FairyMom Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My girls have absolutely no idea what to do for Halloween... well, they have several ideas, but can't decide. We have lots of parties with our church and friends for Halloween, and it's coming up fast!!! What are you kids going to dress up as? I need ideas. Help!!! :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) Dd1 is going to be a cowgirl. Dd2 is going to be Rapunzel. And my DS is going to be Spiderman. Edited October 3, 2012 by theretohere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) Check out Pinterest! ETA:Two years ago oldest was really into Thomas so I painted Thomas's face on a blue t-shirt and Percy's face on a green t-shirt. They insisted on wearing them again the next year. Thankfully I had gotten over-sized shirts. Edited October 3, 2012 by theYoungerMrsWarde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairyMom Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Love the photo, thanks!!! Cute. Was going to do Rapunzel for my youngest, but she said the costume was too itchy. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I still don't know. :rolleyes: The last I heard, the boys wanted to be Power Rangers and Pink doesn't really seem to have much of an opinion. :tongue_smilie: I think it would be nice to have kids who wanted to be something that wasn't so typical, though. Sigh... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I stumbled across this link http://slapdashmom.com/50-diy-halloween-costume-tutorials-and-ideas/ and the kids are looking through it for inspiration. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpoy85 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 still not sure if we are doing Halloween but N will be Batman, C a princess/Unicorn/ghost (she cant decide) and L will be a Lion. IF we do it, it will be cheap. The lion will be a brown sweatsuit with a felt headband for the mane. Ghost will be a pillow case. Etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Ds4 wants to be Curious George; dd8 is going to be a disco ball; ds11 wants to be a punk rocker; ds10 hasn't weighed in yet, lol. The girls are too big this year. :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 The girls are too big this year. :crying: What? Not possible! Everyone in our family dresses up! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justkeepswimming Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 What? Not possible! Everyone in our family dresses up! ;) :iagree: My youngest is making his own steampunk costume from all recycled materials and a lot of spray paint. lol Then we have the goddess Artemis and a faerie queen/LOTR style - all handmade costumes. Not sure what dh will be this year. And I have plans to surprise everyone and dress up this year. I've always talked it, but never made it so far as to actually do it. :D We've done themed costumes the past couple of years (Phineas and Ferb, Harry Potter, The Last Airbender), but this year everyone was very adamant about a specific, unrelated thing, so we're just going with it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My ds says he is going as a witch's son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carina Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I am wanting to make a simple dress for DD so she can be Madeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBanjoClown Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 DS8 is going to be Jango Fett. DS5 hasn't decided yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 we purchased 2 costumes cheap end of season last year. One is butterfly wings with matching skirt and a black leotard. I saw a beautiful mardi gras type mask at BigLots that will match that perfectly that I need to get. The other is black dress with purple skeleton print on it. DD sees it as a punk rocker and wants her hair wild and some purple hair strands which I still need to purchase. Her dance class is halloween and she'll get to wear a costume the week before and halloween day. She wants to trick or treat half the neighborhood change and then trick or treat the other half. Some other ideas we've had for her. She thought about wearing her bathrobe, slippers and have curlers in her hair. Another simple costume would be a lumberjack plaid shirt, jeans, hat. I always liked wearing my dads clothes and making a hobo costume. We always had a witches hat and cape and a gypsy skirt, bandanna, oversized shirt. DS wants a morph suit and wear a shirt and tie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Ds4 wants to be Curious George; dd8 is going to be a disco ball; ds11 wants to be a punk rocker; ds10 hasn't weighed in yet, lol. The girls are too big this year. :crying: Too big for Halloween? Not possible! :D I trick or treated until I was married (19 years old). After that, I took my little sister who was 6 years old until I had my own kids. Now our entire family dresses up. We're usually at Disney for Halloween. I forgot to add that our family will be Star Wars characters this year. DD5 is Princess Leia, DD8 is Darth Vader, DD11 months is Yoda, my 16 year old nephew is Chewbacca, and DH and I are probably going to be Jedi's. Two years ago our family was characters from Super Mario. The year before that, pirates. And the year before that, super heroes. Last year I was having a baby (Oct 23rd) so we didn't do much for Halloween last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 M-girl is going to be Heidi. I found a dress on eBay :D N-boy wants to be a robot, we need to make that, but I have some boxes, and we'll use some dryer vent for arms and legs. My SIL has some electronic stuff for the front panel. R-girl is going to be the most perfect Raggeddy Ann ever. She already has the hair and freckles. I can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Well, my 12 yr old girl (okay, okay, she's a pony) is going as a pink fairy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Ds wants to be a zombie, and dd wants to be a cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Well, my 12 yr old girl (okay, okay, she's a pony) is going as a pink fairy. What did you come up with, you have got to post pictures. Can't wait to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My DD wants to be the Lernaean hydra. Since she fell in love with a particular folkmanis stuffed sea serpent puppets as a baby and made it her lovey, and I started stockpiling duplicates so there was always one available (which worked until about age 2-after which she simply had a whole herd of "draggies"), my plan is to rig a frame to hold the draggies as "heads" next to her head, letting their tails be the "necks". I'm hoping to find a green leotard or sweat suit for her to wear. We also have the big folkmanis sea serpent that I'm going to attempt to attach to a hat. Unfortunately, I need to get a move on-I'm running a once a month mythology club/class/review session for the kids planning to take the NME, and she wants to wear it for the October meeting-which is a week from today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plath Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Older dd wants to be a mermaid. Younger dd is going to be a cow. She loves to moo :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Last year my kids went as the characters from the game Clue. This year I have an arabian princess, rapunzel, 1900's paper boy costume, and spiderman and a baby ghost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 DS (11) is going to be a zombie sock monkey, DDs (8) will be Athena and Aphrodite, and DD (5) will be Little Bo Peep. I'm excited. I got lucky and found all of their costumes on ebay for cheap and they are all so nice and I don't have to do much work. I thought of dressing up, but I got outbid on my auction. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbeym Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 DS18 is going to be a pirate, DIL18 as a witch, and DS14 as a Roman centurian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Well, my 12 yr old girl (okay, okay, she's a pony) is going as a pink fairy. Omigosh you had better post pictures of that.... :D Just last week I sold the only horse I have that would have ever tolerated a costume. :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My 7 year old son LOVES, and I mean LOVES Pigs. It's the one thing he's never been for halloween, so this year he asked me to make him a flying pig costume so he can look like the pig from the app game Pig Rush. I plan to buy a pink sweatshirt and pants and add a tail and a set of wings. He actually got a hat for his 6th birthday that looks like a pig head, so I'm all set there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I didn't say what we were going to be! Dh-wolf Me-little red riding hood Eldest-Han Solo (yes, she is a girl) Middle-Greek goddess Youngest-Thor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daffodil Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My 6 year old just changed her mind from lion to bat (specifically Murray from Gooseberry Park). My 4 year old is going to be Dorothy. The baby is going to wear an orange kitty costume we already had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticmom Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My dd7 decided to be a knight this year. The convient thing about being in a reenactment group is that you have the materials for costumes already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My guys are ready! The oldest will be The Phantom of the Opera. The youngest will be a vampire - Count Dracula, specifically. The middle son will be Bob!!! He is wearing normal clothes, a baseball cap, a fake mustache, and a name tag that says- Hello, my name is Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Neither of my kids is trick or treating, but they will dress up to staff the haunted house during our church's party. My son will be a vampire's slave/minion. We're thinking he'll start with some high school stereotype and then vamp it. Current front running ideas are AV club nerd and goth kid. My daughter is playing the vampire slayer, and she's hoping to base her costume on Zoe (from Firefly). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenC3 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My kids have to figure something out from the tons of dress up we have. I will help with accessories, but really my parents NEVER bought costumes. We just used our creative minds! Ha, one year I wore one of my Dads softball uniforms stuffed with pillows and went as a fat baseball player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Mowgli will be Mary Poppins. Specifically when she is in the pastel drawing. Dr.jones is going to be Merida from Brave. Gambit changes her mind constantly. She had a lot of dress up and just got a lalaloopsy dress and wig for her birthday. I might get a red riding hood cape just in case she wants something new too. My mil makes costumes for local theater groups and will be designing and sewing everything. Last year I had a Glinda the good witch, my little pony, and Tinkerbell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) When my girls were that age, we made them giant butterflies. I took heavy cardboard and cut out wings as tall as them minus about a foot. I covered them in felt, then added felt shapes to make butterflies. We did a monarch and a blue something or other that is local. We attached them with shoulder straps, in the middle so they stayed open. When the girls pushed their elbows back, they "flapped" their wings. I dressed them in turtlenecks and leggings with antenna on headbands. Everywhere we went that year, everyone admired their costumes. We also did puppies for sale one year. The older dd wore a puppy costume and a box so that it looked like she was in it. We wrote "Puppies for Sale" on the front and put in some toy dogs. Then I dressed the other dc as puppies, too, including ds who was an infant. We were in the paper that year because a reporter saw us at the art museum's alternative Halloween event and loved the costume. Edited October 3, 2012 by angela in ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 DS4 hasn't decided yet, but he's suggested a pirate. Still looking for ideas. DS3 is going to be the tenth Doctor. His sonic screwdriver should get here today, but the rest of the costume is done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My ds says he is going as a witch's son. :lol: My older wants to be Katniss (and doesn't care that there will be millions of others similarly dressed). Younger wants to be a cowgirl. Again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Dh, the younger two kids, and I ate going as zombies. Oldest dd is going as Katniss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 DS3 is going to be the tenth Doctor. His sonic screwdriver should get here today, but the rest of the costume is done! My son was the tenth Doctor a couple of years ago! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIS0320 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 My 7 year old is going to be Wendy from Peter Pan. My 2 year old is going to be Tinkerbell (her choice!). I am begging my 4 year old son to be Peter Pan, because how fun would that be? He is pretty insistent on being SpiderMan though. We'll see, we do have a Peter Pan costume already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinchick Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 DD7 (so about the same age as your elder daughter) will be going at Pippi Longstocking. Got a blue denim jumper and will put a few red patches on it (I am lazy so will use double-sided tape, but a more industrious person could sew them on). Then two different colored knee socks and we'll wire her braids so they stand out and paint a few freckles on her nose and cheeks. Easy and cute! We just finished the book, so she's very enthusiastic about the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 DD is going as an Texas A&M cheerleader DS has two dress up events. So hopefully one of those can become the costume as well. 1. Favorite bible hero 2. Favorite nursery rhyme character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest christinesousa12 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 My girls have absolutely no idea what to do for Halloween... well, they have several ideas, but can't decide. We have lots of parties with our church and friends for Halloween, and it's coming up fast!!! What are you kids going to dress up as? I need ideas. Help!!! :lurk5: We are attending a Halloween party on the 31st of October and my kids are very much excited! My daughter will be cat woman and my son will be an angry bird. I’ve recycled the karneval fasnacht that their grandma bought last year and I’m glad the outcome was great! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 My son is going to be a (steampunk inspired) British jungle explorer, pith helmet and all. My daughter is going to be Pippi Longstocking. I have pulled together about 90% of their costumes now, with the help of eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Dd is going to be a Viking and ds is a going as a farmer. My son is going to be a (steampunk inspired) British jungle explorer, pith helmet and all. My daughter is going to be Pippi Longstocking. I have pulled together about 90% of their costumes now, with the help of eBay. I LOVE those costume ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Diamond is going to be white Raven from Teen Titans for regular trick-or-treat, Andie from Pretty in Pink for a "dress as your favorite movie character because this is NOT a halloween party :glare:" homeschool dance, Batgirl for toddler story time at the library (she works there), and Princess Tutu for an anime convention. SweetChild is undecided BabyBaby is going to be Sif from the Avengers or Thor or whatever movie it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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