Great Halloween Costume Hunt

Raggie

libitina wrote:

Asda still has loads left. Plus all the decorative accessories. It's in the kids department and the Xmas aisle.

Mrs just returned from asda.. not only loads left.. but now reduced.. kids costumes now £6.. was £9.99 i think she said..

Tigger1970

Get yourself down to Home Bargains if you can. I bought my 4yr old son and his best friend a full length skeleton outfit (which lights up in the dark!!) and also has a full mark/hood with it for onlly £2.99

catsgarden

Found a good website called https://www.funhousefancydress.co.uk that seems to have loads of halloween stuff on it, ranging in price from £2 to £200!

fuzzyrazer

Scooby Doo Outfit @ Bargain Crazy,it has 50% off fashion this weekend,so i don't know if this would come under fashion item. link here




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jenpoptab

I've just bought age 3-5 witches outfit from Aldi for £3.99, it seems really small. My daughter is only 2 and although it fitted and she is about average height (I think). It's just the elastic is very snug, can't imagine it would fit an average 4 or 5 year old!

katyk_2

Bought a lovely small adults fake fur coat in a charity shop yesterday for £2.00. Daughter wants to go guising as 'daughter of Frankenstein' so all we need are ragged clothes (old ones which are semi grown out of and can be binned later), a choker with bolts attached (black ribbon at 49p/meter) and now her 'fur' which can be made to look dusty and old with some talc or flour etc. Coupled with some ghastly face paint effects and we effectively have a costume for £2. Once Halloween is over I plan to destroy the coat and use the fur to cover a strong cardboard box and make a small fur lined 'house' for the cat to sleep in. Hoping it will stop him trying to sleep on my clean washing pile for a change.

mumof3_2

jenpoptab wrote:

I've just bought age 3-5 witches outfit from Aldi for £3.99, it seems really small. My daughter is only 2 and although it fitted and she is about average height (I think). It's just the elastic is very snug, can't imagine it would fit an average 4 or 5 year old!

I agree with you about the sizes being a bit skimpy - I've just bought a size 6-8 skeleton outfit for my 6 yo son who is average height and the trousers are a bit half mast, they would be like shorts on an 8 yo!! Having said that, you do also get a face mask and a trick or treat pot all for £3.99.

The pumpkin outfit is one size only and is a very generous fit on my 4 yo daughter. As it doesn't have legs or arms (you need to wear black tights and top underneath) it would fit up to about age 8-10.

jenpoptab

Did consider taking it back to Aldi but I can't complain as it will fit daughter no 2 next year and was cheap. I could take elastic off and it would be fine, but seems silly to do that really.

Dinahmyte

My tip is 'forget Halloween.' Don't let the kids do it. It's not British; it's a horrid import from America and we don't need it here. October 31st is actually All Souls Day - it's not something to make fun of. If we want a fun occasion for the dark nights at this time of year Bonfire Night is coming up. Old people have been badly frightened. Why should we encourage children to frighten people and threaten to do nasty things. Our community safety wardens and police safety officers are giving out stickers asking that no one trick or treat at their doors and our local church holds a light party for children to keep them from going round knocking on strangers' doors in the dark.

chinagirl

Dinahmyte wrote:

My tip is 'forget Halloween.' Don't let the kids do it. It's not British; it's a horrid import from America and we don't need it here. October 31st is actually All Souls Day - it's not something to make fun of. If we want a fun occasion for the dark nights at this time of year Bonfire Night is coming up. Old people have been badly frightened. Why should we encourage children to frighten people and threaten to do nasty things. Our community safety wardens and police safety officers are giving out stickers asking that no one trick or treat at their doors and our local church holds a light party for children to keep them from going round knocking on strangers' doors in the dark.

When I was a young'un(back in the 1970s) all my friends dressed up and went 'Halloweening'
only difference was, we made our own costumes. I can remember rolling a newspaper into a cone shape and covering it with an offcut of black material cut from a skirt bought at a jumble sale. We used old white sheets and painted our faces or made home-made masks too. We never expeced money, just sweets, and no-body ever complained. It supprises me that people are so 'anti' to Halloween now.

Come on people, let the kids have some fun!