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…
SCRAT! Don’t touch my acorn!! This costume has been on my costume-to-do list fo a couple of years. I finally have a couple of small children to make costumes for. I figured I better make this costume while I still had little people around to wear it. I started this costume in February this year … Read more
There are not a ton of cupcake costume ideas on the internet, so I combined some and thought some ideas up on my own for my daughter’s cupcake. Everywhere we went, she had people commenting on what an awesome costume it was. She was beaming the whole time. A few people answering the doors we … Read more
Halloween is this mom’s opportunity to use my creativity. My boys and I always brainstorm early, and this time we came up with these cool homemade costumes for kids: The characters from UP. Starting with my oldest son, he was Mr. Fredrickson. We shopped at the thrift store for a blazer and dress pants. Bought … Read more
It all started when my wife walked into the local Target to buy a costume for my sons. It was a pair of flimsy Star Wars Clone Trooper costumes that looked like they would fall apart. I took one look at these costumes and turned to my boys, “What kind of costume do you really want?” … Read more
After seeing the amazing costume done by Tiffany from VA on this site my friends and my daughter decided they wanted to do the same thing. The amazing detail and instructions of the other costume made these ones very easy to put together. The hardest part was getting the hair just right. We actually did … Read more
My son is the product of a quick-witted father and a fairly creative mom, and unlike his Halloween costume, he typically lives in the realm outside the box. His Halloween costumes evolve from spontaneous spurts of ingenuity, blasting out, it seems, with the Halloween haul of one year until the nick-of-time-October of the next. From … Read more
I love creating costumes for the kids and what I do is nothing fancy or professional, I do it all by hand and it’s rough around the edges at time but the kids are always happy and their smiles make all the time and effort worth it. This Indian Princess costume was by far my favorite to do, … Read more
My daughter is really into fairies and mythical creatures. We go to Michigan’s Renaissance Festival almost every year. This year she wanted to go as a creature inspired by a photo she Googled of a deer girl. So we started buying pieces here and there to put it together and we referred back to the … Read more
My son loves watching Billy the Exterminator save the pest animals on TV because he doesn’t hurt them, he relocates them. He wanted to be Billy for Halloween…and I thought how am I going to do that? I started head to toes. I found a hat at a local amusement park, I found necklace and … Read more
Although my two daughters are getting older, they still love Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch! And believe me, each costume really does fit each one of their individual personalities! Once they decided what they wanted to be this year, I quickly got to work on the patterns, since I knew that I was going … Read more
I made these dice costumes for my 5 year old son and 3 year old daughter. The two of them have been dressing up in couple costumes for a few years and I couldn’t let this year go by without making another pairing. These costumes were pretty easy to make. The boxes were purchased at … Read more
I am always looking for new and clever ideas for Halloween. I mean, anyone can buy a costume! But, I like the challenge making a costume brings, and the reactions from friends, families, and neighbors makes it all worth it. Now every Fall everyone starts asking, “What are the kids going to be this year?” … Read more