OUR FAMILY HALLOWEEN COSTUME
Last Halloween we had just moved (like 3 days earlier) to Colorado from Utah, so our costumes were thrown together and low-key. Some farmers, a milk maid & a cow. Done. 10/10 recommend for a busy year.
This year, I have a feeling it may be my last chance to influence what my oldest son wants to be for Halloween, so I am milking it for all it’s worth. My boys have been very into Peter Pan lately & we just finished the audible production, so it was a natural choice for a group costume. Honestly, just manifesting that they never ever grow up.
“Young boys should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older, and then before you know it, they’re grown.”
— J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Our ensembles are a mix of new purchases, thrifted items, and DIY’s (so basically the same mix as my house!). I love a Halloween costume that doesn’t feel straight from Spirit of Halloween, ya know? Something you can’t buy or find anywhere else after everything has been put together (Hey! Also how I style a home!).
For Peter Pan, I originally sewed a costume out of some estate sale fabric, but it was way too small so I went to Hobby Lobby and bought some felt to make a costume based on this tutorial. One of the easiest sewing how-to’s I’ve ever done. You can do it, promise. Since we live in a chilly fall state, I bought some green ribbed jammies from Shein to go underneath his little tunic, then these moccs from Amazon. A little brown ribbon belt finished everything off.
We already owned a Captain Hook costume, but the coat was too small, so we thrifted this coat and kept the accessories from the previous costume. We added the Shein wig, which really sells it. Who knew they had such cheap wigs? The DIY part of his costume is the shoes. We found some adult tap shoes at the thrift store, then glued on shiny paper buckles—voila!
Mr. Smee was an extra good sport this year—anything for the kids! I bought this shirt on Amazon and used one of my tank tops with a pillow underneath for his belly, plus some shorts & shoes he already owned. I thrifted the hat, then added a pom pom because after a lot of family discussion, it was decided that the pom pom was not optional. Some wire frame thrift-store glasses added the final touch.
And that brings us to my costume, Wendy. Can I just say that I loved being Wendy? She is feminine and she wears fancy jammies. My kind of woman. I also enjoyed having a costume that didn’t require tons of makeup. I bought a blue nightgown from, you guessed it, Shein and some fluffy slippers from Temu. I topped it off with this big blue bow.
All told, it’s my favorite family costume yet. The kids each got to be something they loved that fit their personality & the grown-ups got to add to the fun. Hope this helps your future Halloweens!
