This made me do that 'laughing' thing the kids are always on about.

Midnight Marauders

Another round of late night bargain bucket fancy dress in effect. It was Potter themed so we opted for this:

Slightly more effort than wearing my grotty old pillowcase, we raided charity shops for anything to help us out. Then, we went to town with paper and card making our custom Gryffindor badges and Sirius' plaque (we played rather fast and loose with time accuracy on this little venture).

We even made the map:


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Get it? Cause it's like the bit in the books when Snape tries to read it but with Puppet Pal Wizard Swears. Would say I have too much time on my hands but I really don't. I'm working on a new film and of course Quint is still coming along albeit at a far slower pace than I anticipated.

Oh and in case you (and you in particular) were wondering:

That's the School reunion down the pan then, shame I'd bought new robes (for once).

Lupin.

So What IS a McNinja?

So it's been well over a year since I've had this badboy blog, I can tell because I had to rustle up a last minute Hallows eve costume again (clickety here for last year). Looking at the gear I had I realised I was one white coat away from being every-bodies favourite Assassin with a medical degree. Quick trip into town and a little help from this guy and BAM! Dr McNinja in effect. If you don't have Facebook people aren't that fussed about taking pictures of you so sadly this is the best one I got. A shame I feel as the trousers really tied the outfit together.

Apologies to Christopher Hastings, I do not mean for your creation to be advertising Corona. That's all we need, creator owned characters endorsing products (though AXE COP life insurance ads would be a sight to see).

In terms of how much like a McNinja I felt I could not tell you, but I tell you one thing I really do hate these woods...

P to the S. My friend showed us this and it has to be the best costume I've seen all year.