We had the talk again this year:
[pirate, firefighter, robots, bats]While opening our box of Halloween gear:
[candles, spiders, three witches hats]I seized up one black and pointed hat
laughed a loud cackle, and said that is that!
A witch is what I will be
so Cody said and me and me!
(since he is a he – a warlock/wizard he shall be)
To Carter we looked, he let out a roar
a great big tiger roar-roar-roar
and then some more and more and more
roar, Roar, ROAR!!
Ok, I thought this shan’t be hard
we have a hat we need a cape
a wizard wand will seal his fate
Some spiders hanging off his clothes
some stars some moons, something that glows
Now for the tiger – I grasped at straws
orange clothes, black tape, some tiger paws?
(I felt with my lack of craftiness there were sure to be some serious flaws)
While thrifting we found a small tiger suit, it even had a tail!
Carter said no face paint, but a mask will surely not fail
Orange paint, black pipe cleaners, elastic string
I was weeks ahead, I wanted to sing!
But wait, but wait, but wait, but wait…
We do not have a paper plate?!?
You are channeling your inner Dr. Seuss!!
I can’t wait to see pictures of you all, all dressed up for Halloween.
For some reason I dislike buying costumes so end up fretting about the making of costumes every year. They usually turn out alright.
Great poem! I can feel Hallowe’en coming!
Thanks. I am looking forward to our yearly trip to a pumpkin patch – then it is officially Halloween time!
Nice limerick.Enjoy the holiday & costumes.
Thank you. I am sure we will all have a good time.
Can’t wait for Halloween!
It is fun, isn’t it!
And you said you aren’t crafty.
The craft of word play is rather moot, when one is in need of a tiger suit.
The picture of the tiger mask is what I want to make. I have everything but the paper plates so back to the store.
Ha ha, that’s awesome! Amazing rhyming! Some craft with paper and scissors, some craft with words! ;o)
Thank you, it was pretty fun to write! And I must clarify, the picture of the tiger mask, which has a link attached to it, is from a website and is what I am planning on making for Carter. I can not even dream that mine will turn out that nice. But the imperfections of my homemade Halloween costumes make them that much more special – or at least that is what I tell myself!
To turn a paper plate mask into a rhyme! Wow. Now that’s what I call a gift. We await to see the other creative creations for Halloween. xx Sharon
Ah, thank you. I tend to have no idea what I will write about until it pops into my head. For some reason the fact that I had spent time and energy collecting everything I needed for this little art project only to find out that I had no paper plates sounded much better in rhyme.
Fantastic post! I love the poetry of it!
Thanks, it was rather fun to write.