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Utterly adorable baby Halloween costumes

9 years ago

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
9 years ago
Absolutely adorable!
Fun2BHere
9 years ago
That first Raggedy Ann and the Cabbage Patch Doll were both amazing.
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Thank you! I can not tell you enough how much fun we had making this costume together! DS1 got done w/ his costume early and helped me w/ DD's and DS2's costumes. All of the kids each participated in the making of each of their costumes in some form or fashion. We had such a lovely, lazy laid back weekend crafting! Let me just say that while I was drawing it out on the posterboard (I used posterboard w/ a grid on it) I kept thinking "I am so glad that I had an architect for a Dad!". The measurments were ridiculous for someone not very mathematically inclined but thank heaven for a T square! After cutting it out and painting it I cut thin foam board to support the top of the top (does that make sense?) and support the top of the skirt. I sandwiched elastic straps between the posterboard and foam board and hot glued the foam board onto the back of the top and skirt. I ran a bead of hot glue onto the bottom of the hairbow and attached a headband. I cut out the tabs and hot glued them onto the costume and reinforced w/ duct tape. There is one house on our route that rewards children who have creative, innovative costumes that kids come up w/ on their own. My kids always make their house one of the last houses on their route and talk about that house all day long in anticipation. She carried that little purse all night long just like in the picture w/ her pumpkin in the other hand! I got the idea from the magazine Family Fun put out by Disney. Here is a link that might be useful: Paper Doll Costume
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workoutlady
9 years ago
I liked the picnic basket.
lydia1959
9 years ago
Super cute! Lots of cute ideas... IF I had a baby to dress up. :)
colleenoz
9 years ago
The "Triscuit" baby in the picnic basket looks very worried :-)
party_music50
9 years ago
Some are cute -- some are creepy!!! :p

Have to say that I think it's disgusting when a couple dresses up their months-old baby at Halloween and knocks on my door wanting candy. I ALWAYS tell them that I don't have any candy that a baby can eat, and they ALWAYS tell me "that's ok, we eat it!".
Georgysmom
9 years ago
They are all so adorable but the picnic basket cracked me up!
alisande
Original Author
9 years ago
Although some people enjoy trick-or-treaters, I consider myself lucky that not one has ever come to my door. We live off most people's beaten paths, and the neighbors who had growing children years ago were all fundamentalist Christians who didn't believe in Halloween. So I never had to buy candy. Yay!
chisue
9 years ago
Our DGD was Yoda to her big brother's Jedi Knight last year. She tells me she'll be a bee this year; don't know about DGS's costume. She is 3 1/2, and he is 9 1/2. They trick-or-treat in their other grandmother's neighborhood in the city, where she goes through mounds of candy every year.

Houses in our area are not close together, and there are civic celebrations. We stay dark now. None of our nearby neighbors have little kids at home any more. We never had more than 15-20 kids even years ago.
party_music50
9 years ago
I should clarify.... I'm not talking about relatives or friends with a new baby, or even neighbors with a new baby... I understand their excitement and I'm all for that! I'm talking about an adult couple, strangers to the neighborhood, who dress up their baby and DRIVE to this community location so that THEY can get candy for themselves. The tip-off is when they have one baby in costume, but THREE buckets for candy. :p
marilyn_c
9 years ago
Really cute. Some people have great imaginations!
PKponder TX Z7B
9 years ago
I also thought that the picnic basket baby looked worried :-)

They are so cute! We just learned yesterday that our DD and two grandsons will be visiting for the week of Halloween!

I have a renewed enthusiasm for decorating this year!
kittiemom
9 years ago
Adorable! A few years ago, some friends dressed their little girl (she was probably 4) as Winnie the Pooh. They came to the door and of course I asked who she was. She says, "I'm Winnie the Pooh." Then she pointed at her six month old sister in her carrier and said, "And Sawah is the honey pot." Indeed, Sarah was dressed as the honey pot. Absolutely precious!
rob333 (zone 7b)
9 years ago
I like the ones where they juxtaposed the baby's youth for older people like the Dahli Lama, Sophia Petrillo, and Frida Kahlo. Those made me smile the most!

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