The cup and straw looks better than the store-bought costume! How cute!
When I was a kid, my mom *always* made my costumes. I actually felt a little sorry for my classmates who came to school in Kmart Rainbow Brite costumes. In retrospect, I think this makes me a Halloweelitist.
I was never, in my recollection, a character from a TV show or anything. I always wanted to be something nobody else would be. As a result, a lot of years I just dressed up weird and tried to give a different answer every time someone asked me what I was.
Also, I wasn't allowed to be a witch, for Religious reasons. So every year for about eight years, when Mom asked what I wanted to be for Halloween, the first thing I would say was, "A witch." And she'd say No, and then we'd go through the Costume Closet until something struck one of us.
One year I wore my tap dancing costume and painted my face white and was a dead fairy.
But witches, man. They were out.