Well, I did it. I finished my daughters costume just in the nick of time... well actually, I continued to make adjustments to it, to make it more kid friendly throughout the night. My very talented husband was up all night and into the wee hours of Halloween morning making the frame. I really wanted the tail feather to be worn up or down, so it took my engineer husband several nights of design to figure it out. He has a garage full of scrap metal and wood, and every machine tool known to man so I wasn't surprised when he showed me his engineering marvel on Halloween. He was sure to tell me "I did this for you, you know". Yes! I know, and I love you more for it.
See, here's the beautiful tail feather down, before I had to add "backpack" style straps to it to keep the tail feather in the up position.... That's for next Halloween to figure out. I'm just happy she can wear it up or down. But, oh how cool it would be if she could pull a little lever and the tail would flip up or down depending on her mood. We'll get there. Maybe it will be part of my next product line.
