Batgirl, gnomes, others at Halloween costume party

Lily Harmier came to the party dressed as Batgirl.

“She helps people,” the 6-year-old girl noted.

Patti Ovall was a gnome.

And Vancouver was a monsoon.

They all pretty much nailed it Saturday afternoon at Latte Da’s annual costume party for neighborhood families.

It was the fifth Halloween event hosted by Scott and Sarah Flury. The party was in a 20-foot-by-40-foot tent next to the coffee house and wine bar at 205 E. 39th St.

“This is the first year we’ve done it on Halloween,” said Scott Flury, who opened Latte Da in June 2011. “It’s always been the weekend before Halloween.”

With Oct. 31 falling on a Saturday this year, the afternoon event “allows them to get dressed up, go home and refuel, and then hit their neighborhoods,” Flury said.

The costume party was not a kids-only affair. One family made it a three-generation event, with most of them coming as a clan of gnomes.

“There are eight of us, with more coming later,” said Patti Ovall, whose daughter sewed the gnome caps.

Mark Riley took care of his family’s costuming, and his creations also followed a theme. They were characters from the children’s book “The Gruffalo.” Riley made himself a fox outfit, while wife Katie was costumed as an owl. Four-year-old Miles came as the Gruffalo and Mallory, 2, was a mouse.

The hosts dressed for the party too, as they do each year. This year, the Flurys greeted their guests in the guises of Olaf and Elsa, characters from Disney’s animated film “Frozen.”