Happy (belated) Halloween! Last year on Halloween I wrote this post with pictures of some of our Halloween costumes from previous years (and this was the getup we came up with last year — a little lighthearted infertility joke, if you will). I LOVE Halloween, and I love having a husband who is as into dressing up as I am.
It’s hard to believe that at this time last year I was taking the pills that would eventually lead to creating Owen! I remember seeing all of the little ones dressed up for Halloween out trick-or-treating and wondering if I would ever get the chance to create costumes for a wee one of my own. Lo and behold, I got my chance this year!
I don’t sew, but I’ve become quite adept at crafting costumes with hot glue, felt, and some creative uses of household objects. As I imagine all the years to come of making costumes for Owen and any other little ones who come along, I’m beginning to think I should learn how to sew! Hot glue doesn’t hold up so well on a toddler 
And without further ado, here are the pics from Owen’s first Halloween.
oh my goodness. this is soooooo cute! love it.
seeing some of the toddlers that came to my door last night really made me wish i had my own to dress up
my project for next week is to figure out the sewing machine.
That costume totally ROCKS!
too cute!!!
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Best. Costumes. EVER! Love love love that!!!
I saw a family where the parents were chefs and the two babies were a hamburger and a hot dog… but these costumes are so much better!
That is ridiculously cute! Great job!
Too. Freaking. CUTE!
I am always jealous of people like you who are so creative in coming up with a clever costume! I never, ever think of stuff like that!
What a cute idea! Totally adorable!
LOVE the costume!! Very creative
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! I would never in a million years have thought of that! We dressed up our LO (butterfly) but no costumes for mommy and daddy. We will totally dress up next year though. Kudos to you for your creativity!
That is an utterly adorable halloween group costume! Kudos!!
Ah-FREAKING-dorable!!
Ok cutest freaking halloween family everrrr! Great job!
hands down the cutest costume ever. LOVE IT!
Love the costume!!!!
What a great costume Kate! You are so amazingly creating. Thanks for sharing!
Those are great!! Did you cut out the letters to spell popcorn, or is that something you bought at a craft store? I love it!
This is amazing. LOVE it. I am so impressed with your creativity!
What a great idea! It turned out great
oh God that is TOO CUTE!!! love the outfits!
So cute!
That could be the best costume I’ve ever seen!! I absolutely love it! I’m like you – love love love Halloween and love that I’ve found someone who actually enjoys dressing up like I do!
Delurking to tell you that this is the seriously the best costume. Ever! The popcorn on the hat kills me!
Ditto what everyone else says. Very cute! Great costume idea!
So cute! I am a sucker for babies in costume. I can’t wait to dress my own next Halloween!
I’m seriously dying. He’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.
OMG, that’s adorable! You guys all look great!
A.Dor.A.Bul.
So cute!!!
not only is this year’s costume the BEST I’VE EVER SEEN (!!), I clicked back to see old pics of your halloween’s past. WOW. IMPRESSIVE!! YOU GUYS ROCK!! me and my husband have been together 9 years now and never have even once dressed up for halloween; i’ll admit i’m jealous of you guys and your enthusiasm / fun spirit!!!!
y’all are just too cute! I LOVE the costumes! You are so creative!
absolutely adorable! you are amazing.
Thank you, everyone! We had a blast… even if Owen was too young to trick-or-treat
AMAZING idea!! That’s such an adorable look. Totally genius.
Oh. My. Word.
CUTEST COSTUME EVER!!
Wow! So creative!!!! I love it!
too amazing!!!!
That is ADORABLE!!!! Clever, clever – especially that is a ‘no sew’ costume. My youngest was a piece of candy last year, but that took HOURS behind a sewing mashine.
I will definetaly show your costume to a friend of mine that has a baby. The danish dress-up-date is in february, so found your page looking for cool costume-ideas! FAB!
Tis is soo cute! I was thinking about incorporating the Bjorn into my little guys costume as well, maybe a turtle or spider?? How did you attach it to the Bjorn?
@Erin, Thank you! Just good ol’ safety pins for fastening to the Bjorn. So easy to put on and take off.
This is so cute!! I’m sharing this in a 13 for Halloween: Homemade Costumes roundup on my blog this Friday, with one pic and a link back to this post. Great job : )
@Jaimee, Thank you!
How exactly did you make this? I want my son to be this for Halloween!!!
@Tiffany, I essentially cut one big rectangle of white felt for the front and sides of a popcorn bag shape, and a small square for the base. Then I glued them together, wrapping the big rectangle around the edges of the square to give it some shape. Then I glued on red stripes and the popcorn label, and cut the top in a zig zag pattern. Then I had a sort of curved, half-tube like shape that I just safety pinned onto the Bjorn so the open side was toward my body. Good luck!
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Thank you so much!! When I put it on my bjorn I think it looks weird like I’m tucking it wrong or something. I have a picture. Did you pin it before you put your baby in or after and have someone help you? And what did you pin it to on the bjorn?
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