Do you pick your kid's costume?

GisleyandHank

I always dreamed about dressing my kids up in adorable costumes right out of a magazine, but instead my daughter puts her foot down and picks her own costume, or excuse for a costume, or lack of a costume. Last year she changed her mind 3 times, then wouldn't wear anything. This year she got her "dream" costume, Strawberry Shortcake, but I won't let her wear it until Halloween.

I see other kids wearing the most adorable things! Do you pick out your kids' costumes?

momofdbb

My kids pick their own costumes. Even if its not what I would pick for them.

SnoopMom

My 5yr old picked Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas by herself...she loves the movie(my sister made it) and my 11 yr old decided to be a Sock Monkey..it's actually cute..not would I would have chosen but she is 11 and as long as it's not slutty looking she is good!

Hairbowsandtraincars

My 2 year old would not wear the princess costume my mother in law had for her. I was rather disappointed. We had to go rent a horsie outfit for her. My 18 month old doesn't care and my 4 month old has no idea what's going on. I hope that next year, I can dress my oldest as Little Bo Peep and the two younger ones as sheep. If not, I'll do Raggedy Ann and Andy.

lostinthewind

They Puck their own, but they are also 9&10 I do get final input to make sureall that needs to be covered is.

Emmasmom04

she comes up with a bunch of ideas and then we shop around for whats most affordable. This year she is going to be a goddess, costume was 50% off so I only paid 15 for it=)

cheesehead4ever

I get final say to make sure it is appropriate and doesn't cost too much. Older DD is going to be Flo from Progressive. Cost us $3 for the white pants from Walmart. Younger DD I actually offered her $10 if she would pick one of the many costumes we already own. She refused and picked out a tail and ear set at Target that ost me $5!

squish

DS has no choice since he's only one. This year he's yoda although I was tempted to do garden gnome but I knew he wouldn't wear the beard.

tothemoonandback

That's interesting that you even ask this.. a shitstorm conversation started on facebook between a few mom friends and I, (we all have almost 3 year olds), we were all talking about costumes and one mom started posting these super obscure costumes saying "I don't know what to have Joe be this year.. this one?" etc.. and I was like.. "Does he REALLY want to be a fly swatter/chocolate chip cookie/flag pole? I wouldn't have thought of 'making' Jameson wear something I chose.." and BAM: shitstorm. PERSONALLY..lol.. I have let Jameson choose (other than his first one) but I've given him (so far) the choice between a few that I'm ok with. He was saying he wanted to be batman for a while which made me cringe, but he settled on a lion this year. I'm sure next year we'll dive into commercialism.

babablacksheep

My kids choose what they want to be.

serenitynow

i let mine start picking when they were 2 almost 3. my girls are 6 & 7 so i just tell them that they can pick but i have to approve it

SaraMommy

I gave my 23 month old a few choices when we went to the store and he picked out a monkey! he loved it! He would just look in the mirror and laugh! And now after seeing other kids dressed up, he keeps saying he wants to be Spiderman! I guess next year he will really get a say in the matter! I will let him have options, but I won't buy anything that isn't appropriate for his age or that he has no clue what it is.

Crash

I picked out my kids' costumes when they were younger, as in playschool and kindergarten age, but I'd try really hard to convince them of what I wanted them to be! Lol. Which is pretty much why they always won the school costume contests in K, and grade 1. And then they started to pick their own.

You can totally tell whose parents picked out which kids' costumes....some of them are fiendishly clever.

theprincessmommy

The pick, I miss them being little so I can be nerdy Oldest went as a hobbit for his first halloween (made it my self I was so damn proud) and second went as vader for his first. This year we have PercyJackson and Iron man

piratej101321

Mine can choose, but with a few restrictions... I do not buy costumes so if they cannot find something in the box then I will make it but it does have to be approved ;-) I have made many... Sally from the nightmare before Christmas, Pirate Princess, Duff man (Older Son 21) Pirate, Witch, this year DD11 is a Pirate and DD5 is Frankie stein from Monster High

mommy2brooklyn

My daughter just turned 1 a few weeks ago so we're still picking her costume (last year at 2 weeks she was a mermaid and this year she'll be Wonder Woman). Next year, if she has an opinion I'll let her pick. If not, I guess I'll choose one more time. I think it's fun to let them choose and let their personality shine through! Of course if she chose something one day that was too slutty, too vulgar/disgusting, etc. then I would say no.

FireAngel334

My DDs 10 & 12, have been picking their own costumes since they were 2...LOL. It's sad but I have no say...only in making sure its age appropriate and tasteful.

missmama5

Conor has always picked his own costume within price reason.

Tacoflower1218

I let my DD8 choose her own. Last year she wanted to be Poison Ivy, which i thought was awesome (her dad is into the superheros), so i started looking online for costume ideas. didn't get very far bc not even 2 weeks later she went with her grandma and picked up some generic mermaid costume. this year, she's a witch. i see no point in having 2 or 3 different costumes that she's only going to wear for a couple of hours but it can be frustrating when her grandma (her dad's mom) influences her to change her mind.

Megsue

I picked DS3's costume for the first three years. This year he picked his own. He changed his mind a million times, so at around 7pm on the 30th we went to the store to pick one out. The whole ride, he said he wanted to be a firefighter. When we got there and were walking down the isle to grab the firefighter costume, he spotted a SWAT team costume, and that's what he ended up being.

iritnus

I made my child's costumes for the first few years of her life. This year we bought one at the store: Cleopatra.
Then the Frankenstorm dropped 3 feet of snow on my town and we didn't get to go trick-or-treating.

km.mamma

My six year old picked the hulk and my 4 year old was iron man all there own doing!its there day so i think they should be wht they want

jetty

The first few years I got to make my son cute little animal costumes. Then he turned 4 and wanted to be a werewolf, at 5 he was darth vader and this year he was wolverine. I miss cute costumes, lol