To feel unsure about Halloween costumes?

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Just wondered if I'm alone in this or if ther are others who feel the same?

DS has been invited to a Halloween birthday party and it's fancy dress. DS is 2.5 and I feel a bit uncomfortable dressing him I a scary costume. Anyone else feel like this? Don't want to be a party pooper.

Pumpkin? Dragon?? Fried egg??! :) I totally agree with your reservations having seen some of the costumes out there this year (which frankly would scare the shit out of me let alone a toddler) but I honestly don't think there are any hard and fast rules about what's 'allowed'.... Get creative and have fun! :)

it doesn't have to be scary. what about a pumpkin or a favourite character. p s. ds was born at the start of october and at Halloween a few weeks later I put him in a wee skeleton babygro suit and he was so cute

He would happily go as a fireman but I wasn't sure if that would be out of place.

sounds fine, if he wants to be a fireman then let him

Fireman sounds great, in the States costumes are just fancy dress . I don't see why it has to be different here.

It doesn't have to be scary!

Although toddlers are scared of the strangest things. DD burst into tears at a child in a pumpkin suit last year

We do a big halloween party for DD and her friends and never do scary costumes: this year she is being a bulldog, last year was cat in the hat etc. in the States you can be whatever you want. Family costumes always work well too. One year DD was a lion, I was Dorothy and DH was the tin man. We have some friends who always come as the Kennedys; excellent costumes !

It doesn't have to be scary. My DCs have always had witch/skeleton/black cat costumes but they weren't scary versions. Ds had a vampire sleep suit type costume with 'little nipper' on the cape for his first Hallowe'en an looked so cute.

IME its always been fairly easy to find non scary 'traditional' Halloween ds2 (almost 2) has got a skeleton costume from last year which isn't scary, its more like a cartoon skeleton from the funny bones books.

Dislike Halloween for this reason, what's the fun in scaring the shit outta people. Just mo tho, each to their own and all. ??

Stupid iPod.

That last paragraph was supposed to say I've always found most shops have non-scary Hallowe'en costumes in little sizes. Eg witch costumes that are basically princess dresses in black and pink with a pointy hat, or cartoon type skeleton costumes.

I do agree that there are some pretty gruesome costumes this year for slightly older kids, especially the ones aimed at boys like zombies/ghouls etc.

Gap have black PJs with a skeleton on the front... and they're not too scary!

www.gap.co.uk/browse/product.do?cid=1004653&vid=1&pid=000985928000

Get into h&m!

it doesnt have to be scary OMG that is SO CUTE Tess!!!

Gobbolino I wish dd was small enough to wear them!

We have troops of little ones, even babies, with their mums at our door early on Hallowe'en evening. Their costumes are all sorts, from little princesses, cats, Spiderman, sweet (not scary) witches, even just a sheet over their head.
We also get teenagers in very attractive and dashing Dracula, witch, vampire or skeleton suits. I've seen costumes for sale in Asda and Tesco, perfectly acceptable for a tiny child.
I don't think there's anything wrong in it at all. The children are so excited, the candlelit pumpkins in our garden look nice and everyone helps themselves to our mince pies and sausage rolls, sweets and those ghastly sugary false teeth. After they've visited every door in the village they must be stuffed to bursting.

we only do scary outfits with older kids
toddlers are v cute pumpkins

You can make a spider outfit with black tights.

When I was a Tawny Owl with the Brownies, we had a Hallowe'en party and all the Brownies made cat masks the week before. They wore black tights on the night (as Merlypussedoff suggests) and black clothes, and we pinned a short woollen plaited tail on each one. It looked quite good, and wasn't inappropriate or too sinister. The games were cat-themed.

I do see how parents are a bit unsure of Hallowe'en themes. It can get a bit OTT and scary. But common sense helps!

My LO has been a very sweet skeleton in a mamas and papas babygro in a pram and last year was a super cute skeleton with cartoonish features toddling along. Much older DS was a scary skeleton. They liked being the same but ds2 def wasn't frightening!

DN went to the NCT group as a peapod. The only green in a sea of pumpkins...

I think a fireman is fine! Or as others have said, various non scary costumes. In the past my children have been bats, pumpkins, skeletons, black cat, wizard (we have some awesome Harry Potter costumes!) My son once went as a doctor.

The problem is the onesie type costumes are all too small for him. He is in age 3-4 clothing.
The "girls" costumes seem to be less frightening and like others have said just Halloween coloured princess dresses. So far I have been to sainsbury's and tescos and didn't like any.
I forgot to mention the party is also at a soft play so not exactly ideal for fancy dress and i want to avoid anything with bits that could easily catch.

direct.asda.com/george/boys/fancy-dress/skeleton-all-in-one/G004726625,default,pd.html - ds had one like this last year