Category: Halloween
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21 Halloween Costume for Couple and Dog (Tried & Tested!)
Last October my neighbor Priya spent forty dollars on a matching lion costume set for herself, her husband, and their golden retriever, Biscuit — and Biscuit refused to wear the mane for longer than four minutes before dragging it across the yard like a dead animal. She learned the hard way that “matching” doesn’t mean…
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25 Halloween Costumes for Curvy Women That Actually Fit (Not Just “Technically Available in Your Size”)
I ordered a “plus size” costume online two Halloweens ago that was, in the actual box, just the standard size with an extra four inches of fabric stapled into the side seams. It didn’t fit anywhere it needed to — not the bust, not the hips, not the length — and I wore a completely…
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23 Halloween Costumes for Brothers That Don’t Require Them to Agree on Anything
My sister-in-law spent three weeks last October trying to get her two boys — six and nine — to agree on a matching costume theme, and it ended with the older one refusing to be “the sidekick” to anything and the younger one bursting into tears over a Batman cape. They ended up going as…
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21 Halloween Costumes for Boys 8-10 That They’ll Actually Wear All Night (Not Just for the Photo)
My nephew Eli picked out a full knight costume two years ago — the metallic armor, the cape, the plastic sword and shield — and by 7:30pm, twenty minutes into actual trick-or-treating, the chest plate was in his mom’s tote bag and he was walking around in a t-shirt and a cape. It wasn’t that…
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24 Halloween Costumes for Big Groups (That Won’t Fall Apart When Two People Cancel)
Here’s the thing nobody tells you about group Halloween costumes: the bigger the group text, the higher the odds someone bails at 9pm. I learned this the hard way three years ago when our “12 Days of Christmas” group costume — yes, in October, don’t ask — lost four people between the planning group chat…
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23 Halloween Costumes for Blondes That Actually Work With Your Hair (Not Against It)
I didn’t think about my hair color when I picked Halloween costumes for years. I just grabbed whatever was cute on Pinterest, threw it on, and wondered why I looked like I was cosplaying someone else’s face. It wasn’t until a friend pointed out — mid-costume-shopping-trip, holding up a dark wig I was about to…
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22 Halloween Costumes for Brunettes That Don’t Require a Wig
I used to buy a wig for basically every Halloween costume, until I actually sat down and did the math one October — I’d spent something like $140 over three years on synthetic wigs that itched by hour two and ended up shoved in a drawer afterward. The year I finally leaned into my own…
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24 Halloween Costumes for Boys That Actually Hold Up Through a Full Night of Trick-or-Treating
My son wore a full plastic knight costume two Halloweens ago and by house number twelve he’d ripped the Velcro cape off, shoved the plastic chest plate into my hands, and was trick-or-treating in a t-shirt and a sword. I carried that chest plate for the rest of the night. That was the year I…
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22 Halloween Costumes for Moms That Are Actually Comfortable (and Don’t Take a Full Weekend to Make)
Last Halloween I spent forty minutes hot-gluing felt leaves onto a headband at 11pm the night before trunk-or-treat, because I’d put off picking a costume until my kids’ costumes were done and there was nothing left in my brain. I looked fine. I also spent the entire night adjusting a headband that kept sliding into…