I wanted to do something really fun with this year with our family Christmas Card picture. I had a couple of ideas I tossed around in my head but this one is the one that stuck. I was driving into work one day and thought, how awesome would it be if I could pull of A Christmas Story picture. After the idea came to me I was on a mission to put together our "scene" so to speak. I got most of the clothing either on Ebay or on Amazon for a decent price. Gabe's bunny costume was probably the most expensive thing I purchased and then there is the official Red Rider BB gun as well. I made the leg lamp for about $35 by using a mannequin leg I found on Amazon, a cheap pair of fishnets from Halloween, a $10 lamp shade I got at Walmart and glued some fringe to. It may not light up but it works for what I needed.
The kids really got into it and my 6 year old, always the ham, took very little coaxing to get into the pink bunny costume. I may have had to promise a batch of cookies to get him to hold still long enough to get his picture though.
Overall I'm happy with how they turned out and I'm sure we'll bring more than a few laughs to our friends and family this holiday season.
