Halloween Costumes

Hi T.,
What about the whole family dressing up?

The three little pigs and the Big, Bad wolf?
Goldilocks and the three bears?
The three billy goats Gruff and the Troll?
Alice in Wonderland, Cheshire Cat, March Hair and Mad Hatter?
Little Red Riding hood, Granny, Wolf, and Hunter?

(Since you're starting early... lol!) Have fun!!!
T

Try Family Fun.com, They have easy to make costumes and great ideas. Also google matching costumes or homemade halloween costumes and see what comes up. I have found many that way.

Hi T.-
They sound the ideal age for the pirate routine. No masked- just face make-up and a costume. They'll love it! S.

T., you should go to Joanna's Fabric they have costume patterns that show boys and girls matching outfits. They are so cute! Good luck!

hi T.

I think it is awesome you want to make your kids costumes. My mom use to do that for me and my brother one year he was a lion tamer and my mom dressed me up as the lion and we also did the raggedy ann and andy dolls my brother and I are 1 1/2 years apart so it kind of worked. hope those are good ideas for ya good luck.

T.

Hi
several years ago i did tin man for my son and dorothy for my daughter she got to carry around her little puppy and my son got his hair painted silver they loved it also we had two cousins come over and do scare crow and lion but they were older and ended up just taking off everything my kids we such a hit from door to door everyone said how clever and how they wish they could see more home made costumes its just no the same with everyone spending 40 on a once a year outfit that gets thrown away and made so cheaply the pictures and memories we have from that year are priceless! good luck!

hi T.
N. here it is so gr8 to knw wht all moms are thinking, for me this all is very new as i am very new to this country yaa but i am a very creative person and love all this things, hey i saw other day at BARLINGTON COAT FACTORY quite a lot of coustumes, so u can check it out,its in PEORIA atleast thts the only place i knw..
there is 1 more idea of mine why dont u make them SIMPSON KIDS or if u and ur husaband are also interested why not a SIMPSON FAMILY??
u just need clothes of those color and few things which simpson family had a sponge and all to make hairstyle (hairdress) like them..
hope this helps u
have lots of fun and HAPPY HALLOWEN...........(in advance)

T.-
I tend to do the same thing with my kids. One year they were Darth Vader & Princess Leia, but last year my son was a pirate and my daughter was the parrot! I found the parrot costume on ebay!!

Good luck!

I dressed my 2yr old as a Rodeo Cowboy (complete with a number on his back!) and my 6 month old as a Rodeo Clown- I made his existing overalls with patches a bulls-eye on his rear pocket kerchief round his neck etc. If you want photos, email me at ____@____.com My boys are now 4 and 6 and want to be a dragon (my 6 year old wants to "be the butt!") Ha ha ha - Don't cha just love the toilet humor? Personally, I think they would be a bipolar dragon with much inner conflict if ya know what I mean...

T.
Last year my 2 year old daughter and 4 yerar old son were Curious George and the Man in the yellow hat. I got her costume online for $20 and then I made him the man in the yellow hat outifit (died some pants/shirt yellow- and made the hate with poster board/felt). If you want pictures- let me know.

I have twin girls that are two and I wanted to do the same for as long as I could for them. My husband and I came up with Jack and the Beanstock, Chip and Dale,Bueaty and the Beast, Butterfly and Catapiller, indan and indan girl,and delivery driver and their package. I hope you find some of these ideas helpful.

Hi T.!

familyfun.com many GREAT ideas...check it out! :-)

One year my kids were M&M's. The older one was a bag of M&M's (made with brown felt) and the younger one was a single red M&M...
Use your imagination! You can do ANYTHING!!
Ducks are a cute idea too. Get a white sweat suit and glue white feathers all over it, then use yellow rubber kitchen gloves for the feet...and a white baseball cap for the head...you can paint the visor orange and glue big googly eyes on it...

Have fun!!

I have made several (no sew) Halloween costumes for my two girls. I get great ideas from the Family Fun magazine & website ( www.familyfun.com). People think I'm really crafty, but it's just good ideas from that magazine. My girls were both pizza slices one year. Check out the website ! Or, dog & cat?

I only have a little boy so far but if I had a girl too they would be Pebbles and Bam Bam from the Flinstones. Too cute eh?

Winne the Pooh and a honey pot. Soooooo cute!

Alice and the White rabbit.
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Mad Hatter and Dor Mouse
Tin Man and Dorothy
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Antony and Cleopatra
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse
Donald Duck and Daisy Duck
Porky Pig and Petunia Pig
Shamu and a dolphin
Fred Flintstone and Wilma Flintstone
Nemo and the blue fish (can't remember her name)
Nutcracker Prince and Clara
Star Trek characters (Kirk and Uhura)
Horton (from Horton Hears a Who) and a Who
Uncle Sam and Statue of Liberty
George Washington and Martha Washington
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
Frosty the Snowman and a snowflake
Big and little rabbit from "Guess How Much I Love You"

~D.

My daughter wants to be Peter Pan and she wants her sister and all her friends to be characters in the movie. If you find a good costume or a good pattern I would love that info. Thanks for your help. The only other idea I have is Raggedy Ann and Andy. If you have a big doll your daughter could wear her clothes. Thanks!-A.

Halloween is my favorite time of the year :)

Ok, how about Raggedy Ann and Andy. My friend did that a few years ago when her kids were 3 years apart. They were so cute.

Good Luck with ever you decide. Have Fun and keep the Spirit of Halloween going :)

Diego and Baby Jaguar
Elmo and Zoe
Firefighter and a Dalmatian
Bart and Lisa Simpson

Raggedy Ann and Andy were always favorites of mine.

When my boys were those ages, they were Popeye and Sweet Pea

My sister-in-law is very crafty - she did hers son and daughter as Oscar the grouch and Slimey the worm last year, has done Shrek and the princess, a farmer and a pea pod (when the youngest was a baby), and has done her son and a neighbor girl as bride and groom - all very cute. I used to do cowboys, chefs, wizards and the grim reaper for my boys. Have fun - you are starting early enough to do some good ideas.

How about Monster Inc.
Sully & Mike (the little green eyeball)
or
Sully and Boo

or Pebbles and Bam Bam

Check out potterybarnkids.com and then halloween costumes. They are really pricey but you could get some great ideas. How about a burger and fries? Both of those are on the site and you could make them out of felt pretty easily. I think that would be adorable and more creative than something Disney. I love halloween, have 3 munchkins of my own to dress up, can't wait!

How about Alice and the White Rabbit?

Last year we had a 2.5 year old Cowboy and a 10 month old Cow. They were very cute.

I wanted to do a cow and a cowboy or farmer but my husband said no way. So instead last year my oldest son was a monkey and my then 4mo son was a banana, it was so cute! There have been some great ideas listed already, it's def not too early to be thinking about it!

Yes! I'm not the only one who does the matching costumes! For the record, my oldest is 7 this year, and I've gotten away with it every year so far :) Don't think this could be it for ya! I have 3 little boys, 7, 5 and 2. Let's see if I can remember 6 years of costumes...
1st - Baseball player
2nd - Dinosaur
3rd <Enter Baby #2 and Let the Matching Begin!> - Our oldest was a lion and the baby was a tiger, and Mommy and Daddy wore little name tags that said Zoo Keeper and Cat Trainer.
4th - Peter Pan and Captain Hook. Daddy was a pirate and Mommy was Tinkerbell.
5th - Eeyore and Pooh Bear. Mommy was very pregnant and had made a shirt that said Kanga at the top and Roo on the belly. Couldn't get Daddy to play...do you blame him?!
6th - Traditional costumes - a skeleton, ghost and pumpkin
7th - Superman - I was trying for a theme here of everyone being a different superhero, but the oldest two both wanted Superman, so we all went with that.
Haven't even started thinking about this year yet!

You could do absolutely any Disney movie - they all revolve around one male and one female main character. I think it's easiest to figure out one costume (btw-your son is old enough to have some say I'd think, he knows what he likes) then figure out how to tie in a second. Let us know what you come up with!

The big bad wolf and little red riding hood

For the record, I think Peter Pan and Tinker Bell sounds VERY cute!

Jack & Jill (pails would make great candy collectors)
Jack Frost & Suzie Snowflake
Raggedy Ann & Andy
Knight & Princess

My brother and I were raggedy Ann and Andy when we were little. Our hair was made out of red crape paper strips. Or how about a flower and a bee? I don't think it's too early especially if you want to make the costumes, good luck!