Has the talk of Halloween started yet in your house? It just started over the last few days here. The stores are already setting out all their Halloween props and such and we have a date at Michael’s next week to buy some Halloween crafting supplies. Of course we are thinking about how to keep things green too. My daughter will wearing the same costume from last year (Tinkerbell). My youngest son will be wearing a mask we got for $1.00 at a yard sale last week and I will make him a black cape to go with it. My oldest son though needs a new costume or one that I make because the one he has worn for the last 2 years (a dragon) is now too little. It will be saved for his brother. I asked my oldest what he wants to be this year and he said a shark. Oh man….he would have to choose something hard to sew. ;)
In doing some initial window shopping online I found this crazy, kinda scary, makes me a little ill just looking at it…shark costume from Moon Costumes. My son loves it but I don’t know. It is an over the body shark costume, with legs sticking out of shark’s mouth. The wearer’s own arms can manipulate the legs so that person being eaten appears to be kicking. Ewwww! I think I would prefer oozing eyeballs and fake blood to this. The medium would probably fit for 2-3 years so I would have to look at this yucky thing for several years and then my youngest son might want to wear it down the road. And I wonder how a kid sees out of this thing…I don’t see eyeholes or anything. Is it an accident waiting to happen?
What do you think? Is it too gross or reasonable for Halloween?
Also share your green Halloween tips below…I am working on a future post!
From that picture it looks like the black of the mouth would be a mesh cloth of some kind that you could see/breathe through while the outside world just sees the colour.(think silk scarf)
Quite safe for indoor parties and daylight trick or treating but bound to cause vision impairment after dark.
Just my $0.02, but I think it’s perfect for a childs sense of humour.
Um, I don’t like it but if it means the world to him? Maybe you can try to find something even more cool that he’d love just as much?
i think this is just about the coolest costume for a kid I’ve seen in a while! : ) I do see what you mean about the eyeholes, though. Must include eyeholes- big ones- it does look kind of clumsy to wear!
The eyeholes are probably somewhere in the mouth cavity — I think it looks pretty neat, but we have to think about the really important things… If their arms are up in the legs, how can they carry the candy bag?? Priorities, people! :)
FW I thought of that too! Good point. I don’t want to be the surrogate basket holder, LOL.
They’re only little for such a short time, so if he has his heart set on it, I think this is a time to say Yes (which we all could try to say more of to our kids!). Just make sure he can safely see & breathe!
That’s pretty cool, but it would alot of work to make. Yep, I have already thought about Halloween, we got in Halloween cards last week and now my co-workers are looking at Halloween decoration catalogs. This year we are being characters from Where the Wild Are I have been thinking about costumes since last year, but I have off this weekend so I may just buy the fabric and start working on them already. Green Halloween…that will be pretty hard to stick to…so many cool unearth friendly stuff out there. Organic candy would be nice to give the kids, but it’s very expensive so I’ll have to see. Soy crayons could be another good option because lots of the children are too young for candy in my neighborhood.
That’s a pretty cool costume if you can manage it. As Shannon said, a bit tricky for being outside after dark, though.
My son really wants to rewear his dragon costume from last year. Frankly, I’m relieved, because last year he refused to wear it, and I spent hours making it. The sleeves and pants are too short, but he doesn’t care. That’s 3 year olds for you.
I think it’s kinda funny. But I can see how it would might impair vision after dark.
I love Halloween and have already started thinging of ideas. I think my lil man is going to be a chef this year. He LOVES to cook and pretend to cook so it seemed fitting.
I think this is a very clever costume! I can definitely see the appeal to a little boy, and on the green side, it should fit for a few years.
It looks to me like maybe the inside of the head is lined with red fabric with nothing in front of the face. With the legs and feet sticking out, his face won’t be too noticeable. But he should be able to just see over the feet. The only problem is that he wouldn’t be able to see right in front of HIS feet very well. Also, maybe you could have a hole in the side for one arm, and he could use the other one to operate the feet. You could loosely connect the legs so that when he flails one, the other flops around next to it. (Does this make sense.) HTH
OK, now you’ve got me brainstorming. If your tot would consent to it, you could replace the legs sticking out of the mouth with a plastic bag or “debris” that looks eerily like a fish or squid that a shark would eat. (I know sea turtles do this, and that foreign objects are found in sharks stomachs during necropsies.) This would send a less gruesome, but maybe scarier environmental message. All while letting your son have his fun. Take it or leave it. :-) Oh, and I’d love to a picture of whatever you do end up making for him.
I think it is a great costume , I would have his arms in side fins, it will help with balance walking around. Maybe have some rope that wiggles the legs but he can have in his hand at the side. I like the red mesh idea for sight and air. You must be very creative and talented. Your kids are lucky!