Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Target via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Target.
Halloween was easier on me as a mom when my kids were little and I could dress them up in whatever fit from the dress up clothes bin. Now that they are bigger, with opinions and ideas of their own about what they will and won’t wear, Halloween can be a little more tricky, a lot more time consuming, and harder on my wallet.
Most years, I avoid Halloween preparation as long as I can and throw whatever I can come up with together at the last minute. I can’t believe I’m admitting this to my blog readers.
This year, however, I decided to be different. Instead of waiting til the last minute to search for SOMETHING for the kids to wear, we’ve been planning ahead. My youngest two and my oldest knew exactly what they wanted to dress up as this Halloween…my two middle kids had no idea. I headed out to Target this week with my 16 year old (my best shopping assistant) with the goal to knock out at least two complete costumes in one stop.
Project: One-stop Halloween Shop!
My 10 year old daughter has been obsessed with Monster High for the last few years, so I wasn’t surprised when she wanted to dress up as Frankie Stein. She already has a Frankie Stein skirt so I set out to find tights (for her arms and legs), a black Sharpie and a wig to polish off the semi-homemade costume. I found the perfect color of tights in one of my favorite aisles at Target (near the shoes)…
I grabbed two pair in size small before heading over to the Halloween section.
KitKat, my 16 year old, immediately saw costumes that she loved, like the full-body suits in different colors or the banana costume (although she had already planned with friends to be one of the Ninja Turtles). My eyes went straight to the Monster High costumes, and it didn’t take me long before I convinced myself that buying the packaged costume would be a smart move (and so, so much easier!).
I even found a perfect Frankie wig so that we don’t have to worry about spray painting her hair on Halloween.
Just behind the Monster High costumes, I found something that I thought my picky 7th grade son might actually enjoy. I loved that the skeleton suit was simple, a fantastic price, and not TOO scary.
I threw in a skeleton hand trick or treating bag – a perfect fit for just $5 – and his costume was set.
By the end of our shopping trip, we had 4 of the 5 kids’ costumes set – one Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (a simple costume with a t-shirt and ninja mask), one Monster High student, one skeleton with a creepy-cool trick or treating hand, and one DIY outhouse. The ONLY thing I needed for our costumes that couldn’t buy at Target was a boy-sized cardboard box for our outhouse.
I plan on heading back to Target with the undecided child and let her pick a costume because Target makes it so easy.
We even threw a few candies in the shopping cart for good measure…
What are your kids being for Halloween? Have you found their costumes yet?
Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Target via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Target.
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I love Target because you’re right, it is a one stop shop for sure! They have everything!
i love target!! my daughter is still thinking about what she wants to me