Our news partner, the Seattle Times, received dozens of creative entries for its 2014 homemade Halloween-costume contest. The amount of felt, fabric and feathers expended on DIY disguises this season was truly impressive.
The winning entry — a family Avengers ensemble devised from household implements and office supplies — was submitted by Mikayla Patella-Buckley, of Mountlake Terrace.
Patella-Buckley’s son Atticus, 3, wanted to dress up as Captain America. “His costume was a mixture of sewn-on stripes and stars from scrap material, a helmet made from file folders and duct tape, and a shield made from a carryout salad container,” she said.
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