Do you buy expensive Halloween costumes every year?
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Anonymous
| We love Halloween in our house and always throw parties. We also attend lots of Halloween parties. We tend to each have several costumes, usually things we've bought secondhand or at the thrift store and altered. DD plays dress up with the old costumes and eventually we donate them to charity. |
Anonymous
| Got a great costume for $5 at unique thrift store in Merrifield. If I have the foresight I shop at Old Navy's sales after Halloween for the next year. |
Anonymous
| we make them.... |
Anonymous
| We spent quite a bit when we could get two years of wear out of them This year is homemade and we spent close to the same amount but he got so much more enjoyment out of putting it together. |
Anonymous
| My kids are still in the dress up phase so they wear their costumes a lot after Halloween - so I don't mind so much. |
Anonymous
We make them. Dogs, ghosts, ninjas, super heroes. We do sometimes spend more than $25 on costume supplies, but last year's ghost sure was cheap. 
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Anonymous
| I buy new after Halloween each year. They are given as part of xmas presents and the kids are thrilled...they are new costumes, new for Halloween, they get a year of play out of them...and they are 75-90% off. So the answer is, yes the would be expensive but I buy them for $10 or less. |
Anonymous
| The last two years I spent about $50 on each costume. This year I picked up a $20 costume at Marshalls. |
Anonymous
| I bought DS's on clearance last year. $12. My upper limit is $20. He's still in preschool, so I get to choose - mostly gender neutral animals that can be handed down to his little cousin, a girl. |
Anonymous
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Honestly, having a really cute costume on my DS makes me happy, so I do it even if he only wears it one or two times. But I can afford it and I have only one kid. I also don't have the time for DIY and am not crafty, either
I think it's up to you what you want to spend your money on and either way is ok unless you are somehow humiliating your kids with some extreme behavior about this which I highly doubt. |
Anonymous
Exact same situation and my DS likes Halloween almost more than xmas. He will wear the costumes MANY times over the year and I figure now at 6 this will fade soon and I just love watching him enjoy dressing up. |
Anonymous
Same here. But we're expecting #2 now and worried about furloughs, so next year may be different. |
Anonymous
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We typically make our costumes. But that can add up. Our family of 6 picks a theme and we dress up as a group. Typically I can put together some of the costumes pretty cheap but then a few are always more.
For example this year: Dad: $3 for a hat and we have all other items Mom: $6 for a skirt from goodwill, $1.50 for a pack of dye to turn that skirt into the right color DD: $12 for a shirt from Old Navy that she will be able to wear as normal clothes DS1, 2, 3: $5 each for goodwill jacket, $6 each pants from Target, $10 each for hats, $10 fabric, $15 fabric paint So the boys costumes are costing a bit more but the other costumes are pretty cheap so it all equals out. My kids are still into playing dress up so they will get worn a lot at home and again in the Spring for the school talent show. |
Anonymous
| $15 to $30 so far. My kids are 3 and infant and same danger so I plan on reusing at least the preschool ones until younger one has a say. I've gotten most of them off eBay. |
Anonymous
| PP here. Meant same gender, not same danger. |