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10 Halloween Costumes for Twins, Triplets and More
Filed under: Holidays, Twins, Triplets, Multiples, Fashion, Gear Guides: Babies, Gear Guides: Toddlers & Preschoolers, Gear Guides: Tweens, Gear Guides: Teens
A bumble-bee and lady bug on Halloween! Credit: Getty Images
Choosing a creative, cute, but not too expensive -- or labor-intensive -- Halloween costume can be a bit of a chore. And for moms of multiples, the challenge is doubled, tripled, quadrupled or more.
Not sure how to dress your brood for Halloween? Take inspiration from these creative ideas:
1. Got a sense of humor? Dress them up as mom's constant companions, the washer, dryer and laundry basket.
2. Pick any animal (duck, cat, monkey, bunny, etc.), double it and you've got a Noah's Ark-themed Halloween.
3. Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" are classic favorites. You could also make your own costumes with red sweatsuits and blue wigs. Then, draw "Thing 1" and "Thing 2" on white felt and glue to the shirts.
4. Whether you have two, three, four or more kids, you can dress them as any of the characters from "The Wizard of Oz," including Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Wicked Witch, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion.
5. Yeah, your kids may be too young to know who these two are, but what "Flinstones"-loving mom could resist these Pebbles and Bamm Bamm costumes?
6. Can't get your kids away from their video games? Maybe these Nintendo Mario and Luigi get-ups will help.
7. If you're not sick of the peas in a pod analogy yet, dress your baby in these adorable costumes.
8. For the mini-foodie, ketchup and mustard are an easy solution (for triplets or quads, add a burger and hot dog!)
9. In honor of "Toy Story 3," Buzz Lightyear (with wings and goggles that light up) and Woody are sure to please.
10. Dress your sugary-sweet babies as Peeps.
Prefer to make your own costume? Natalie Stemp, creative director of Calliope and a former event planner, suggests these unique ideas: Box of cupcakes, assorted crayons, the three blind mice, the three billy goats gruff or a school of fish.
Got multiples? How will you be dressing them for Halloween?
This story was originally published on October 1, 2009.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
10-01-2009 @ 2:47PM
Kat said...While I dont have multiples I do have 3 close in age and last year they were the 3 little pigs.... Mom was the big bad wolf! It was very cute.
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10-29-2010 @ 11:00AM
Chancy said...Get good at saving money on costumes by using a sample site that will cut down on the need to buy some stuff repeatedly. Just use samples! Http://bit.ly/dailysample
10-01-2009 @ 4:20PM
Melissa said...For the love of your children, don't do this to them!!!! We're paired enough in life, at least on Halloween we should be able to dress up as individuals.
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10-01-2009 @ 8:02PM
adela said...we did three little pigs and big bad wolf last year this year 3 blind mice and a big cheese wedge...very silly...we have triplets and an older girl...LOL so far they don't care what they dress up like as long as they get candy!!
9-29-2010 @ 6:00PM
sofismom said...I have three kids close in age and we do themed costumes. For the whole family. We are thinking of doing Toy Story. The kids will be Buzz, Jessie and Bo Peep and mommy and daddy will be Mr and Mrs Potato Head
10-23-2009 @ 12:17PM
Cheyenne said...I have twins that are 10 years old. They dressed alike for their first halloween (they were only 2weeks old) as 2 peas in a pod. The following year they were Sylvester and Tweety. Since then they have never dressed in any kind of theme and I will not push them to. I throw the ideas I come up with out there every year and they are quickly turned down. Fact is, even being twins they are unique individuals and need to be treated as such. There are 13 sets of twins in my family ranging in age from 72yrs - 10yrs. The women in my family have super eggs or something. The biggest complaints you hear is that everyone assumes they should be alike all the time, know what each other is doing 24/7 and that they are never called by name (always THE TWINS).
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10-28-2009 @ 2:40PM
nancy said...When my twins (boys) were young.....once they went as two packs of double mint gum, another year they went as crayons in their favorite color. Another time, they were each dynasours but two different type. Of course as they got older they each chose to be what they wanted!!
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8-30-2010 @ 5:40PM
Matt said...If you have 3 boys who like Final Fantasy VII, they could be Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz (the 3 Remnants of Sephiroth) or if you have 2 boys who like FF7, one could be Cloud and the other could be Sephiroth! Just don't forget the wigs!
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10-29-2010 @ 1:05PM
Alicia said...If I ever have sons, twins, triplets or otherwise, I am so talking them into this idea.
Also, if you're a masochist and want to play through the entirety of FF10-2 and have three girls, you could do Yuna, Paine and Rikku.
10-21-2010 @ 9:17PM
Squiggles said...I have boy/girl twins. On their first Halloween I dressed them as two little spiders. Those costumes were not only unisex but also very warm. But as they got older they had totally different ideas about what they wanted to dress up as. Last year I had Snow White and GI Joe. Worlds apart, but who cares as long as you're having fun!
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10-29-2010 @ 12:52PM
Gugui said...I have 3 year old boy/girl twins. This year they chose Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf!
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