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October 22, 2008 6:15 PM Subscribe
CostumeFilter#437: Need costume ideas for a couple with an infant!
We have a 5mo baby girl that we are taking to two parties, and want something original that we can dress up our new family as. Additional bonus question: SO wants to dress our daughter as the Pink Panther, and us as goons/theives, but I swear there were never any goons in the cartoons, just the panther and the inspector. Prove me wrong!
Others ideas on the table:
The Flintstones (Wilma, Fred, Pebbles)
Little Bo Peep and two sheep
Some great baby ideas here, but we want to dress as a group.
We're pretty crafty, so bring on any wild ideas.
We have a 5mo baby girl that we are taking to two parties, and want something original that we can dress up our new family as. Additional bonus question: SO wants to dress our daughter as the Pink Panther, and us as goons/theives, but I swear there were never any goons in the cartoons, just the panther and the inspector. Prove me wrong!
Others ideas on the table:
The Flintstones (Wilma, Fred, Pebbles)
Little Bo Peep and two sheep
Some great baby ideas here, but we want to dress as a group.
We're pretty crafty, so bring on any wild ideas.
Cop uniform + prison uniform (or alternately an open Hawaiian shirt) + baby in a car seat = Raising Arizona
posted by tushfestival at 6:27 PM on October 22, 2008 [5 favorites]
posted by tushfestival at 6:27 PM on October 22, 2008 [5 favorites]
You: Empire State Building.
Baby: King Kong.
Wife: Ann Darrow
Idea stolen from Defective Yeti.
posted by MadamM at 6:32 PM on October 22, 2008
Baby: King Kong.
Wife: Ann Darrow
Idea stolen from Defective Yeti.
posted by MadamM at 6:32 PM on October 22, 2008
Joseph, Mary and Jesus
Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston and baby
Babies in costume work as pretty much any animal, so you could do The Wizard of Oz with Dorothy, Toto (baby as dog) and Scarecrow/Lion/Tinman or Curious George (baby as monkey) and Man in the Yellow Hat, etc.
posted by Andy's Gross Wart at 6:33 PM on October 22, 2008
Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston and baby
Babies in costume work as pretty much any animal, so you could do The Wizard of Oz with Dorothy, Toto (baby as dog) and Scarecrow/Lion/Tinman or Curious George (baby as monkey) and Man in the Yellow Hat, etc.
posted by Andy's Gross Wart at 6:33 PM on October 22, 2008
Dilbert characters.
posted by a robot made out of meat at 6:36 PM on October 22, 2008
posted by a robot made out of meat at 6:36 PM on October 22, 2008
Best answer: Chef, waitress/maitre d, and lobster in a pot.
posted by LittleMissCranky at 6:44 PM on October 22, 2008 [4 favorites]
posted by LittleMissCranky at 6:44 PM on October 22, 2008 [4 favorites]
Britney, Kevin, or some other hanger on, with baby in designer duds with Coca Cola in her bottle. Is this so 2006? Maybe.
posted by Fairchild at 6:48 PM on October 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Fairchild at 6:48 PM on October 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
saw it online, still awesome: characters from Where the Wild Things Are.
posted by Chris4d at 6:50 PM on October 22, 2008
posted by Chris4d at 6:50 PM on October 22, 2008
Well, you could play on the statement that every baby looks like Winston Churchill by going as the Yalta conference - Stalin, FDR, and Churchill. Huh. Churchill really does look like a baby.
posted by true at 7:07 PM on October 22, 2008
posted by true at 7:07 PM on October 22, 2008
Britney, Kevin, or some other hanger on, with baby in designer duds with Coca Cola in her bottle. Is this so 2006? Maybe.
Yes.
posted by k8t at 7:16 PM on October 22, 2008
Yes.
posted by k8t at 7:16 PM on October 22, 2008
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, with the baby as Elmer Fudd. (Extra credit if you carry "Rabbit Season"/"Duck Season" signs.)
posted by Metroid Baby at 7:16 PM on October 22, 2008
posted by Metroid Baby at 7:16 PM on October 22, 2008
I like this one from Martha: Spiderweb and Spider. And Dad could go as a fly.
posted by cachondeo45 at 7:21 PM on October 22, 2008
posted by cachondeo45 at 7:21 PM on October 22, 2008
Beekeepers is easy: disposible painters' coveralls with craft store bees wired all over. Mosquito net headpiece sprayed white to match. The kid: a giant bee or a hive, your choice.
posted by fish tick at 7:28 PM on October 22, 2008
posted by fish tick at 7:28 PM on October 22, 2008
Dress her as Super Nanny (glasses, grey suit, little wig) and the two of you go as difficult adolescents.
posted by davejay at 7:35 PM on October 22, 2008
posted by davejay at 7:35 PM on October 22, 2008
My family did beekeeper, flower and bee one very photogenic Halloween.
posted by aint broke at 8:03 PM on October 22, 2008
posted by aint broke at 8:03 PM on October 22, 2008
She's the President. You two dress as Secret Service agents with the dark suits and curly wire earpieces.
Actually, I'll bet that sort of echoes real life a little bit for you right now, eh?
posted by droplet at 8:08 PM on October 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Actually, I'll bet that sort of echoes real life a little bit for you right now, eh?
posted by droplet at 8:08 PM on October 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
You could go as the three headed knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, or you could go as Arthur, the witch and Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-film.
posted by plinth at 9:00 PM on October 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by plinth at 9:00 PM on October 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Two butterflies or moths,
with a cute wee grub/caterpillar!
posted by Elysum at 9:11 PM on October 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
with a cute wee grub/caterpillar!
posted by Elysum at 9:11 PM on October 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Best answer: We were farmers with a bumblebee when we had a Halloween baby.
posted by padraigin at 9:37 PM on October 22, 2008
posted by padraigin at 9:37 PM on October 22, 2008
Yoda costume for infant,
Luke & Leia for you guys!
It's even to scale!
(Or - Han Solo & Leia if you don't want the incestuous kissing.)
(If it was me? Everybody goes as wookies).
I love Sharkfu's idea:
Baby Lobster - if you were keen on being a little more eccentric (more eccentric than baby lobster & two chefs?), the Swedish Chef, a baby lobster, and either a Chicken or a Moose.
Awesome!
posted by Elysum at 9:52 PM on October 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
Luke & Leia for you guys!
It's even to scale!
(Or - Han Solo & Leia if you don't want the incestuous kissing.)
(If it was me? Everybody goes as wookies).
I love Sharkfu's idea:
Baby Lobster - if you were keen on being a little more eccentric (more eccentric than baby lobster & two chefs?), the Swedish Chef, a baby lobster, and either a Chicken or a Moose.
Awesome!
posted by Elysum at 9:52 PM on October 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
OMG yes, Raising Arizona would be genius. Thirding.
Also, if you're short & pudgy, and the wife's tall and thin, the two of you could be Boris and Natasha and the baby could be Rocket J Squirrel.
Or you could dress your baby up as an Ooompa-Loompa, and you and your wife dress up as whatever characters suit you best from Willy Wonka.
posted by brain cloud at 10:27 PM on October 22, 2008
Also, if you're short & pudgy, and the wife's tall and thin, the two of you could be Boris and Natasha and the baby could be Rocket J Squirrel.
Or you could dress your baby up as an Ooompa-Loompa, and you and your wife dress up as whatever characters suit you best from Willy Wonka.
posted by brain cloud at 10:27 PM on October 22, 2008
Last year my sister and her hubby dressed as pirates, and the baby was dressed as a parrot.
posted by sevenyearlurk at 11:31 PM on October 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by sevenyearlurk at 11:31 PM on October 22, 2008 [2 favorites]
Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum and the baby as Alice
Mario and the Princess and Toad (the mushroom guy if you're unfamiliar...)
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Woodstock
Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit and Baby Herman
Three Stooges...
Three Bears (Seems strangely too obvious...)
Three Little Pigs
Etc...
posted by Kimothy at 12:07 AM on October 23, 2008
Mario and the Princess and Toad (the mushroom guy if you're unfamiliar...)
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Woodstock
Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit and Baby Herman
Three Stooges...
Three Bears (Seems strangely too obvious...)
Three Little Pigs
Etc...
posted by Kimothy at 12:07 AM on October 23, 2008
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Dad + Baby = Master Blaster
Mum = Aunty Entity (Tina Turner)
Lois, Peter and Stewie Griffin
Alien
Dad with bloody t-shirt and one of those front-papoose things in red + baby with home made plushy hat of teeth = John Hurt + Alien
Mom = Sigourney Weaver
posted by Jakey at 2:14 AM on October 23, 2008
Dad + Baby = Master Blaster
Mum = Aunty Entity (Tina Turner)
Lois, Peter and Stewie Griffin
Alien
Dad with bloody t-shirt and one of those front-papoose things in red + baby with home made plushy hat of teeth = John Hurt + Alien
Mom = Sigourney Weaver
posted by Jakey at 2:14 AM on October 23, 2008
You and your wife are Thing One and Thing Two, baby is the Cat in the Hat.
posted by Breav at 4:43 AM on October 23, 2008
posted by Breav at 4:43 AM on October 23, 2008
Um that lobster photo is the cutest I've seen in a long time. I vote for that.
posted by radioamy at 10:54 AM on October 23, 2008
posted by radioamy at 10:54 AM on October 23, 2008
Also, what about Dorothy, Toto and (choose one) Tin Man/Cowardly Lion/Scarecrow?
posted by radioamy at 10:55 AM on October 23, 2008
posted by radioamy at 10:55 AM on October 23, 2008
Response by poster: Tin Man/Cowardly Lion/Scarecrow?
This is what our friends with a newborn are dressing as, and what inspired the question because we wanted to beat them!
After some fantastic ideas, we are going with two farmers and a little sprout. SO is making her a green sack-like thing, with a hood and petals sewn around her face.
Thanks for the great idea's all! The lobster idea got vetoed.
Elysum and padraigin get nods for inspiration!
posted by Big_B at 8:10 AM on October 25, 2008
This is what our friends with a newborn are dressing as, and what inspired the question because we wanted to beat them!
After some fantastic ideas, we are going with two farmers and a little sprout. SO is making her a green sack-like thing, with a hood and petals sewn around her face.
Thanks for the great idea's all! The lobster idea got vetoed.
Elysum and padraigin get nods for inspiration!
posted by Big_B at 8:10 AM on October 25, 2008
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you go as cats and dress her as a mouse.
posted by BoscosMom at 6:25 PM on October 22, 2008