Cuddling with a sweet smelling baby is of one my top delicious moments of life. Choosing a baby Halloween costume is definitely a close second.
While they are still young, it’s completely your prerogative as a parent to decide on their costume. (Enjoy this say in your child’s clothing before the teenage years hit.) Don’t feel bound by cutsie homemade costumes. Plenty of ideas here veer on the frightening side. But don’t worry, you can always pay for their therapy bills when they get older.
If your newborn is still a sleeping little lump, don’t wake them! There are many homemade costumes that can be worn by a caregiver. Examples are a baby Spider with a mom as a web. Also, a baby Oscar the Grouch attached to a garbage can dad. Adorable.
If your baby sits up, there are great options for you. For instance, babies as Cabbage Patch Dolls are ridiculously cute. Especially when they are still in the packaging!
Whether you dream of your baby as a mini Harry Potter or a delicious Twinkie, you will find ideas and instructions for them all.
Enjoy browsing through the picture gallery here and please share your baby Halloween costume with us here!
As the mom of new twins, I wanted their first Halloween costumes to be perfect. I had boy girl twins in 2010 and everywhere I looked I could not find the perfect costume set. One night I was reading them the Cat in the Hat and it hit me, Thing 1 and Thing 2 twin … Read more
This is my baby girl’s first Halloween and I wanted her to have a really cute costume. I always sing the lil cuppycake song to her and we even call her Cuppycake sometimes so I thought a baby cupcake costume would be the perfect costume. First, I wrapped a regular round laundry basket I had … Read more
I made my 18 month old son, Oliver, a Book Worm costume this year for Halloween! I started by making a hoodie from green fleece, and added a big black bow tie to the front of that hoodie from felt. Then made matching green fleece pants. I had to use Youtube.com to learn how to … Read more
This Lobster costume was very simple to make and got lots of laughs. My husband bought an apron and chef’s hat for added laughs. We dressed up our 4-month old baby boy as a lobster. The base of the costume is a pair of red pajamas. Most importantly, my husband will carry our baby around in a big pot it … Read more
Every once in awhile my husband and I refer to my little destructive infant son Henry as H-Bomb, so it was quite fitting for us to choose a Bob-Omb from Mario as his first costume. I sewed the entire costume myself (except for the long sleeve top underneath) out of fleece and felt with a … Read more
My husband and I are theater teachers/directors and we love to make homemade costumes. We take it pretty seriously. One of our favorite books is “Where the Wild Things Are” and, before we were even expecting, we knew that, if we had a boy, his first Halloween costume would be Max from the book. We … Read more
Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? That question may be impossible but these Chicken and Egg costumes are pretty simple to construct. The chicken is just a shirt or leotard with two white boas attached every few inches. Then I had to die some tights yellow. To make the hat I found a white … Read more
My husband and I are HUGE Star Wars fans so for our daughter’s first Halloween our first idea was, of course, Princess Leia. All of the baby Leia costumes online weren’t really out of our budget range, but I just had the feeling that I could make a successful baby princess Leia costume myself. I … Read more
Okay, okay, before you say anything, I know there may be some people who feel it is not appropriate for a toddler to dress up as Chucky. BUT I assure you my son had not watched the movie! He was not even two at the time, and didn’t appreciate the irony of the costume. He … Read more
My sisters, Shiloh and Fontanna, made this beautiful Halloween original baby Peacock costume for my daughter, Bella, a couple of Halloweens ago. Everyone loved it! She practically floated from house to house in this dress. It is like a little princess gown. It is a very simple tutu dress that looks amazing and the headband … Read more
Popeye has always been my favorite, so it was an easy choice for Wy ‘s first halloween last year. Here’s what I needed: 1 black onesie 1 pair of light blue pants 1 pair of dark brown socks yellow felt red felt black thread 1 toddler sailor hat white thread sewing needle Instructions: Cut 2 … Read more
Since I hand made my other two kids costumes this year, I couldn’t leave out the little one! But I wanted something that would be easy and comfortable, not to mention something that would give easy access to diaper when necessary. And a baby smurf answered all of those requirements perfectly. The main costume was … Read more