Growing up, I never celebrated Halloween. We always did some other fun activity, like bowling or something that like, as a family. But we didn’t dress up and the first time I went actual Trick-or-Treating was when I took my oldest for the first time 2 years ago. I don’t agree with the actual concept surrounding the Halloween holiday… I actually really hate the holiday in and of itself. However, I love playing dress up with girls and I wanted to share some of my favorite Halloween costumes for toddlers.
Younger kiddos have some of the most adorable costumes on the market. This is the opposite of the costumes when they get older, especially for girls and women. Is it just me or do the costumes continue to use the same amount of material in adult sizes as they do in kids? Yet still expect us to fit… hmm.
Anyways, on to the cuteness!
Here are some of the most adorable (and some of the easiest) costumes for little ones.
Halloween Costumes for Toddlers and Babies
Animals:
Picking something like animals is super easy and cute. There are so many costumes out there and so many simple accessories that you can use to make your own costumes.
In this picture, are now two-year-old was only a few weeks old, but because it is still so warm in Arizona in October we ventured out to take the toddler around the neighborhood. The three of us girls dressed up as cats. The baby and I stuck with the typical black cat theme, and the oldest was a tiger. The costumes turned out pretty cute and the were so easy to throw together with a little make-up action and a pair of ears:)
Fairytale Creatures:
Kids can get away with being anything they want, even if the thing isn’t actually real. The first Halloween that my oldest dressed up, she was a unicorn. I picked it because Despicable Me was pretty new and I was slightly in love with the little girl on there who ran around screaming “It’s so fluffy!”
Our twins dressed up as gnomes one year, and I am OBSESSED with their costumes.
I would go with something easy and one piece, with snaps, if you are dressing up a smaller child or baby. They are quick to get on and off and they kind of remind me of footie pajamas so if it is colder where you live, your sweet baby unicorn (or other fairy tale creature) will be cozy:) Some of my favorites are unicorns (of course), Disney Princesses, and dragons/monsters.
Mermaids are always a fabulous go-to:)
Character from their Favorite T.V. Show:
Anyone that has been around little ones knows that they get hooked on certain T.V. shows. Some of them are really annoying, others are educational and some are just silly little shows. Both of my girls are really into “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” and “Jake and the Never-land Pirates“. They are both so much better than the shows my oldest used to love… I’ll spare you by not talking about them because if I do, the most annoying theme songs ever will get stuck in your head if you are familiar with the shows.
In the main picture above, we changed up the costume a little bit for another Halloween event, and made her a girl version of Daniel Tiger:) Toothbrush and all. You know how Daniel Tiger loves to teach those lessons.. “Clothes on, eat breakfast, brush teeth…” You’re singing it now aren’t you?:)
So, the choices for costumes last year was a pirate or a tiger… well one of them was a tiger previously so we switched it up and went with pirates! This year, we’ve moved on to Doc Mcstuffins and Lambie.
If you follow Motherhood and Merlot on Instagram, there are always pictures of my sweet little ones, especially on holidays. This year, there will be plenty of our twins in their costumes as well, which I am SUPER excited about.
It’s pretty fun to let them choose what they want to be and see what crazy or not-so-crazy ideas they come up with. When I first asked my oldest, she said she wanted to be pizza. I vetoed that.
Grown ups can have fun too! Here are some great Halloween wine options to get you through trick-or-treating:)
What are your kids dressing up as for Halloween? Have you had any requests for crazy costumes?
*Cheers to getting to dress up however you want for a day, and eating your kiddos candy*
Adorable costume ideas! I didn’t really celebrate Halloween growing up either but now I love finding costumes!
You can’t help but love the adorable little costumes:)
Cute! Babies look so cute in animal costumes. My son is being Jake (Neverland pirates) and my daughter is going to be Anna from Frozen.
Cute! My daughter and your son will be pirate partners together:) She is OBSESSED with Jake and the NLP.
Oh my goodness Joanna, these ARE adorable costumes!
I loved dressing up my little ones. My oldest daughter was a duck for her first Halloween… which was awesome because my husband and I actually dressed up that year as a priest and a nun. Every place we went to people had a laugh… it was like some kind of bad bar joke.
My youngest daughter was Yoda for her first Halloween. It was awesome and she was one pruney little Yoda.
This year they’re both Elsa.
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Adorable costumes! We love Halloween, we don’t celebrate anything evil but love dressing up.
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I absolutely love dressing my boys up. I also like to dress up….it was a favorite game when I was a kid. Great costume suggestions!
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Suuuuper cute! My 3 year old goes back and fourth between different princesses that she wants to be. I think she’s narrowed it down to Elsa (uhg!) or Mulan (she is BLONDE!!!) but whatever – it is just a day to dress up to her. She is too little to get into deep conversation about what Halloween is really about.
so funny… i always hated halloween. the whole things weird to me (why do we feel such a string need to BE someone else for one day – the concept is kinda weird and a little sad to me ) – not to mention the whole “horror thing” but alas, i have been forced into it by the children!
Such adorable costumes. That tiger one is just the sweetest thing!! I’m in Arizona too and I’m hoping it’s not raining or 100 degrees this year;)
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Cute kids’ costume ideas! My kids are outgrowing trick-or-treating and it makes me a little sad!
Oh my goodness, those gnome ones are SO adorable!!
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I agree with you, costumes get smaller and smaller…
Anyway, I also agree that little kids costumes are the cutest! I never really cared about the holiday, until my daughter came. We’re going as a group of superheros, but if she had her way, she would be something like Daniel, Doc, or Lambie too. She’s two, so likely next year she can tell me. I probably should start looking for Doc now, then. 😉
Hahah well I have an extra if you want it;)
I LOVE Halloween costumes! I don’t really decorate for Halloween but I LOVE going all out for the costumes! This year we let our 4 year old pick what he wanted to be and he picked a Transformer and I just was not up for making a costume with that many pieces to it! I’d still be working on it until NEXT year! So for the first time we went out and purchased one! But my daughter is going to be Princess Poppy from Trolls and I’m going to make that one because I can’t find one small enough to fit her! 🙂
So many adorable costume ideas! I wish my kids were younger, we had so much fun choosing Halloween costumes. Such a fun time of the year!
I totally agree with the cuteness of toddler Halloween costumes! Loving all these ideas and the pictures! ❤️ I am not much on Halloween either, but love watching the littles get dressed up. My oldest is going to be Uma from the Descendants 2 movie, my son is going as Captain Underpants (most hilarious costume ever 😂), and my youngest is going to be a peacock 😊
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That little gnome outfit set is so cute!!! I need to figure out what my daughter is going to be… I’m running out of time!
That gnome outfit set is too cute! I really need to figure out what my daughter will be, running out of time!
Aww these costumes are adorable!! My nephew is Chewbacca this year and was Harry Potter last year lol
So cute! My kid is going as Louise from Bob’s Burgers lol