Barbies, crackerjacks and crash test dummies – they are all cuter when they are kids Halloween costumes. There is something about a little face peaking out of Frankenstein eyes that just melts our hearts.
The animal kingdom is represented with peacocks and jellyfish. Many kids like to dress up as food, such as steak, A1 sauce and a chef salad. Cotton candy, push up pops and gumballs are also very popular. Personally, we love the four year old who agreed to be half Hall and half Oates.
In addition, ideas here range from Optimus Prime, Inside Out characters, a mailtruck, Sharknado and even a haunted castle!
If the child in your life like to chose their own costume, this will rouse his/her imagination. If you like to choose your kids Halloween costumes, then enjoy! The costumes here will entertain you with their range of possibilities. Watch out kids…
This Shadows costume might be the easiest costume on earth. And from all of my costumes over the years, this one got the very best reaction. And surprisingly, the males who saw it went nuts. So, here it is….Shadows. I got morph suits in my children’s sizes. Then I added all black accessories and clothes … Read more
My daughter, Logan, is wearing this costume Hela Goddess of Death costume. My husband and I fabricated the headpiece and I painted the detail on the body sock and made the alterations as well. We used acrylic paint mixed with a fabric treatment acrylic to paint the detail green striping on the Lycra bodysuit. I … Read more
The girls wanted to do a group costume and it was difficult to find an age appropriate one! Since the girls enjoyed Slurpees they decided to do a Slurpees costume and each go as a different flavor. After doing some research on line what we saw was not adequate for what our daughters wanted. So … Read more
Here’s how this Sam Trick ‘r Treat costume came to life… I wanted to make my son a horror based costume but I wanted it to be realistic. I also wanted it to be a little obscure. Basically I wanted him to not show up and there be six others (Here’s looking at you Black … Read more
My daughter, Logan, is wearing this Astrid costume from How to Train Your Dragon 2. It’s her favorite movie character. The Astrid costume is completely home made/fabricated and stylized pieces. She is even wearing a wig that was altered to match the right Astrid shade and braid style. She is a natural redhead, like me, … Read more
Here’s how our Ursula Sea Witch costume came to life. I try to make or customize my daughters costume each year, I love for her to feel special and stand out from the crowd. This year she asked to be Ursula, she loves villains. I found on this website my template and tweaked a few … Read more
My daughter decided she wanted a Frappuccino Starbucks costume for Halloween, but had one stipulation – she wanted her arms to be free and nothing around her neck. Immediately I had a picture in my head of what I wanted it to look like, but no idea how to get there. I found several tutorials … Read more
My daughter Jenny and I have created her Halloween costumes for the past 11 years. She has wanted to use stilts in her costume for several years. This year we were able to make that happen with The Jester costume. My daughter drew a sketch of the costume she wanted then I went to work … Read more
This was my son’s Bumblebee Transformer costume last year. I told you our story in our other costume submission. This was our Transformer Bumblebee costume. And it really was a lot of fun to make it. We used cardboard, a glue gun, and different colored duct tape, I used Tupperware containers with finger lights for … Read more
My son is 7 years old and like most boys his age he loves Legos, especially Ninjago. He asked for the green Lego Ninjago costume around August. I had no idea how I would make it since I have never made a costume before but I didn’t have the heart to say no. I started in … Read more
A couple of years ago my sons and I discovered the 2005 version of Doctor Who. In August my youngest son, Alec, found an online video of a guy making a Dalek and he asked me if we could make one for the Cub Scout costume contest (after all, it was his last year as … Read more
This is my daughter’s toddler porcupine costume from this year. I had narrowed her costume choices down to a few and showed her some pictures of them. She got very excited when she saw the porcupine and exclaimed, “Poopy-pine!” That pretty much settled it. Every time anyone mentioned costumes or Halloween, she would yell “Poopy-pine!” … Read more