Where to Buy Kids' Halloween Costumes
Find Fun Costumes, Cheap Costumes, and Ideas for Homemade Costumes
Sep 16, 2009
Halloween is the perfect holiday for kids' imaginations to flourish. Find their perfect costumes the easy and fun way.
Shopping Online for Halloween Costumes
Some kids know exactly what they want to be for Halloween. Some probably need to see some options before making a decision. Either way, shopping online allows for many choices and makes finding the perfect costume easy and fun. Browsing online inventories allows kids’ imaginations to go wild, and they will find they can be anything they want to be on Halloween.
Start at a website like Halloweenexpress.com. For parents whose kids know what they want to dress as, searching directly for that costume, like “Princess,” will bring up lots of choices within that category. The parent and child can then browse through the selection to find the perfect costume. For example, searching for “witch” on this website brings up 4 pages of results. Looking through the costumes together is fun for both parent and child. This website has lots of Harry Potter character costumes and accessories, including glasses, wands and Gryffindor scarves.
If the child doesn’t know what he or she wants to be, click on one of the many categories and start browsing. Chances are something will strike the fancy of the child. Websites like halloweencostumes4kids.com and justkidscostumes.com have all costumes in categories for easy searching and browsing.
For trendy costumes like Hannah Montana and High School Musical, try Childrenscostumesexpress.com.
Find Cheaper Costumes
Walmart.com has a selection of costumes for only $20, so for those looking for the cheaper choice, this could be the place to go. Walmart.com does not have as many choices in each category as other websites, but they have a general collection of costumes, including superheroes and princesses.
A great place to find cheaper kids’ Halloween costumes is ebay.com. Get the costume early and there will not be a rush of people getting costumes all at once, driving up the bidding price. Search “kids Halloween costumes” and browse through the choices.
Another alternative to paying higher prices at online stores is making a costume at home. Lots of costumes can be easily made at home with household items. Got a clear garbage bag, balloons and a tin pie pan? It’s a jar of jelly beans. Blow up the balloons, fashion a dress out of the garbage bag, put a turtleneck and tights underneath, fill the bag with the balloons and fasten the pie plate on the child’s head as a hat.
An old solid colored sweater can be an M&M costume. Simply draw and cut out an “m” on white cloth, make a few stitches to secure it to the middle of the sweater. Pair it with white gloves and white shorts and tights.
Put together a cheaper, more original Hannah Montana costume by going by the local thrift store and finding articles there. Look for sparkly tops, tights and boots.
Other ideas for homemade costumes can be found online.
Putting together a Halloween costume should be fun and simple for both parent and child. Shopping online makes it easy and allows for lots of choices. A little extra searching and crafting can turn up a cheaper or more original costume.
Make Halloween fun for the whole family by finding costumes for mom and dad, too.
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