{"id":482,"date":"2014-10-30T14:30:14","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T21:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2014-10-30T14:31:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T21:31:12","slug":"my-favorite-costume-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Costume Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/strawberry-shortcake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-481\" src=\"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/strawberry-shortcake-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"strawberry shortcake\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/strawberry-shortcake-300x267.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/strawberry-shortcake.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The year after I was subjected to a plastic<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/SHOWBIZ\/11\/08\/strawberry.shortcake.anniversary\/\"> Strawberry Shortcake <\/a>costume for Halloween my mother made me one. I was over the moon. For a few years Strawberry Shortcake was my favorite character and having my very own costume made me feel special. Not only did I wear it for Halloween, but also for &#8216;Favorite Book Character&#8217; day at school, and around the house.<\/p>\n<p>Some children stick with favorite things for long periods of time while other children seem to have a new favorite every week. Parents and caregivers can encourage children&#8217;s interests by talking with them, playing make-believe games, and by using recycled materials to make items related to whatever the child is loving at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>I once worked with a child who loved trains- couldn&#8217;t get enough of them. The child&#8217;s parents had purchased several train sets and wanted to do more but also wanted to be engaged with their child so they made something like<a href=\"http:\/\/kidsactivitiesblog.com\/58370\/toilet-paper-roll-train-craft\"> this <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apartmenttherapy.com\/olivers-cardboard-box-train-pa-130060\">this<\/a> as a family. An internet search will yield many ideas how to create items, but if you&#8217;re having trouble coming up with ideas feel free to leave a comment and we can brainstorm together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year after I was subjected to a plastic Strawberry Shortcake costume for Halloween my mother made me one. I was over the moon. For a few years Strawberry Shortcake was my favorite character and having my very own costume &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/?p=482\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484,"href":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackberryhideout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}