# Best kids halloween costume ever **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356 "2005-05-11T05:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrLoveGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/1 "2005-05-11T05:26:10Z")
I know it’s early, but my wife and I are already talking about what to dress Tink as for Halloween. And the topic of dressing him as a little tiny Gene Simmons came up. So what’s the best costume for the under-1 set? ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/2 "2005-05-11T11:59:48Z")
For foxykid’s first Halloween I dressed him as a spider and made myself a ‘web’ with a long grey skirt and white yarn. Easy peasy. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/3 "2005-05-11T14:39:07Z")
I assume putting him in white jump-suit with black bowler hat & fake eyelash as a Clockwork Orange droog is out of the question? I really do like the Gene Simmons idea. If a wee GS appeared at my door, he’d get all the candy as I collapsed laughing on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/4 "2005-05-11T14:52:47Z")
Best one we ever had at our door was a mom dressed as a giant white rabbit and her infant snugly in a carrot suit. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/5 "2005-05-11T16:48:18Z")
When I first read the OP, I got Gene and Richard Simmons mixed up. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why you’d want to put your kid through that. ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/6 "2005-05-11T18:42:13Z")
Electronic Chaos is onto something here. Teenie tiny shorts and a tank top. Body Glitter. White dude fro wig. Hell, I wanna be Richard Simmons for Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/7 "2005-05-11T20:39:56Z")
You should make some sort of suit that incoporates the backpack carrier and be some sort of two headed freak. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/8 "2005-05-11T20:40:41Z")
I had the best idea for a costume when my friend told me that her husband liked to walk around with their baby perched on his shoulder. I said, hey, why don’t you dress her up like a parrot, and he can wear a pirate costume. She loved it, and I felt brilliant for one brief, shining moment. I never got to see the costume, though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/9 "2005-05-11T22:46:38Z")
It’s maybe a little lame, but my cousin made her son a “pile of leaves” costume a few years back-a red sweat suit and some fake leaves and there you go! You could dress as a big rake, or a tree. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/10 "2005-05-11T22:50:01Z")
How about sending a kid out dressed as Jon Benet Ramsey? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/11 "2005-05-12T12:49:20Z")
Did you see _The Incredibles_? They had a baby, Jack-Jack by name. There are adult sized costumes for the Mr. Incredible & the Elastigirl in the two of you. Go as a set! Here’s the [LINK](http://disney.store.go.com/DSSectionPage.process?Merchant_Id=2&Section_Id=11872&Product_Id=167316) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/12 "2005-05-12T20:06:04Z")
Or, similarly, dress the kid up as Jack-Jack, and say you’re the babysitter. Kari’s kinda indisposed after the last session… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/13 "2005-05-12T20:30:57Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Or, similarly, dress the kid up as Jack-Jack, and say you’re the babysitter. Kari’s kinda indisposed after the last session… 😉 How 'bout Kanga and a little Roo? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/14 "2005-05-12T20:31:58Z")
Sorry…didn’t mean to quote on that last one. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/15 "2005-05-12T21:03:33Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > You should make some sort of suit that incoporates the backpack carrier and be some sort of two headed freak. Ooh! Ooh! Quatto from Total Recall! (use the front pouch carrier instead of the backpack) ---
**Author:** ![My\_Dog\_Klaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@My\_Dog\_Klaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Dog_Klaus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/16 "2005-05-12T21:09:42Z")
Wrap him in tin foil and say he’s a baked potato. (you’ll probably use A LOT less foil than when I did it a few years ago 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/17 "2005-05-12T21:58:25Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > Ooh! Ooh! Quatto from Total Recall! (use the front pouch carrier instead of the backpack) **YES!!** I love that idea, if you wear a loose fitting coat to conceal the little nipper. If you are feeling creative you could go for the [full effect](http://www.alvarezwaxmodels.com/Images/Film%20Images/Kuato,George.jpg) but I think it would still be cool if you just subtly disguised the carry pouch 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/18 "2005-05-12T22:30:40Z")
The cutest one i ever saw was based on the Mucha Lucha character Snow Pea. The green blanket zipped. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/19 "2005-05-13T01:34:46Z")
Since the last _Star Wars_ movie is coming out, dress up like a Jedi and then tell everyone you’re Obi-Wan Kenobi delivering Baby Luke to his aunt and uncle. Or dress Tink up like Yoda. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356/20 "2005-05-14T01:32:16Z")
I used to have a neighbor who was incredibly creative and talented. She had two kids, an older daughter and younger son. She always hand-made their halloween costumes, crafting them cleverly out of cloth and og knows what else. One year they were (son) a plate of spaghetti, complete with a “meatball” hat, and (daughter) a bottle of wine. Another year they were a (son) hotdog and (daughter) a jar of mustard. The least creative thing I ever saw them in was a mere Ms. and Mr. Pac Man. All the normal mothers, who basically threw a pillow case over the kid and said “There! You’re a ghost!” hated that woman. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kids-halloween-costume-ever/303356.md?page=2)