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Family Themed Halloween Costumes

  • Oct 11, 2020
  • 2 min read

I LOVE a good costume, especially a family theme. Usually I can persuade my family to participate. I also love the challenge of creating the costumes on a budget. Look around the house, dig through the closets, you'd be surprised how much you probably already have in your house. Each year, I try to buy the minimum amount of costumes and if I do buy anything I make sure it's something we can use again. Here are a few of our past costumes...enjoy


Halloween 2014 - The One With All The Decades

This was a fun one to put together - Let the kids help, they are more creative than we think. Here are a few pics for inspiration.














Halloween 2015 - The One With All The Seasons

Winter-Spring-Summer-Fall

We used some old dance costumes, added in a few accessories and done! Face paint is also a fun addition to any costume.







Halloween 2016 - The One With The Princesses

Daddy is our favorite PRINCE. Sure you can buy traditional princess costumes - but we had fun making ours! We had just been on a Disney Cruise and used these as our costumes on the ship. A few tank tops and some sparkle is all you need. pictured: Jasmine-Tiana-Snow White-PRINCE-Belle-Arial




Halloween - 2017 - The One With No Theme

Sometime you just have to give in and let them do their thing. I still go by the rule - spend as little money as possible and only buy things you can wear again. Notice the poodle skirt is a repeat from a few year back (fun fact: it was actually mine for a dance recital in 1995) - Angel costume made with random white fabric - Hawaiian outfit made with items from the "dress up" stash and Wonder Woman made with a store bought shirt and other items we already had.



Halloween 2018 - The One With The Animals


Zookeepers and the animals!! Make some masks, paint your face, add some ears - and you have a costume! Our youngest had a blast making her peacock mask - the pig already had a pink dress - zookeepers, denim shirt, khaki pants, and boots(already owned) zebra- just painted a shirt and the lion just needed a fuzzy vest! I think this is a super cute and easy family costume. **links are for similar items**



Halloween 2019 - The One With Sprinkles

Our favorite ice cream flavors. Our youngest made ice cream cone hats (we used birthday party hats and covered them with paper) Dad just needed a bow tie and apron. The girls got sweatshirts(which they still wear) Cut up some paper and make sprinkles! If you have a kid who needs more sparkle - get her a tutu skirt and then she can wear it for Christmas! *links for similar items*



Halloween 2013 - American Girl

This year I was a little ambitious - I made costumes for each girl to match their American Girl. It was a lot of work - but so fun!!








Halloween 2020 - still undecided as to our costumes - any suggestions?

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The idea of coordinating family-themed Halloween costumes really stood out, especially how the article shows that the fun comes not just from the individual outfits but from how the whole group ties together into a single theme. I liked the examples where familiar characters or matching ideas make the costumes feel more playful and intentional rather than random. It also made me wonder how much planning usually goes into getting everyone on board, since coordinating different ages and preferences probably adds its own challenges.

It’s interesting how something like this can feel like a small creative project in itself, similar to how people sometimes try to organize complex tasks in other areas of life, whether it’s planning events or even…

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