Minor issue but my 29 month old is going to be Minnie Mouse for Halloween and my 4 month old is going to be Mickey mouse. the costumes are adorable ...especially together. My 2 year old refuses to wear the headband with the minnie mouse ears. They make the costume complete! Any pointers on getting her to wear them? halloween is a week away so perhaps there is a way to "practice" wearing them???? thanks in advance...
Does she already let you put barrettes in her hair?
If so: Ditch the headband. Cut off the Minnie ears (or much better, make some smaller and lighter ones out of black craft foam), attach them to barrettes and put the barrettes in her hair.
Do try and practice this week, but if she doesn't want to wear it she won't. My little guy (30 months) is going to be Woody from Toy Story, but the novelty of the hat has worn off so he doesn't want to wear it. To top things off it doesn't even have ties that go under his chin, so he can't wear it around his neck. A hatless Woody we will be ; )
I know you want her to wear it, but if you can get a "Kodak moment" and take their picture together, that's really all you need. Sounds like they will be adorable!
In my experience, it's hopeless. And hardly worth the struggle, I'd offer it to her but accept she's not going to wear it despite that fact you'd prefer she does. After all, it doesn't really matter at all to her. At that age, she won't care about any of the specifics, just that there's something out of the ordinary & fun going on (Halloween). Agree that headbands can be quite uncomfortable as well. Good luck and happy trick or treating!
Let her play with the headband and wear it around the house, see herself in the mirror, etc. When she puts it on, you can act excited and tell her, "Soooo pretty!" If she wants to wear them to the park or grocery store, let her. Two year olds are tricky... it really has to be "their" idea and not mommy's! LOL If worse comes to worst, put her hair in pigtails and put bows on them. Everyone will know she's Minnie Mouse from the dress.
The headband may be to tight. I can't wear them because they put pressure right behind my ears and I end up with a massive headache. Is a hood or hat an option? I see your in NYC. There has got to be someplace in the city that sells hats with ears on them. Good luck.
It's been my experience that you can't make it happen. Try to get a few pics in the beginning while someone puts it on her head and then runs so that you can snap a quick shot. Then stop stressing and let it go.
Is it possible for you to wear it around or is it not able to stretch that much? If you can get it on, or make one that looks like hers, do that. She may decide it's ok since you're wearing it. i wouldn't tell her that's what you're trying to do, just wear it like it's no big thing.
Try your best to make the headband appealing to her. You can hang pretty Minnie pictures around the house, or maybe you can show her that her little sibling likes to wear the Mickey ears (I hope). If not, you may just have to let it go. She may just surprise you, though. My daughter did just that on Halloween when she was 3. She never liked anything in her hair, but when she saw her cousins & friends wearing their pretty tiaras, headbands, etc. with their costumes, she was more than willing to let me clip on her flower wreath crown to top off her Tinkerbell costume! Good luck!
Staple gun.
Just kidding.....
Some little kids really hate having things on their heads and there's not much you can really do about it, unfortunately.
You can try practicing, but that might just make your daughter cringe every time you try it.
You may have to settle with her having them on long enough to get some cute pictures and then letting her go without it the rest of the time.
Next year, hopefully she'll be more into the whole thing and having something on her head won't be an issue.
Have fun!
In life with kids, you have to choose your battles. This is one battle I would
not fight. If she does not want to wear them, so be it. Let is go.
While out for the next few days point out how the "Big Girls are wearing head bands." Or if there is an older child your daughter looks up to , maybe ask her to please try on the ears so your daughter can see big girls wear Ears too..
She will want to be like the big girls.
I think you have to put the mouse ears on a hooded sweatshirt bc no matter what you do she will probably just take off a headband. This is exactly why I didn't pick a costume like this! My 2 yr old daughter would have none of it! :) You could try having a big kid she adores put on the mouse ears and encourage her to do it. Little kids just love everything big kids do.
