Would you believe it if I told you that I didn’t celebrate Halloween until I was 10 years old? It’s crazy just thinking about it! But I’ll never forget my first Halloween trick or treating. It was a last minute decision thanks to some persuasion by a family friend, so I threw on a jean jacket full of buttons, parted my hair on the side, put on tons of makeup and went out as a peace-loving hippie! I went door to door and belted out the entire tune of “Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat…” It wasn’t until the 10th or 15th house that I realized that we could just knock and say “Trick or treat” instead of singing the entire song. Regardless, it was an amazing night and I had the candy to prove it.
Kyle’s first Halloween (1 month old)
When my husband and I first moved into our house, almost 10 years ago, I remember leaving work early just so I could get home for trick or treaters. To my dismay and surprise, only a handful of kids showed up to our house that night and we live in a very family-friendly neighborhood. Seeing how upset I was, my husband suggested that we go for a walk to see why there was such a low turn out. We quickly realized that a street perpendicular to ours had a huge street “party” for Halloween. I was still upset, but felt better prepared for future years.
Kyle & Ryan Halloween 2013
Fast forward to life with three kids, and I’ll assure you that Halloween is taken very seriously around our house. It begins with a trip to the pumpkin patch to select a few pumpkins for our front porch and a trip to the local dollar store for decorations. We pick out our costumes months in advance and we host my family over for sushi dinner before we head out to the big street party.
Halloween 2014
Besides costumes, there are also some fun Halloween clothes I like to get my little goblins. I went to The Children’s Place this week and picked out a few Halloween outfits for my boys. They’re Halloween themed, but really, they can be worn all year-round. Two shirts and the pajamas cost me a total of $11! This is no trick… it’s a treat! They’re also great as layering pieces for Halloween night. But make sure you go TODAY because they’re already deeply discounted at 50% off and right now, you receive an additional 30% off thanks to the Big Blue Bag Event. The Halloween clothes won’t last long!
Items currently available online: Long Sleeve Halloween Cat Glow-In-The-Dark Graphic Tee – $5.25, Long Sleeve Halloween Witch Girl Graphic Tee – $5.25, Sleeveless Candy Corn Photo-Real Scuba Dress – $17.97, Mommy and Daddy’s Lil’ Pumpkin’ Halloween Stretchie – $8.70, Long Sleeve Skeleton Grip Jack-O-Lantern Basketball Graphic Tee – $5.25, Glow-In-The-Dark Skeleton PJ Set – $8.70
I also thought I should mention that Children’s Place already has some of their holiday clothes out and they are super cute. I kinda wished they made some of the stuff in my size…
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My “kid” is grown so she won’t be dressing up; however she will be giving out goodies at our home.
i made his costume this year. he is going to be a construction worker and he will be pulling a tractor on his toy wagon
My nephew is going as a cute little skeleton this year!
my son will be dressing up as a firefighter
My son is going as a dead pirate and my daughter is going to be a spider
My youngest is going as a monkey and my oldest a medieval queen
My guys are going to be a farmer and a ninja!
My son is going as a giraffe!
We don’t celebrate Halloween but Halloween costumes are often great for Purim too.
We don’t do anything for Halloween, we usually go bowling.
No costumes in the my household. I will be giving out treats and adoring all the little ones that come to the door in their costumes.
My little granddaughter is going as Strawberry Shortcake. Good thing we were able to change her mind. She originally kept saying she wanted to go as a cow!
We don’t celebrate Halloween but my kids do like to dress up and I’m hoping to buy some discounted costumes on the 2nd if there are any left.
I made the grand kids the paws patrol costumes they love the show!
vampire
My girls are going as a pig and a duck.
My five year old is going to be a super fluffy sheepdog and the two year old is going to be yoda!
Sophie is Super girl and JJ is going to be Frankenstien. The cat is going to be piglet.
Both my boys (5 and 3) are going as Minions! My little girl (6 weeks) has a cute Halloween shirt and leggings.
My daughter will be dressing up as Little Red Riding Hood and my boy will be dressing up as cowboy
My daughter had planned to be a vampire all year. At the last minute she has changed her mind and wants to be a Cheetah! Happy Halloween everyone!
We have a witch, a gypsy and a fireman! (grandkids)
My boys are going to be a pirate and a zombie
My youngest will be a horse
My daughter wants to dress as a Super hero
dressing up as a firefighter
A scientist
A clown
My daughter is Alice in Wonderland and my son is Peter Pan.
Superheroes! T is The Hulk and Z is Spiderman!
My kid’s costumes this year are: Queen of Hearts, Sofia the First, and Mickey Mouse. And my husband has made himself an awesome Lego Figure Spiderman costume. He is my big kid! 😉
Both my son & daughter are going as scary prisoners/convicts complete with tattoos, chains, & handcuffs.
My oldest will be going as R2D2 and my youngest will be TMNT
Jeannie
I have absolutely no idea what my grandchildren will be this year. They like to surprise me on the night, when I come upstairs to give out the candy and they head off to collect it 🙂
Super heros
my niece is dressing up as a monster high character
A bright and colourful parrot!
my daughter and my dog are going to be matching bees.
Witch, pocahontas and minions
Mario and Luigi
my kids are not going out but may dress up for school. My step grandkids are going as Steve from Minecraft, a sunflower, and an astronaut
My daughter wants to be a fairy.
My oldest is being a zombie and my youngest is being a bumble bee but just at home for our door treaters!
A strawberry!
My son is going to be a skeleton and the other kids are still deciding.
My youngest 3 boys are going as Spiderman, Iron Man and a skeleton.
My kids are dressing as a werewolf and a pumpkin
Jonnie
My granddaughters are dressing up as witches.
my oldest is going as Cinderella and my youngest is going as bat girl
A fairy and a bunny rabbit
my youngest has been wearing his monster costume for the past week, not sure if he will change his mind last minute of halloween and wear something else and my oldest is going as an imperial gaurd from star wars, he just has to pick the most random character lol
my daughter is going as a weeping angel from DR Who.
My son is going as a vampire!
My daughter will be going as Elisa.
My niece is pretty easy this year, a cat! Luckily it’s pretty easy to put together a cat at home, because there were no reasonable cat costumes to buy for a 6 year old. Apparently costume makers think all little girls want to be princesses or fairies. Oops, rant over. Lol
my2 year old is a lion this year! he’s been practicing his roar!
My kids will be dressing up as a fireman and princess for the third.year.in.a.row. Happy Kids = Happy Mom
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Journeys of The Zoo
a ninja and a princess . cant wait.
The one of two will be dressing as Spyderman, the one of four as Ninja and the one of six years of age as a Monster High girl.
We have one spiderman, one Scream, one daisy, and one boo ninja. I will be the Devil!
my niece will be dressing up as Barbie
My daughter is a pirate this year, although she’s making sounds about wanting to be a rainbow unicorn instead…
no dressing up for us this year but we do LOVE the childrens place!
My five yr old is going to be a cat lady and my almost three yr old is a horsie!
my son is going to be a dinosaur
We will have a hockey player and a peacock.
My little grandsons are going as a dinosaur and buzz lightyear.
My son is going to be a ninja
Minnie mouse!
a zombie!
Not dressing up
Since we get to celebrate over 2 days, my daughter gets to be a fairy one day and a princess another day.
Giving out candies:)
Agnes from Despicable Me
Woody from Toy Story..
My grandson is Spiderman and my granddaughter is yet to surprise me.
My son will be a Ghoul
Londia
I don’t have kids, but my nephews and niece are dressing up as the 3 little pigs, and my brother is the big mean wolf! haha
ghost
my son was a minion this halloween
A witch and a creepy ghoul! (Suzi)
A dinosaur
An emoticon and a basketball player.
He is dressing up as some Minecraft character.
there was no dressing up this year. We attended a wedding for halloween
she dressed up as a pumpkin this year
My daughter was a pumpkin this year!
My nieces went as elsa, an owl, a unicorn and a spider witch.
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My granddaughter dressed up as an Egyptian and my 2 great granddaughters were Mario and Luigi
My 5 yr old daughter wanted to be a vampire , so mommy and daddy followed suit and we went as a vampire family !
A ninja!
My daughter is dressing up as a ballerina.
A witch!
They dressed up as a dragon and space cat.
My son went as a skeleton…he was pretty cute 🙂
My grandson was Super Grover this year for Halloween!
We don’t celebrate Halloween, but my children love dressing up as Princesses.
My son dressed as a koala bear!
My son was Batman and my grandsons were Ninja Turtles.
My niece was a vampire
My daughter dressed as a princess.
My son was batman.
my niece went as a cowgirl
my nephew went as Robin from Batman and Robin.
My daughter was a bunny
my nephew was spiderman – his favorite character!
The incredible hulk, and a dragon!
my oldest was barbie and my youngest was tinkerbell
A skeleton, Frankenstein, vampire and Frankie Stein from Monster High.
My daughter dressed up as a witch.
Spiderman and a dinosaur.
My younger sister was a Princess this Halloween! She loves the Children Place!
They were Mike and Boo from Monsters Inc
A penguin!
My little one was Jessie the Cowgirl from Toy Story
Oh he was a policeman this year!
my daughter was a cat
Ninja Turtle!
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A bunny
Ironman
My nephews were a ghost and a ghostbuster!
My son was a football player and my daughter was a ghost.
My daughter was a mermaid and my son was a Minecraft Creeper.
my son was a Spiderman
Elsa
They were dressed as a scarecrow, ghost, and iron man!
My nephew dressed up as a Minion this year.
My son went as Venon , my oldest daughter as cat women ( made by herself 🙂 ) and my youngest daughter went as the chesire cat . I was a ninja turtle We love Halloween
they were various superheros with friends
She chose to be a vampire
She dressed up as Cinderella 🙂
Scooby Doo
My boys were the band Kiss!
They went as princesses.
My daughter dressed up as Ms. Frizzle from the Magic School Bus
My son dressed up as a crane operator, we made him his costume this year 🙂
dr who
One was a Princess, 1 a Karate kid and one a Ninja turtle
They dressed as Power Rangers
Star Wars
My daughter was elsa and my son was a fireman.
she was a unicorn
DD was a crazy cat lady and DS was a Stormtrooper!
CAT AND ELSA AND A NERD
My daughter went as a vampire, and my son went as a dinosaur
I had a zombie and Power Ranger!
Nerd, Ninja Turtle and Zombie
The minions 🙂
My niece was a police officer for Halloween this year.
I always liked them in the white bunny costume with big floppy ears.
My oldest son was a firetruck and my youngest son was a minion!
My oldest was a skeleton and my youngest was The Riddler
The went as princesses
My LO dressed up as a butterfly this year.
My son was a minion and my daughter was Minnie
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My daughter dressed as a witch
My baby boy dressed up as Clark Kent!