The Costume Hunt is On!
Speaking of big babies, there is a serious challenge when it comes time for Halloween costumes. Baby costumes for infants are easy enough to arrange, but when your preschooler or toddler suddenly develops a preference for a costume, mothers of big boys like mine run into a spot of trouble.
Example:
Jake, my three year old who happens to wear a 4 or 5 in boys clothing, wants to be Handy Manny or Winnie the Pooh for Halloween. Now, if you’ve ever shopped for preschool boy costumes, you’ll notice that many of the cartoon characters appropriate for a three-year-old come in sizes 2T – 3T or 3T – 4T. In short, they are too short for my little man.
I’m not worried about my kid having his legs stick out the bottom (he’s not a fashion icon, anyway), but we tried on a 3T-4T Tigger suit from last year, and he almost had a panic attack when it got stuck over his arms and chest. He’s a big boy, and he needs a big costume. Appar
ently this means he’ll have to be Captain Jack Sparrow, the Dark Spiderman, or the Hulk as those are the only costumes I can find in his size (XS Boys). For some that might not be a problem, but my kiddo has never even seen the movies and a drunken pirate is just no competition for a cool handyman he watches every day on Playhouse Disney.
Looks like this busy mom will be getting just a bit busier creating a toolbox for talking tools and finding a red trucker cap.
Incidentally, if we can find Jake a Pooh Costume, Brian (my one-year-old in 2T-3T clothing) will be Eeyore. If push comes to shove, he’ll just wear Jake’s old Superman costume. (Jake wanted to have a cape that year.)
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Comment by Eugene | October 31, 2008