“Pier Giorgio Frassati was born in 1901 in Turin, Italy. A role model for modern youth, Frassati was a dynamic and faithful activist. He strived to apply Catholic teachings to social policy and led fellow students and young people to do the same. He was known as an outdoorsman and is often depicted picking and skiing. He died at the young age of 24 and is now a patron for youth.” – Description from the back of his Blessed Pier Tiny Saint package.
Costume: New pants (he is growing SO fast!), belt, Dad’s shirt and old work boots, walking stick, and pipe from costume box.
“Officer in a legion of Christian soldiers from Upper Egypt during the reign of Emperor Maximian Herculeus. His legion, as many as 6600 men, was massacred en masse by their own side when they refused to participate in pagan sacrifices prior to battle. One of the Martyrs of the Theban Legion.” – (source)
Costume: I ended up ordering this costume (in a size large) and Roman Soldier Helmet last week, which he paired with a red cape from our costume box and one of the boys’ old wooden Blue Knights swords.
Costume: White gown from my childhood St. Elizabeth of Hungary costume, the detached white collar, wimple and veil from our St. Clare costume, my black robe draped over her shoulders (sleeves tucked in) and tied around her waist, and this beautiful Rose Garland Halo.
Originally Chiquita was planning to dress as St. Philomena, but ended up deciding to dress as the “Blessed” sister of the saint her younger brother chose to dress up as this year. She really enjoyed reading what we could find about St. Isabella and wrote a great paper over the last couple weeks to read to everyone at our party.
Costume: I originally ordered this Blue Renaissance Princess Costume in a size large, but it was way too big (it fit me!), so we sent it back to exchange for the medium. Blessed Isabella is depicted with a crown at her feet, so Chiquita pinned the girls’ Reversible Silk Crown to the bottom of her dress. We braided her hair and wrapped her head with a sheer scarf from the dress up bin.
Costume: I first saw this costume on Melody’s blog and ended up ordering it to give to our little guy for Christmas last year! You can find the King Child Costume in small here. The totally amazing Shield and Sword was from Made by Alejandro.
Costume: Her older sisters Mother Teresa costume (you can see Twinkle Toes wearing it here in 2010 and Chiquita wearing it here in 2012), with a black jacket and white rosary.
Costume: Bud was so excited to dress up as “THE POPE!” Inspired by a picture we have, he ended up dressing up as St. John Paul II wearing the pope costume my Mother-in-Law made for our oldest son back in 2006!
I love them so much!
Beautiful children and costumes. What a wonderful witness of our Catholic faith.
2015-11-02 00:26:35
I love these costumes!!! The kids all look so fantastic! Great job.
2015-11-02 01:08:36
Wonderful way to celebrate Saint Day!
2015-11-02 02:10:07
Beautiful! Joy!
2015-11-02 04:22:08
Ya'll are pros at the Saint costumes! So beautiful! I hope your day was blessed!
2015-11-02 05:33:17
I can't believe how quickly they're all growing up! God bless all of them! 🙂
2015-11-08 02:43:06
Your saints all look wonderful! I trust you had a blessed All Saints Day. I love all of their choices.
2015-11-09 00:29:32
It's so wonderful to see such neat costumes and what a delight to see the children live their faith through your neat stories and pictures! You are just amazing, mama, to coordinate such faith formation in all the neat ways you do. Thanks for the inspiration and prayers for your readers!
2015-11-21 03:17:16