What's a Dad to Do When His Daughter Wants to Dress Up as Han Solo for Halloween?

[kpete]

... put on a Princess Leia costume, of course.

I'll admit -- my take on Princess Leia Organa isn't 100 percent flattering to Carrie Fisher, but, you know, I made do with what I had. I found an incredibly cool Princess Leia hoodie at HerUniverse.com that came with the trademark Leia hair buns on the hood, which made it hard to resist. The skirt is a Red Cross nurse's skirt from a local uniform store. And the thermal underwear and crappy sneakers? Well, it's Michigan and it was cold and we were going to an event at the local zoo, so, yeah, I dropped the ball on that one. I need to find some better Leia boots for actual Halloween.

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[shenmue]

1. Yay!

[pinboy3niner]

2. Pefect!

[heaven05]

16. I laughed so hard

[demwing]

3. Classic! /nt

[demigoddess]

4. GREAT dad

lucky girl!

[rocktivity]

5. And now for something completely similiar

from two Halloweens ago:



rocktivity

[kpete]

8. You and the Little Bad Wolf

ROCK!!!


peace,
kp

[vlyons]

9. My! What big ears you have!

ooouuuu what a scarey scarey wolf!

[calimary]

13. Fantastic!

LOVE it!!! There are some pretty cool dads out there!

[seabeyond]

20. that is such a fuggin fav, lol. thanks. i was thinking about this one. nt

[SoapBox]

35. Hilarious...

And another great dad.

[AlbertCat]

37. The pipe is a good touch!

I wish my dad had not been such a jerk.... or even liked me a little.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

63. ...

[mountain grammy]

68. Wow, that hit me, because my husband had exactly the same thing to say about his dad,

now departed. My husband has compensated by being the best dad any kid could ever want, including putting on a wig and dressing like a woman, beard and all. Best wishes to you.

[spooky3]

54. Love it!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

64. I love you, man!

AND Grammaw with the big ears!

[Marrah_G]

65. The pipe totally makes the outfit :)

[calimary]

6. Love it! Actually that's pretty clever! And pretty hilarious!

That's a pretty cool dad - with a sense of humor! Lucky little girl! I guarantee - THAT particular trick-or-treating couple will be the talk of the neighborhood, especially him! They're gonna give everybody a giggle this Halloween.

Heck, every Halloween, there are moms and dads who accompany their kids while dressed up, themselves, for Halloween. So many adults turn back into kids on Halloween, which I think is so cool! There was one year when I felt like getting into the act, too. I had to take my kids and several other neighbor kids around to do trick-or-treating, and I wanted to dress up, but I didn't have too much to work with. So I put on all my sparring gear from karate class and went out that way. Everybody who saw us thought it was hilarious and enjoyed it. That was a FUN Halloween!

[LuckyLib]

7. Awesome Dad! That's how our daughters believe in themselves!

And have a wonderful memory!

[Prophet 451]

10. Cool dad!

[Brickbat]

11. Not dress up and let it be about her?

[TeamPooka]

17. When you are engaged with and playing with your child, it is about them.

[Brickbat]

26. I see now that she asked him to be Leia.

I'll dial down the crabbiness. THIS TIME.

[Diclotican]

12. kpete

kpete

Well - at least he is a cool dad who was able to have fun

Even though I have never really understood the thing with Halloween and customes.... But that is just me I guess

Diclotican

[seabeyond]

14. love it, love it. but... did leia ever get the gun? personally, i do not know

cause i never watched.

but hey... that is the best. i love dads that do shit like this. well, any parent that connects and bonds, especially in play.

good on dad

[TeamPooka]

19. He has a blaster pistol but in the first movie Leia used a rifle-like blaster. #starwarsgeek

[seabeyond]

21. cool to know. i really do love moments like this. the kids remember. nt

[exboyfil]

22. Heck yes

She kicked butt. Assertive when both Solo and Skywalker were tentative. I liked in the books how she thought it was B.S. that Anakin/Darth Vader's spirit was penitent and wanted a relationship with her. Some things you never come back from (like destroying your adoptive home world and family).

She was and is still one of the best heroines in the movies. An entire generation of boys like me fell in love with her.

[seabeyond]

24. good to know. and ahhhhh. lol. nt

[eShirl]

15. he actually would have made a decent wookie

[hughee99]

45. That was my first thought, too.

I don't have any problems with the Leia costume, but I think he'd have made a better wookie given the size differential.

[riqster]

49. Warmer, at least.

[pepperbear]

55. I thought the same thing. The princess leia thing is great, but han and chewie were.....

partners in crime..oh yeah, and the size thing.

[hifiguy]

18. Very cool and a great day-brightener.

That's one neat dad.

[exboyfil]

23. At least we were spared the

Jabba the Hut slave outfit. Not sure the eyeballs could have handled that one.

[TlalocW]

25. The cartoonist who does Sheldon did something similar

But he mainly did it for the lulz.

http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/081031.html

TlalocW

[Yavin4]

27. I would have gone with Chewbacca. n/t

[DeSwiss]

28. Ask Jabba what he thinks of Princess Leia....

- Oh that's right, you can't. Worm-boy can't talk since the ''princess'' strangled him........

[SoapBox]

33. That's Leia with Christie isn't it?

Well...it looks like him!

[Spirochete]

29. Good thing is

she'll have someone to accompany her for Halloween, so she won't have to go Solo.

[progressoid]

30. ...

[Arugula Latte]

47. That was funny. Yoda man ...

or woman, as the case may be ...

[riqster]

50. That joke seemed a bit "Forced".

[bluesbassman]

52. Yeah, but 'Ewoks a bit funny for a princess.

[SoapBox]

31. LOL

...what a great dad.

[jmondine]

32. The gender thing didn't even register with me at first...

... my thought was, "Wow. Kids still know who Han Solo is!"

[City Lights]

34. Excellent!

[liberal_at_heart]

36. I love it.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. Would have been better with the cinnamon buns....

?313ab3

[TygrBright]

39. Parenting WIN! n/t

[Xyzse]

40. Very cute!

[HockeyMom]

41. My daugther was an 1800s male doctor in her 5th grade play

She beat out all the BOYS who audtioned for the part. This was back in late 1980s. When she took off her fake beard and costume, and the audience saw she was a GIRL, she got a standing ovation. Nobody knew she wasn't a boy.

The year before the play she dressed up as Harpo Marx for Halloween. Maybe the casting teacher remembered her from that? lol

[eppur_se_muova]

46. In Master Thespian voice: "acTING !" nt

http://vimeo.com/15476780

[BlancheSplanchnik]

66. OMG!!!! Master Thespian, my FAVE!!!!!

Thank YOU!

[Liberalynn]

42. Such a cool Dad

[MontyPow]

43. You Da man!

[Enthusiast]

44. K&R! How completely awesome!

[muntrv]

48. He could have gone as Chewbacca or Lando.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

67. she wanted her dad to go as Leia.

She's already got a fine sense for the absurd. Smart kid!

[merrily]

51. Lend her his black turtleneck sweater?

My husband has a black turtleneck sweater that he's worn only for Halloween, when we've been invited to costume parties and cannot decline for one reason or another. One year, we were invited to come in costume "as a family." My son already had a Star Wars costume. I had a white velvet floor length caftan my sister had made for me as a gift, so, of course, I was Princess Leia and my husband put on his black turtleneck and declared himself to be Han Solo. A few years earlier, he had donned the same sweater and declared himself to be Dracula.

[spooky3]

53. Ha ha ha ha!

[Donald Ian Rankin]

56. I was expecting Chewbacca. N.T.

[bvf]

57. Wonderful! Thanks for the story and the laugh, kpete! n/t

[Android3.14]

58. That's a cool dad.

eom

[baldguy]

59. Leia was always a better shot anyway.

Much better than any of the guys.

[Heywood J]

60. Ask whether she'd shoot first? (NT)

[bigwillq]

61. That's awesome!

[marble falls]

62. Good dad!

[JDPriestly]

69. IK wonder how many little boys are going as Elsa this year. I know one very, very young one

who insisted on that costume. I bet there are others. -- I'm talking three and four years old. The picture that will be omitted from the wedding video.