What are you doing for Halloween costumes?

vtkgirl77

I'm torn about what to do for a Halloween costume for DD#1 this year. She's 2 and she's not big into dress-up yet although she definitely has opinions about what clothes she wears these days. Option A is for me to just pick out a costume for her. I think I have a hand-me-down princess dress so I could just buy a tiara, wand, etc. Or, Option B is to take her to a store and let her pick out a costume. In some ways I like the idea of letting her make her own decision. However, I'm having a gut feeling that the store idea could end up in disaster. What are you all doing with your LO?

P.S. DD#2 will be wearing DD#1's hand-me-down pink leopard costume.

tomandcourt

Last year we did a puppy costume because he loved (loves) dogs. This year we're doing this Very Hungry Catepillar costume because he loves the book--we didn't ask him what he wanted, though. I figured by next year he might have more opinions about the whole thing.

NB: We got ours way cheaper . . . I would never spend $48 on a Halloween costume.

bh2720

Warner has been very emphatic about wanting to be a "big brown bear-ROAR!" for Halloween.

I've looked all over the place, but I can't find a costume in his size. They have ones for babies and smaller toddlers, but since he is almost to big for his size 3T clothes, I know that a 2T costume won't fit him.

Sooooo if anyone see one, please, please let me know! 

bh2720

t&c--that caterpillar costume is too cute!!! love it!

Heather6907

For my 2 year old, I found a costume that I liked at a consignment sale a few months ago, tags attached, and I bought it.  I don't anticipate that she will care what it is and I think she will think its fun to wear a costume.  Next year, she will probably have more of an opinion.

Mama Angelina

I found a cute pirate costume on clearance last Fall (the day after Halloween) for $12 at Carter's...so O will be a pirate.  DH and I have the makings for pirates, too.  We don't make a huge deal about Halloween itself but we are going to a super fun annual party with some friends from church.  I am glad I can wear a nice comfy, billowy pirate shirt that fits over this big bump!

doggylovr

BH- I could have sworn I saw bear costumes at Costco.....but if you have that as an option, call first.

 

VT- I would just pick one for her...next year she may have more of an opinion and understand the halloween costume thing a bit better 

ch ch ch chia

bh2720:

Warner has been very emphatic about wanting to be a "big brown bear-ROAR!" for Halloween.

I've looked all over the place, but I can't find a costume in his size. They have ones for babies and smaller toddlers, but since he is almost to big for his size 3T clothes, I know that a 2T costume won't fit him.

Sooooo if anyone see one, please, please let me know! 

What about this one:  https://www.amazon.com/Bear-Deluxe-Toddler-Costume-4T/dp/B002IRCULA  It's 2-4T, so should fit him... right?

Or, this hat with accessories?  https://www.amazon.com/Elope-U5515-Bear-Hug/dp/B00263KNUQ/ref=pd_sim_dbs_t_5

Or, this one?  https://www.amazon.com/Aeromax-fb-bear-s-Bear-Costume-2d-Small/dp/B000JWRKZC

 

bh2720

ch ch ch chia:

bh2720:

Warner has been very emphatic about wanting to be a "big brown bear-ROAR!" for Halloween.

I've looked all over the place, but I can't find a costume in his size. They have ones for babies and smaller toddlers, but since he is almost to big for his size 3T clothes, I know that a 2T costume won't fit him.

Sooooo if anyone see one, please, please let me know! 

What about this one:  https://www.amazon.com/Bear-Deluxe-Toddler-Costume-4T/dp/B002IRCULA  It's 2-4T, so should fit him... right?

Or, this hat with accessories?  https://www.amazon.com/Elope-U5515-Bear-Hug/dp/B00263KNUQ/ref=pd_sim_dbs_t_5

Or, this one?  https://www.amazon.com/Aeromax-fb-bear-s-Bear-Costume-2d-Small/dp/B000JWRKZC

 

clearly, you are better at the internets than me :-)

thanks!! I like the first one a lot. I'm skeptical about the size, but for only $18, I'm willing to give it a shot! 

SoonToBeMrsDTS

My kids are old enough that they are opinionated about it. They have already decided what they want to be. When DD was 2 I let her pick out a costume. When DS was 2 I encouraged him to have a coordinating costume with DD. They wouldn't do matching costumes this time so DD is going to be Rapunzel and DS is going to be a storm trooper. 

WinesNot Whines

We have a lion costume from M's cousin that I hope will work. I need to try it on him and see if fits.

DCtoLowcountry

DS is into cars, airplanes, and Winnie the Pooh. Also, my hotblooded boy cannot hack it with plush costumes. I don't know what I'm going to do - become a seamstress in the next 6 weeks? Why didn't I take those G street classes before I had children? Sorry, just a window into my extremely minor first-world existential crise du jour.

MrsPhilDunphy

I doubt that we'll let C pick his own costume yet. I'm sure he will go straight for some licensed character that I can't stand (boy is OBSESSED with Backyardigans, courtesy of M&FIL). He's such a little boy now and everything is either too cutesy or too old. Humph.

kastle

I'm pretty sure that Sprout is going to be a garden gnome.  he's got a big ole' milk belly that will look adorable in the costume (with suspenders!!!).

bh2720

kastle:

I'm pretty sure that Sprout is going to be a garden gnome.  he's got a big ole' milk belly that will look adorable in the costume (with suspenders!!!).

omg, please come trick or treating at my house...that sounds SO cute!!! 

I_love_cupcakes

DS is OBSESSED with the Toy Story crew these days, so I think I may cave and let him be Buzz Lightyear.  I really wanted one more year where I could pick something cute that he would never choose on his own, but I think we're past that point.  Kid is STUBBORN!

Sofka

I have no idea what my kids will be!

but, as in years past, we must do an AW past post-Halloween with PIPs

 

tomandcourt

Sofka:

I have no idea what my kids will be!

but, as in years past, we must do an AW past post-Halloween with PIPs

 

Yesss! I need to see that gnome costume in action.

tracy042206

Maggie has chosen pirate princess this year so I think they will go with matching costumes this year.  I like a pirate dress on etsy and it will be great for Pirate night when we go on our disney cruise in the spring - so yay for double duty.

In the past Maggie chose her 3yo costume (Woody the cowboy) but not her 2yo costume (Dorothy).  If anyone is interested I have a 18mo pumpkin costume that Molly wore last year.

kastle

bh2720:

kastle:

I'm pretty sure that Sprout is going to be a garden gnome.  he's got a big ole' milk belly that will look adorable in the costume (with suspenders!!!).

omg, please come trick or treating at my house...that sounds SO cute!!! 

depending on his mood, i'll see if we can do a drive-by!

JKM416

DD is going to be a hula dancer.  My friend lives in Hawaii and recently sent handmade leis and an authentic "crown."  We already have a hula skirt, but it's flimsy, so I'm going to make something easy.  She'll wear a white t-shirt and maybe the bikini-top-thing my friend also sent.

DS will be a pirate.  I'll get a black t-shirt, paint a skull and bones on it with white fabric paint, and shred up the sleeves and the bottom with pinking scissors.  He has some 18-month striped pants I hope to squeeze him into, and if he tolerates it, I'll put a scarf around his head and the eye patch we already have on his eye.  We also have a small stuffed parrot I'd like to use but can't figure out how.  I'm sure the skull and bones shirt will be enough for people to understand what he is.

OP - I say to keep it easy and go with the dress you already have.  Talk it up so she gets excited.  Maybe let her help you pick out and/or make the tiara and wand so she's involved in some aspect?  When I take DD shopping, she often picks random stuff that makes no sense and then I have to say "no" or talk her out of it.  Your DD might get her heart set on a costume way too big for her, or something expensive, or whatever.

mssaint

I bought LO a monster sleeper with a hat, so he might be a monster. If I find something good and cheap, though, I'll get that. I really want to dress him as a big, plush pumpkin, but I can't justify spending money on a costume he'll wear for 10 minutes.

cmh06

DD has been talking about elephants and sharks all summer.  I couldn't find a decent elephant that wasn't too expensive, but Old Navy has a shark costume this year so I bought that.  I'll keep looking though for an elephant if I can find one. 

vtkgirl77

JKM416:

OP - I say to keep it easy and go with the dress you already have.  Talk it up so she gets excited.  Maybe let her help you pick out and/or make the tiara and wand so she's involved in some aspect?  When I take DD shopping, she often picks random stuff that makes no sense and then I have to say "no" or talk her out of it.  Your DD might get her heart set on a costume way too big for her, or something expensive, or whatever.

I think you are right and it's probably true about DD. She'll probably settle on some adult man's costume that's $80 if I let her choose.

Useonfire

DS is obsessed with rockets, shuttles, the solar system, NASA, all of it (he can correctly pick out and name all the planets, and when he gets to Earth, he says "home" - too cute).  So, we're all dressing as astronauts this year. 

slukd79

Hopefully my LO will be a Peep. She currently won't let me put the costume on her, but I am hoping a few packages of fruit snacks will convince her otherwise...

Artslvr

Good grief I haven't even thought about it.

4 1/2 yr. old DD said a while ago she wants to be a pirate princess. 

2 1/2 yr. old DD will surely say NO to anything I suggest.

10 mo. old DS will have no opinion, mercifully.

I need to get creative - buying three costumes is not in my budget right now.

 

****AWS****

Older son wants to be a dinosaur and little guy will probably be a monkey if he can fit into his brother's old costume. 

bh2720

can someone tell me wth a pirate princess is? lol...this is a new one for me. is it just a girl pirate?

WinesNot Whines

bh2720:

can someone tell me wth a pirate princess is? lol...this is a new one for me. is it just a girl pirate?

This is my best guess.

 

WinesNot Whines

bh2720:

can someone tell me wth a pirate princess is? lol...this is a new one for me. is it just a girl pirate?

tracy042206

WinesNot Whines:

bh2720:

can someone tell me wth a pirate princess is? lol...this is a new one for me. is it just a girl pirate?

Basically a pirate in a dress.  I want to get this dress off of etsy Then she has asked for an eye patch, a sword and pixie dust in a pouch (Jake and the Neverland pirates have a girl who has pixie dust like this).  I am also hoping for some cute boots as well and we already have a red bandana for her hair.

 

tracy042206

Artslvr:

Good grief I haven't even thought about it.

4 1/2 yr. old DD said a while ago she wants to be a pirate princess. 

2 1/2 yr. old DD will surely say NO to anything I suggest.

10 mo. old DS will have no opinion, mercifully.

I need to get creative - buying three costumes is not in my budget right now.

 

 

I had no idea pirate princess was going to be so popular this year.  I still need to find her eye patch and sword.  I already bought a hand telescope thingy off amazon.

JKM416

tracy042206:

Artslvr:

4 1/2 yr. old DD said a while ago she wants to be a pirate princess. 

I had no idea pirate princess was going to be so popular this year.  I still need to find her eye patch and sword.  I already bought a hand telescope thingy off amazon.

 

My DD was initially saying she wanted to be a Pirate Princess from "Jake & the Neverland Pirates," but at 4 years old, I knew I couldn't piece together a costume that would've met her standards.  There's an actual character on there that she would expect to look exactly like, and I'd be lucky if I could even make her look close to Izzy without investing more time/money than I'd like.  Hence "You would make a wonderful hula dancer for Halloween, DD!"

belizeitornot

I got a pumpkin outfit from the Carter's outlet when I had a coupon.

luckibrat

I asked DD what she wanted to dress up as and she came up with the Itsy Bitsy Spider or an Elephant. I'm trying to figure out how to do the spider route and found some cute options on Etsy/Martha Stewart website. I didn't think she'd really be responsive, but I was surprised!