We are sort of still in the stages of our being able to pick out our oldest daughter’s Halloween costume. This year though it was a little more interesting, our preschooler was constantly changing her mind about what we wanted to be. We thought we’d share the stages of how a preschooler picks a Halloween costume. At least our preschooler anyways.
HOW A PRESCHOOLER PICKS A HALLOWEEN COSTUME
- Listing off all of her favourite characters from TV shows, movies, books, and then some. All of this is shared in response to the question asking her what she wants to be for Halloween.
- Decides she wants to be a princess after listing all of the above off.
- Remembers she loves pink.
- Concludes that she wants to be a pink princess.
- But, if she cannot be a pink princess then she wants to be a heart unicorn that’s pink.
- Changes her mind entirely and wants to be a superhero. Now she lists off all the superheroes she knows. This leaves you wondering how she knows all of these superheroes because she’s never watched a superhero show in the 4 years of her life.
- Finds out at preschool that one of her classmates is going to be a duck on Halloween. Guess who wants to be a duck now too. I’ll give you one guess.
- Watch a Disney movie as a family and we are back on track for wanting to be a princess.
- Go to the Disney store at the local mall and wander around for a long time looking at all the different costumes. Change our mind yet again and inform Mom that we want to be Minnie Mouse. We leave empty handed.
- Announce that her favourite princess is Ariel and she wants to be a mermaid for Halloween, but not any mermaid she has to be Ariel because they both have red hair.
Good kiddo because Mommy already bought you the Ariel princess costume when it was on sale! She got the pink she wanted by us letting her wear her favourite pink shoes with it. So long as it’s not raining that is what she will have on her feet, otherwise rainboots it is.
When it came time to pick Addie’s costume it was so much more simple. We walked into a store and saw a bunch of costumes and Evie quickly proclaimed that Addie had to be a flamingo. So flamingo it was. Plus you cannot go wrong with the fleece costumes that come with stockings and a shirt for underneath. Brilliant! All kids costumes should be like this.Here I am considering a quick run to a store to buy long underwear for Evie to wear in case it’s cold on Halloween night.
Here I am considering a quick run to a store to buy long underwear for Evie to wear in case it’s cold on Halloween night. Can you tell this whole trick-or-treating thing is still really new to us? How do you keep kids warm on Halloween night without covering up their entire costume with a coat?
Flamingo Costume / Mermaid Costume / Native Shoes / Minimoc Moccasins
Trick-or-treating Buckets / Glitter & Spice Necklace
We let them choose from. Our dress up box and layers!
Fun! With all the costumes in our house, I need to find a dress up box like Mr. Dressup!
YOUR GIRLS!! They’re soo darn cute!! I love their costumes!!!
Thanks Janette! I can’t wait to see your girl’s costumes.
The fake under armour from Walmart is great for a thin warm layer underneath (long sleeve top and bottoms if it’s really cold). And the cheap $1-3 stretchy gloves in a colour to match are good
Great tip! Will have to keep that in mind. This Halloween wasn’t too cold or rainy out our way luckily.
HA! I can totally relate. My four year old was determined to be a pumpkin for Halloween. Do you know how hard it is to find a pumpkin costume for a four year old? Luckily, he fell in love with the Kylo Ren costume at the store. 🙂
That’s hilarious! I feel like my daughter and I would have had that same conversation. Although, she had the opportunity to wear her Snow White dress to our church’s trunk-or-treat and she absolutely didn’t want it. Oh well. =)
Sometimes it feels like we have a little grown-up in the house with our conversations.
haha my kid does the exact same thing!! this year he wanted something furry
This is adorable! I love her thought process for picking her costume!!
These pictures are amazing. Love the colors and the cute smiles. It’s great to encourage the kiddos to be creative and expressive.
Thanks Christine!
This is the cutest thing ever! My kids were the same way haha.
Love this post! She is such a cutie!
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hahaha! Yes, sounds about right!
We went trick or treating twice, had the pre-school Halloween party and a family Halloween party and my 4 year old had a different costume for each thing! Mind you, she is constantly dressing up in costumes whether it is Halloween or not, so I didn’t BUY 4 new costumes, but it is fun to change them up!
Wow! That is a busy day to fit all that in.
This is too cute! I can’t wait for my daughter to be old enough to pick out costumes 🙂
I am so glad my son didn’t mind wearing the Woody costume that I had bought a couple years ago. He even wants to wear again next year!