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Tuesday 30 October 2012

Halloween Cuties

Last year, I told you about some differences in the way that Halloween is celebrated in the US and the UK. I'd say that Halloween has become slightly more prevalent than last year, so it seems that the holiday is slowly becoming more of a "thing" here. They still haven't managed to figure out adorable children's costumes. There isn't much selection and they mostly still skew towards the creepy/scary.

Creepy child's clown costume in Asda

There are a few options for babies, but nothing great- mostly just sleepers with skeletons printed on them. It goes without saying that people here don't make a big deal of dressing up their babies in adorable costumes (or even better, family theme costumes!) like this:

my cousin with her adorable little lobster

As I've been deprived of participating in the right of passage, I'm going to share with you some adorable costumes that I might have picked if we were in the States. You're welcome.

Adorable Monkey with Cinnamon Roll Ears

He could draw a Red Line!

Roar!

Puppy Love

Studious Owl

Banana Baby

Yes, they're mostly animal. They are all from Target. (But then you know how I feel about Target.) They're all super-adorable. Feel free to share pictures of adorable babies dressed up so I can live vicariously!

What's the cutest baby costume you've ever seen?
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6 comments:

  1. Betsy Transatlantically30 October 2012 at 23:46

    OHMYGOD look at the lobster. I die.

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    1. Unknown1 November 2012 at 21:34

      I know, right?!! George is the cutest little lobster ever. His face just kills me :)

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  2. Unknown31 October 2012 at 02:45

    Cute costume ideas! Vernon still doesn't understand the concept of dressing up at Halloween.... I tell him what I am dressing up as or what my friends were and he'll say, "But what's scary about that?" UGH!

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    1. Unknown1 November 2012 at 21:36

      I was talking to some of my girlfriends about this. Specifically, they referenced an episode of Friends where they were having a Halloween party. She said she'd never understood why they weren't dressed scarily. I think Americans leave dressing up for Halloween, whereas Brits to "fancy dress" more frequently.

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  3. Anneliese31 October 2012 at 06:59

    I agree, much prefer the cuter costumes than the scary ones! Today at the day nursery I work at we're having an Ugly Bug Ball. The idea is to dress up as a bug obviously but I expect we will still have many pirates and princesses as that's their favourite at the moment. (I'm dressed as a butterfly today ;-) Happy Halloween!

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    1. Unknown1 November 2012 at 21:37

      Cute baby bugs! I bet there was a whole lot of adorable at that nursery :)

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