. Well this guy must have had everyone go to his house because of his generous treats. So this year was a Trick instead of a Treat. He gave us Counterfeit Dollar Bills, play money. He had the biggest smile on his face and we were totally dumbfounded. Not knowing what to do, we already felt guilty treating at that age, that we slowly, shamefully went back to the car. Never went again, but later did think it was funny that he Tricked us like that. The Good Ole Days. Have a Great Evening !.