We almost didn’t do a family costume this year, since initially Rebecca wanted to be a princess and Hayden wanted to be a ghost. After flirting with the idea of pirates, finally Hayden settled on . . . KING, “for Princess Becca.” (Becca, however, insisted she was “Princess Beyya” and also from Princess and the Frog. Got me.)
Rachel’s sticky gem tiara lasted longer than half her earrings—but still not very long.
I made Rebecca’s dress, and you can read more about that over on Wayward Girls’ Crafts (if that doesn’t work, I’ll be along to fix it soon!).
Here’s the royal family. If Hayden’s the king, I guess I’m the Regent. No way I’m letting my five year old rule the country. And I just realized our royal orders are worn opposite. Oh well.
At the end of the night, we handed down our tiaras for a little while:
And where was Ryan? Well, mostly he was running the church Halloween party, but when you caught a glimpse of him, he was part of the entourage, too.
Head of royal security, of course. (And yes, it was his idea.)
Halloween is coming up and we love to dress up as a family (since the kids are still young enough to agree!). We haven’t settled on this year’s costume, so I’m coming up with as many ideas as possible. We always make our own costumes (and I’ve included pictures of every year here) in a family theme. Please note that I’m not saying that I think these ideas are good/creative/funny, nor that you should buy these costumes; they’re just everything I found. Also note: the links below are Amazon affiliate links; I earn a small percentage of any purchase you might make after following the links. (Thanks!)
Most of these use “babies” to mean toddler or infant, and “kids” to mean grade schoolers (since, let’s face it, how many teens do family-themed costumes?).
Daddies: Lawrence Fletcher (white polo with red cuffs & hem and green shield/pocket on chest, blue pants or jeans, glasses), Dr. Doofenshmirtz (black turtleneck, gray pants, lab coat, large “inator” [water gun]), Major Monogram (olive drab with purple MM monogram) Mommies: Linda Flynn-Fletcher (white collared shirt, yellow sweater vest, green capris, red hair) (or Lindana: pink tube top, gold hoop earrings, jean jacket, green hairbow with pink polkadots, TOY belt buckle, green miniskirt, grey tights, pink? leggings), Candace (coral shirt, white skirt with red ribbon/belt, coral socks, white shoes, orange hair) Sons: Phineas (orange and white striped shirt, blue shorts, red hair), Ferb (white shirt, high-waisted purple shorts with gray ribbon/belt, green hair), Buford (black skull shirt, olive drab shorts, wallet chain), Baljeet (white shirt, jean shortalls) Daughters: Candace, Isabella (white shirt, pink jumper dress, pink hairbow) Babies: Perry the Platypus (Agent P) (green onesie, green tights, tail, bill, flippers and fedora)
Daddies: Dave Mommies: Chipmunk, Chipette, Beatrice Miller (Chipettes’ “mom”) Sons: Alvin the Chipmunk (or Simon or Theodore) Daughters: Chipettes or Chipmunks Babies: Chipmunk/Chipette
Daddies: Steve, Blue, Mr. Salt Mommies: Magenta, Periwinkle, Mrs. Pepper Sons: Blue, Green Puppy, Steve Daughters: Blue (she’s a girl, you know), Magenta, Periwinkle Babies: Green puppy, Blue (crawling/walking or in arms), Cinnamon, Paprika
Daddies: Willy Wonka (hat), Mr. Bucket, Grandpa Joe Mommies: Grandma Josephine, Mrs. Bucket, any of the mothers or girls Sons: Charlie, Oompa Loompa (Green wig or black wig) Daughters: Violet, Veruca, Oompa Loompa Babies: Oompa Loompa
Possibly for three children or a family of three: butcher (make your own unless you’re going for terrifying), baker kids or adults, candlestick maker (ummm . . . ?)
Men: Mr. Body (Dr. Black outside of North America), Col. Mustard, Mr./Rev. Green, Professor Plum Women: Mrs. White, Miss Scarlet(t), Mrs. Peacock Kids: as above, dice, murder weapons
