SHOP THESE EASY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES FOR KIDS:
I can’t believe Halloween will be here in a few short weeks! Today I wanted to share several really fun and really easy Halloween costumes for kids! Last year the girls were Hermoine Granger from Harry Potter (above), and they looked so cute for Zoo Boo all dressed up! Halloween typically sneaks up on me after the crazy busy summer and before all the holidays and kids’ birthdays. But this year, we are prepared! Grayson is going to be Jack the Skeleton King, Amelia is going to be Ariel, and Leighton has 2 costumes – Ursula and a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. They are all so excited! Below is what we had picked for Disney and wore to Zoo Boo too.
Let’s look at some of their favorite costumes over the last several years starting with last year where Leighton had several costume dress up days lol!
These were our some more of our costumes last year. This was Leighton’s fun little romper that Eleven wore in Stranger Things. It was fairly inexpensive, and it ended up bing so cute! And Leighton actually loved the costume and thought it was really cool with the 80’s print and colors. And it totally coordinated with mine, Matt and Grayson’s Stranger Things costumes. It was perfect for trick or treating last year! For school she also dressed up Clueless style, and on Halloween she dressed up as Beetlejuice and we watched the Broadway show at the Orpheum.
While in Disney a couple years ago, I took the girls to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party, and to prepare, I picked out these mermaid tulle dresses in advance for the girls. It was a win-win that they are also perfect for them to wear for Halloween. I had Grayson a matching lobster costume too, and he was Sebastian, and the girls were Ariel. = )
This was one of my favorite costumes. It was just so easy, and being in Disney near Halloween was SO much fun and special! And the girls absolutely loved dressing up as mermaids, and I don’t blame them! And how adorable was Grayson?!
I am all about finding costumes that are inexpensive and that the kids can wear more than once. It is also so easy to get a tulle dress and turn it into an easy costume also. The girls love tutu dresses, and they are great to wear to schools and parties too. You might remember these super easy but cute looks the girls wore the year before too. We had some adorable little tutu dresses for Leighton’s birthday party a few ago, so all we needed to add was some unicorn headbands.
This was the most inexpensive costume I’ve ever put together hands down! The dresses come in different colors, so you could easily even do a cat, vampire, or most anything else! The girls loved their costumes too, and to my surprise, they wanted to wear their dresses and headbands nonstop! Now we keep tulle dresses on rotation. It’s so easy to pair with a unicorn horn, cat ears, fairy wings, and almost anything to make such a quick and easy costume!
Another great way to save money is to get some adorable little matching Halloween pajamas. Not only are they great to sleep in all fall, but they are also perfect for Halloween parties and even doing some trick or treating. Especially for little kids! No scratchy costumes for the little ones. A soft, cozy pair of PJs can do the trick if they’re really small! These are their adorable ghost pjs they’ve been wearing nonstop this year.
Below is last year. It’s been so fun comparing the pictures year over year and how quickly they all have grown too. I’ll let them wear matching pajamas as long as they will!
The year before last, the kids wore their skeleton pajamas for Halloween too! Grayson was so tiny that it was the perfect costume for an infant. This year we couldn’t find the skeleton pajamas, so we bought them some adorable little pumpkin pajamas and some ghost pajamas to wear. Look how much they have grown from one year to the next! The kids have been wearing their Halloween pajamas nonstop! And they think it is so fun when they all match.
Three years ago, I got Leighton a skeleton costume too so she could wear it out trick or treating. It had the cutest little tulle trim on the top that looks like a skirt. What she loved is that she still matches the 2 littles, but she has her own special costume to wear trick or treating and to costume day at school. This one here is super similar to the one she wore.
For her hair, I just braided it in small braids that morning and took it out that night for a fun, crimped style. Then I brushed it out and sprayed some hairspray in it. It gave it such a spooky skeleton look to it. And of course, she had to have some red lipstick to complete the look!
Over the years, Matt and I have also worn these couples’ costume ideas, so check them out for a lumberjack, a deer, and Top Gun ideas that are super fun too. These Easy Halloween Costumes for kids are so simple! They don’t require but 1 or 2 easy accessories outside of your closet. And look at Grayson 3 years ago as a baby lumberjack!
We are all about stretching that dollar and making sure that Halloween is fun, easy, and budget-friendly! Are you a fan of keeping it simple for Halloween or do you go all out? What are you and your kids going to be this year for Halloween?
Shop all of my favorite easy Halloween costumes for kids here:
