Kid Pumpkin Costume
Varieties of a Kid Pumpkin Costume for Halloween
On the night of All Hallows Eve you will see thousands of different costumes on children, teenagers and adults. Some of the same types of costumes are repeated from year to year. For example, you will always see the scary witch, devil or vampire costume, the funny clown or some kind of animal, and there will always be characters from well loved movies and fairy tales. Halloween costumes for babies generally have been dressed up as something absolutely adorable like peas in a pod, angels or little devils, and, of course the classic traditional Halloween pumpkin costume.
There are even designer Halloween costumes that feature this traditional pumpkin design. Many years ago, there was only one type of pumpkin design and everyone who wanted their child to dress up like one looked the same. Times have changed. If you have decided on a pumpkin costume for Halloween for your little one, you now have lots of variations to choose from.
First there is, of course, the classic large, round, orange pumpkin body, with green felt arms and legs on the jumper that the child wears underneath. This variation usually has black felt triangles for eyes and a crooked toothed grin. Sometimes this variation has an orange cap and green felt leaves that represent the stem of the pumpkin. What youngster wouldn’t look absolutely adorable in this getup?
Other variations do not have the large round body but instead use an orange footie jumpsuit with a smiling jack-o’-lantern face painted on the chest and stomach area. These types also have a “stem” which is worn on the head like a green jacket-hood, with green flaps covering the shoulders like leaves. This variation is often used for older toddlers because it allows full mobility since the legs are able to be separated. For older children, sometimes black clothing is worn under the costume to make arms and legs seem less “visible”.
One of the more interesting types of a kid pumpkin costume for Halloween are those in which the round orange body of the pumpkin can be inflated to create a balloon like appearance. These types are not recommended for infants or babies because they are not safe for the little ones. You can see older children sporting light up jack-o’-lantern boppers or pumpkin handbags as accessories for this popular Halloween costume. No matter which variation you choose to buy for your Halloween goer, don’t forget to add the jack-o’-lantern basket to hold all of their Halloween candy treats!
Buying the Right Size Kid Pumpkin Costume
It is a part of the Halloween tradition to have jack-o’-lanterns that decorate houses, streets and businesses, with candles lighting up wicked or goofy pumpkin faces on the evening of trick-or-treating. There are thousands of different types of costumes that you will see on any given Halloween night! If you have been thinking about which Halloween costume might be the most adorable for your cute young one, you might have decided on the traditional pumpkin costume.
This adorable type of costume has many variations but is centered around the same theme of turning the wearer into a festive orange pumpkin for the night’s events. Almost everyone has a treasured photograph from their childhood of when they were dressed up in a kid pumpkin costume at a family get-together on Halloween. This part of traditional Halloween lore is something that you can pass on to your children when they are very young when you choose the pumpkin outfit for their Halloween costume.
Here’s what can happen if you don’t buy the right size Kid Pumpkin Costume!
One of the pitfalls with this type of costume is that since it takes the shape of the large round object it can be difficult to get the perfect size costume for your child. While some stores carry this type of costume in a one-size-fits-all style, a high-end costume dealer will have small, medium, and large sizes for both infants and toddlers. Having a variety of sizes ensures that your pumpkin costume will fit your child perfectly. Look for the ability to buy sizes according to your child’s age. You can find sizes that range in the 6 to 12 months category, 12 to 18 months, 18 to 24 months, and 3/4/5T sizes for toddlers.
Normally accessories that are sold with the kids pumpkin costume don’t need to have a specific size. Cloth hats that make up the stem of the pumpkin can be easily adjusted with the elastic fitted rim of the hat. This stretchy material conforms to the size of your infant or toddler’s head. If you have more than one child you will want to consider possibly buying a one-size-fits-all pumpkin costume that siblings can use from year-to-year. Or, order several of the same type of costume in order to have your very own family pumpkin patch! Even if you get the perfectly sized pumpkin costume, it is meant to be round in the middle, so having some extra space in the middle or towards the bottom of the costume is natural. Plus, this makes a little bit of extra room for all that Halloween candy!