We got ours for free! You know how cheap we are. Our friends in Illinois have four older kids, two boys and two girls, so we rummaged through their bins while we were on vacation with the kids over the summer. The kids thought it was the best thing ever and I was ecstatic not to spend $100 again this year. It hurts me as a human being spend that money.

Michele
Sarah, Gregory, Amanda
born 1/22/04 at 35w1d

Our surprise baby Austin born 06/15/2005

www.fourtimesthefun.blogspot.com

I thought I was saving a ton of money by making their costumes - maybe we are, I don't know - but they're still expensive. And I CAN'T SEW worth a crap. I've already sewn the skirt on backward to the Dorothy dress. D'oh!!!

$40-50 for the material, $15 for the red sparkly shoes (Dorothy), $3 for the witch hat (Wicked Witch), and I'm sure there'll be more additions when I make the Glinda crown and wand. Oh, and the broom and Dorothy's basket! hahaha... it never ends.

BTW, I read your site but don't always comment. That post about the bedtime story was soooo cute!

Loren
GGG Jan.2005 @ 28wks

Sweetened Taters - http://sweetenedtaters.blogspot.com

I always by that the end of the season. When they are older, they will just have to decide the year before what they are gonna be. We got their lovely princess outfits from Disney last year at 75% off. I just have to decided right now, what they are gonna be next year. LOL!

Kimberly,
Mom to Isabelle, Alyssa, and Makenna
www.guinntrips.com

The girls are going to be ladybugs and James is going to be a zebra. I picked them up last year the day after Hallowen for $4 a piece at Old Navy, my desicion and theirs was made simply by selection!

Misty
Abigail 2 lbs 14 oz
Katie 3 lbs 1 oz
James 3 lbs 6 oz
born 11/10/05
30w 5d

My attempt at a blog http://tripletblessed.blogspot.com/

All from OldNavy.com's clearance...2 mice and a kitty to chase them.

And to prove how frugal I am(DH says it's ghetto more than frugal), I'm having their pictures made Monday and will promptly list the costumes on Ebay for those wait-til-the-last-minute folks who will pay far too much for second-hand costumes. We're having a super lean Christmas here, so that money will go in the gift pot.

We don't do trick-or-treating yet with the kids. We go to a harvest festival at church. They don't usually wear costumes to this because the kids are all over those big inflatable thingies...costumes would be in the way.

BBG (1/21/05) at 36 weeks

I bought online and spent too much money. If I had ordered the costumes I really wanted a few weeks ago it would not have been so bad. Ben's elephant costume and Katie's panda bear came today. Ben's costume is going to be big. Hopefully not too big. Katie's panda bear costume has furry feat. They did not show that in the picture. How is she going to be able to walk without slipping and falling? I'm afraid I'm going to have to cut the feet out. Hopefully I can do it without totally ruining the costume. We are still waiting for Abby's monkey costume. I can't try anything on the kids until we have all 3.

I really want to get some costumes right after Halloween for future dress up clothes. For those who have done that, did you find stuff on the internet or in stores? It is kind of hard to drag the trio around looking for a bargain.

Lori

http://yesidohavemyhandsfull.blogspot.com/

I splurged but still got the kids costumes on sale at the Disney Store. The Boys were 40% off at the time and Sis' was 25% off. They are going to be Cap'n Hook, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. They LOVE the movie and we have ZERO dress up clothes so these will double as dress up clothes.

I had sold a bunch of clothes on ebay so I didn't feel quite so guilty about it. Plus I didn't need to buy much for fall either. I had bought ahead some.

Julie
BGB ~ June 16, 2005 @ 31wks 3 days
Samuel Jonas (3lbs 11oz)
Leona Ruth (3lbs 5oz)
Gabriel Douglas (2lbs 11oz)

menehunes-legendary Hawaiian leprechan-like people. They wear a smurf-like hat, and a loincloth--nothing else (fabric costed $12). I'm sewing them this year--super easy. The big project will be tricking out the runabout stroller to look like a canoe...

Aloha,
Kelli
BBB 6/4/06 @ 29wks 4 days
GG 4/30/09

We are going to be a kitty, butterfly and dragon. Old Navy, Old Navy, Old Navy. This is my favorite shopping place for my kids these days. They love their costumes! Last year my mil was in town and totally ruined it. Actually, I helped ruin it b/c I allowed myself to be a freak-oid stressed out crazy person. Not this year. We are enjoying it this time.

Susanne

gbg @ 31.6
5/2006

We're going as "pajama party" theme. The trips already had matching pajamas and robes that we got at the baby shower in the right size so all I had to buy was for my 4yo dd. I bought pajamas(which she needed anyway), a robe and slippers. I spent about $25. I bought the robe in a size 6 and she only wears a 4 so it will last a couple of years on her before handing it down. I already have sponge rollers for her hair. I figured since the babies would just be in strollers that nobody would be able to see them that good anyway and I can clearance shop for next years costumes.

Sarah

Mom to:
Rylee 7-28-04

36 weekers

Kenzi Adilyn 2-19-08 (6lbs 6oz)
Devyn Elizabeth 2-19-08 (4lbs 12oz)
Caden Jackson 2-19-08 (5lbs 9oz)

My kids are gonna be Superman, Batman, and Wonderwoman..... SO darn cute we spent $75 dollars on the three and i feel so stupid for spending so much when i could have bought last year during clearance...

Oh well hopefully this year we can buy them for next year..
Btw i love the 3 dalmation costumes if you want to sell them off when your done please let me know

Thanks
kristine

GBB 01/13/07

I have wondered the same thing. I have searched all over the place and just can't bring myself to spend ( at the minimum) 100.00 for all 4 costumes. And this wouldn't even get me a good looking costume. The cheap ones are around 20 bucks a piece. The ones I like are about 30.00 each.

I may just try to find some halloween t-shirts because we won't be trick or treating this year - we are only going to a family halloween party/dinner.


Luke- 4lb,12oz
Wade - 3lb,4oz
Zoe - 5lb,2oz
Born at 34 weeks

http://3giggles.blogspot.com

We bought our boys skunk costumes on clearance for $5 each last halloween. Since they are almost 2, they refuse to put the darn costumes on. So, we shall see!!! I did get pics done at Portrait Innovations so atleast I have the pic of them in costume. Whether or not they participate on the actual night...hum...not so sure. My plan was to pull them in their choo choo wagon with a sign on it that says "MY LITTLE STINKERS".




Jenny

My boys are actually going to be the same thing they were last year. A Kangaroo, Zebra, and a Lion.
This was their choice, not mine. I have suggested many cool things: super heros, cat in the hat, etc. But they insist that they want to be zoo animals. And they still fit so why not!

Angela
Mother to Jaxon, Jagger, and Jordan 9/18/05

We got off easy this year. My 10-year-old will be wearing one from year's past.

Ella will be wearing her princess dress that my cousin made her to wear to Disneyland in April, and the little boys' costumes I found used on e-bay.

Jonna

G 25
B 17
B 13
G (Stillborn Angel 4/16/05)
BGB 1/06 @ 27 wks
Grandaughter 3

UGH I know what you mean! Most costumes are around $15-25 then you times that by 3 or in you case 6 and holy cow! I at first bought them the cutest lil duck costumes at once upon a child but I bought them too early and they outgrew them! So I sold them to another trip mom. I ended up using Ebay, I wanted to use craigslist because of shipping but nothing was local. So we're going to be Pooh, Tigger & Eyeore. I've got about $23 in everything, which would've been cheaper if I hadn't paid for shipping! Oh well I still saved.

*MAGGIE*

This year I let the kids pick instead of doing a theme. I like the Tom Arma costumes (but they are Pricey) and the 2 boys wanted to be animals. One chose the monkey and one chose the frog. My dd wanted to be snow white (also pricey from Disney). Ouch to the pocket book for these 3 costumes. Averaging about $70 each. Yes, pretty pricey for one day. I do like dressing them up. In the 4 year's worth of costumes, 2 year's ago they were all dragons from Target and the prices were atleast 50% cheaper. They had just as much fun in the costume. This year, I chose expensive...we'll see next year. It's however I feel at that moment when I am buying.

I am going to definitely hit the after Halloween sales for bargin dress up fun.

Official countdown..1 week. BTW, we take ours to the mall where the lighting is good and you can really see the detail of the costumes. Also safer and warmer at the mall!

Agapi

Proud Mommy of
Kaden, Rowen, Kai
BGB 03-22-05

This year,the girls told me what they wanted to be, and amazingly I was able to make it all work with sweatsuits, haha. I have a mouse; gray sweatsuit with homemade ears and little nose mask with whiskers and teeth and some big pink beads (since she's a girl mouse), a kitty cat: black turtle-neck and black knit pants we already had and a set from Wal-mart with ears and a tail...add a big pink feather boa and a pink bow on her ear; and a flower: green sweatpants, a pink turtleneck, a flower petal headband that I got in the dollar bin at Target a few months ago and a big plastic terra cotta looking pot that was $3, we cut out the bottom, popped a set of suspenders on it to hang over her shoulders and she's a potted daisy (this one turned out SOOOOO cute). I think I spent about $20 total...very frugal this year! I'm sure it won't always be that easy, but I'll take it while I can get it.

Raechel, Mom to Abigail, Sophia, and Gabriella 8-4-05

We just went to Old Navy today and their costumes are $5!!! I called around and had them hold 2 princesses for me. We still have costumes from last year and they are well made, I think I have washed them all.
Sushannah and Stephen

parents to:
Olivia, Maggie, and Sam
born at 31 weeks

I found the trio's costumes on Ebay this year and even paid for them by selling some of their stuff (well, mostly Gracie's clothes, since those seem to sell the best!). We have two Thomas the Trains (about $26 for both new, including shipping), and an Ariel for Gracie (about $36 for a used costume with a tiara plus shipping). Poor little Matthew has a $10 costume from Costco that I don't particularly love... it's a tiger. I may try to find a last minute deal somewhere. I really wanted him to be Pluto, but couldn't find it cheap enough at Disney. Even with their sale, by the time I added shipping, it was about $25 or so... to much for me this year! I didn't even think of looking on Ebay for his. Oh well, too late!

Kim

Money is tight this year, so I bought three pumpkin sweatsuits from BRU for 9.99 a piece! They have been great. I have put the sweatshirts on the kids several times for October outings and I got tons of compliments. They have big jack-o-lantern faces on the front and little stems on the hoods...totally cute! I love that I have gotten several uses out of them!

Mommy to Eli, Cara, and Brady 4/24/07 born at 34 weeks and Allison Elizabeth (surprise!) born 11/6/08

Read about my son's battle with Neuroblastoma at stepsforbrady.blogspot.com