Okay so with Halloween only a few days
away I have started thinking about costumes again and it occurred to me that this year I have a whole new person I can dress in a costume. Is it terrible that I am really excited to dress my little bundle in all kinds of matching outfits with me? Probably...
I don't have super exciting plans, by that I mean I'm not going to any parties, as
I'm away with my family staying in a little cottage in rural Northumberland. We
are going to spend the evening playing games and watching movies. However, that
doesn't mean that I won't have a silly outfit to wear. I'm also going to North
East Comic Con in November so I will be cosplaying there with the little 'un so I have spent far more minutes of the last few weeks thinking about costumes than I really care to admit.
A few years ago I did posts on
science themed costumes and couples costumes, so this got me thinking, what
were good options for fancy dress if you have a baby or toddler? Could they be
at all adapted for family costumes?
Star Wars
By far the most popular choice I
seemed to encounter was for the Star Wars fans. Most people who travel with a youngling tend to have a baby/toddler carrier so an interesting option is to pop a Yoda
hat on your baba and you can dress as your own character. In theory it should
be Luke in his training outfit, but if you
want to be someone else then why not! I've also seen really cute baby crochet
Leia buns so your baby could be Leia too!
Star Wars is really easy to adapt
into a family theme as there are so many interesting and unique characters to
choose from.
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| Image property of Star Wars and Disney |
Labyrinth
One of my favourite ideas, probably
because I've loved labyrinth since I was a very young child. Buuuuuut I would be
lying if I said I didn't have a bit of a Sarah phase in my teen years. This
would be a great costume of you are short for time or cash, you simply need a
stripy sleep suit for your little one and a pair of jeans, baggy shirt and
waistcoat that could easily be find in vintage shops or on ebay. If you wanted
to step up your game to you could also have ago at a Jareth outfit or even
Sarah's crazy prom dress.
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| Image from Labyrinth Wiki |
Flintstones
They are the modern stone age family
after all. I've seen some okay looking Flintstones costumes online (although not in
real life) so you could be Fred, Wilma, Barney or Betty and your
little one could be Pebbles or BamBam. I also feel this would make an
excellent vintage costume instead with a blue or while 50s/60s dress and a cute
baby romper, although this would be a little bit harder to source.
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| Image from Flintstones Wikia |
Nintendo
If you're wanting to do something a
bit different (but not that different) you could go for Nintendo characters. With Mario Kart 8 having
lots of baby characters it would be very easy to dress your little one as a
baby Mario or Luigi with dungarees and a coloured t shirt or vest. Luckily it
it's really easy to find grown up dungarees at the moment too so it would be
easy to dress up as either of these too. You can also go a bit more hard core
too if you wanted to make our buy a princess dress.
I've seen some really cool looking Pikmin hats on etsy too so you could always have your baba as a little Pikmin.
With Pokemon Go being so popular a duo of Ash and Pikachu could be an option too and since there are nearly 1000 pokemon now so you have rather a lot of choice.
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| Image from Mario Kart 8 |
DC/Marvel
DC and Marvel are on fire at the
moment so there are tonnes of ready made baby and children's outfits out there.
Places like Mothercare do lovely little baby onesies and it could be a quick and
easy outfit for baba and there are so many adult superhero fancy dress costumes
that you won't have trouble finding something to match.
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| Image from Pinterest |
Disney
In a similar vein to the super hero
option the Disney store (and others) have loads of baby costumes and they have
even more for little girls and boys so you are completely spoilt for choice! While it is tricky to find a good quality
adult Disney costume they do exist and you could always do a disneybound type
casual costume if its easier.
Some of my favourite examples at the moment - Donald/Micky/Minnie, Belle, Snow White and other Princesses
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| Image from Disney Store UK |
There are just too many to choose from!! Hopefully I've given you some inspiration - Happy Halloween!
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