The fun Halloween costume kits kids can DIY themselves — while getting a lesson in STEM
This year, if your kid wants to be a unicorn with a glowing horn or a chomping dinosaur or even a lit-up UFO for Halloween, you can say with all confidence, “Sure, kiddo! And you can even make it yourself.” (If only we could say that about all our family...
Halloween costumes are glorifying sexual predators, and it’s disgusting.
Oh hey! In today’s New Thing To Be Rightfully Outraged Over we’re going to go with Halloween costumes that glorify sexual assault. Yeah, you read that right. Thanks to Mark Graham on Twitter, I was alerted to a GYN costume — which is cool. We love...
11 of the absolute best homemade kids’ Halloween costumes of 2017.
While all kids’ Halloween costumes are of course wonderful and creative and adorable and perfect, well, we’re kind of blown away by these in particular. They’re all handmade, all made by regular old parents in our network — no professional...
23 of the hottest pop-culture costumes for babies this year. Look for them all!
Halloween is a great time to be a parent! You probably remember picking your baby’s first costume or maybe you’re picking that costume right now. If you’re the parent that thinks outside the box you have to check out these 2017 pop-culture baby...
From tattooed bikers to superheroes, these photo-real Halloween costume tees for kids are genius!
This Halloween, sure. You might want to put together the spookiest decorations, the coolest jack-o-lanterns, and the most creative costumes for your kids…but sometimes, that’s just not realistic. No shame in that, we get it! And that’s where...
The Halloween socks your kids will beg to wear all year.
While we love putting together Halloween costumes for babies, no want wants a fussy baby stuck in an uncomfortable costume that looked cute on Pinterest. We’re all for Halloween costumes and accessories that babies can wear again. So when we spotted those cute...
Beyond Wonder Woman: 14 empowering girl Halloween costumes inspired by real life heroes
I’m really excited to share these 13 empowering girl Halloween costumes based on some of our favorite real-life heroes. Not that there’s anything wrong with comic superheros and imaginary self-rescuing princesses, but there’s something special about...
From Lisa Frank to Mother of Dragons: 13 cool, easy last-minute Halloween costumes for moms
I’ve spent most of this month trying to tame my kids’ all-out obsession about their Halloween costumes. They’ve swung the gamut from obscure Harry Potter characters to obscure Studio Ghibli characters to morph suits. I can’t keep up, much less...
13 super easy, very fun, no-sew DIY Halloween costume ideas for babies and toddlers.
My six-month-old baby can’t eat candy yet, but I’m not above exploiting his cuteness to satisfy my own sweet tooth when we go trick-or-treating. (Kidding. Sort of.) So I’m all for adorable, easy, no-sew Halloween costume ideas for babies that are...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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