I don’t know about your kiddies but as soon as school starts mine know this means fall is almost here and for them fall automatically equals Halloween.
From the first day of school through til October 30th they are in complete planning mode.
They must solve The Halloween Dilemma: Costumes, Characters and So Much More!
Not only are they determined to out do themselves from the year before but they also want to make sure they get a chance to play dress up as their favorite characters with all the fixins, accessories and add-ons possible.
Before I can say Labor Day my Kiddies are already staking out their favorite cartoons, movies and super heroes for costume ideas and requests.
Guess what?
I love it.
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The Halloween Dilemma: Costumes, Characters and So Much More!
So far my Kiddies have been Princesses, Toy Doctors, Super Heroes, Kitty Cats, Fairy Tale favorites and even Fairies themselves.
Throw in a Nerd Girl from Momma and we have covered just about every genre of Halloween Costumes we could find.
Yet we are always on the hunt for more. When we dress up we dress out.
Costumes, makeup, wigs, shoes, accessories all the way to matching candy haul bags.
No one could ever accuse us of underachieving – LOL.
We always focus on their favorite shows and characters, the quirky sides of our personalities and basically just keeping it fun light hearted and kiddie friendly.
This has lead to Halloween becoming a much anticipated tradition in our family.
So not even 1 week into September we are already planning out our costumes.
That’s right…our…Momma almost always joins in the costume fun!
So far this year we have on our list of ideas a few frigid sisters, a high flying superheroe and Momma is thinking of something along the lines of a recently famous blessing bestowing fairy who we now know what terribly misunderstood.
You don’t have to DIY
Now granted, I am not the most DIY-iest of Mommas so store bought is usually the way to go for us.
I have been known to combine a bit of store bought with my own little tweaks here and there.
Still this usually calls for planning because a lot of the popular costumes and accessories can get sold out before October even arrives.
We rely on several different party stores, bulk buy stores and of course my favorite online resources.
Luckily I have not disappointed any of our 6 Kiddies yet and they have always been able to make their Halloween dilemmas less dilemma and more memories made.
I hope to keep that streak running for this year as well.
When the day arrives we participate in school costume parades, local events and of course the candy hand-out tradition right in our own neighborhood.
To us, Halloween Costumes: is simply another day we get to make memories and moments together as a family with a bit of dress up added for fun.
How do you approach Halloween?
Do you go for the PG13 Version or R Rated?
What are your costumes?
Homemade, store bought or a combination of both?
Have you started your Halloween costumes plans yet?
wow, that’s a lot of questions. I go for the G rated, lol, but I do dress up along with my kids. I usually go for homemade and I usually wait until the last minute, but so far it’s gone ok. My kids love Wild Kratts, so I was thinking my husband could be a Kratt brother, I could be Aviva, and my kids could be the animal of their choice. Shouldn’t be too hard! But I just thought of that idea tonight, so we’ll see…
Haha! It’s always fun when you dress up as a family. I wish I could do homemad but I’m not sure my kids would want to where anything I could come up with…LOL Hmmm..Family Themed sounds good because then you don’t have to worrying about different characters from all over. Great idea!
This is my son’s second Halloween, but last year he was only 1 week old, so this is our first time dressing up. I am making part of his costume and buying the other part. I try to make everything I can, but I’m not great at it either.
Hi Logan! Combination homemade and bought costumes are a great way to give your kids a unique look even if it is just a tweak here and there 🙂
I don’t dress up for Halloween but my daughters already has their costumes, they’re going to be Monster High Girls.
Hey Louida! My Girlies love Monster High and I tried to show them a few looks but they surprisingly have no interest…LOL I want to dress up again this year but haven’t thought of anything yet.
We always keep it clean and G Rated! As a matter of fact, my daughter and I took the grands to get their costumes yesterday and we had a blast. They are all boys so they like to be Ninjas and the 3 year old is into Jake and that’s who he will be for that one magical night. 🙂
That’s so fun! My Buddies is between Bumblebee from Transformers and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle…
For the last few years we have done family themed costumes and I make them all myself. I would rather put money into something I made and they will remember more than one from the store you know?
That sounds like a great way to keep costs contained and still have fun. I wish I was handy and cfraty enough to actually create something anyone would want to wear..LOL