Help for costume procrastination

With Halloween a week away, have we settled on the kids' costumes yet? Nope.

Do we tell ourselves every year that we will not wait until the last minute again next year? Yep.

The kids say they want to be one thing and then change their minds three or four or 12 times by Halloween. Now the stores are completely picked over and we're lacking in the homemade costume creation skills.

Have you acquired your kids' costumes yet? Do you make your own? What desperate measures have you taken in the past?

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