https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 23:27:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2287162 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:50:29 +0000 BananaPancakes 2287162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're letting him choose this year at 3.5. Last year was his first year dressing up for Halloween, and he didn't fully understand it until it was happening, but this year he's stoked for it, so we're letting him pick. So far it's between a ghost and Buzz Lightyear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2287123 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:25:23 +0000 MamaCate 2287123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: I am feeling conflicted about frozen too!! LO is 3y9m. Last year I let her pick with help and she came up with a stop light and I made a super cute costume. This year I swear since June she has been saying "Elsa". I was really hoping to avoid Disney until she was older.</p> <p>But a few weeks ago we were talking about it and I asked what she would be if she couldn't be Elsa. She thought about it and said "Anna". I asked what if she couldn't be Anna or Elsa and she just said she didn't know in this little sad voice. So I caved! I like to make her costumes but it is not happening this year and I know she will wear the costume a ton for dress up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2287050 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 07:21:15 +0000 Mamaof2 2287050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was 4 and DD was 3.5 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286960 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 22:49:58 +0000 littleblessings 2286960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is pickin her costume this year. She is 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286957 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 22:46:59 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2286957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She had a say last year at 2, and I've talked her into something this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286872 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 20:36:07 +0000 Corduroy 2286872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kodybear: My LO is Anna every day, oddly enough in an Elsa gown. I think she'd choose Anna if she understood that she could be anything. However, DH has drawn a line on Frozen and said she won't be anything from Frozen. Maybe I should just make it his problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286850 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:59:50 +0000 PinkElephant 2286850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Seriously! I'm trying to plant the seed early this year for what I want her to be so she thinks it was her idea :) :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286834 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:34:17 +0000 LilSprinkles 2286834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS is almost 2, and he picked out his costume this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286828 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:55:50 +0000 Applesandbananas 2286828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: that's awesome! I think this is what my LO would pick if I asked!</p> <p>I bought a clearance monkey costume last year so he's going to be a monkey! I did the same thing the year prior and he was Pooh. He's too little, I think, to really get it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286826 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:51:50 +0000 yoursilverlining 2286826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last year at 28 months - she didn't really waffle, she wanted to be Minnie Mouse and that stayed firm every time I asked </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286817 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:27:42 +0000 travellingbee 2286817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hes 2.5 and he picked Cookie Monster this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286816 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:25:25 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2286816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: lol! </p> <p>He's only 18 months so I'm picking. Maybe next year he will pick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286813 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:14:14 +0000 birdofafeather 2286813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kid doesn't get it yet and I like family costumes. I've picked things that she likes though: last year bubble guppies and this year Daniel tiger. I'm sure next year at 3y9m she's gonna get the concept and have opinions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286812 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:12:08 +0000 Torchwood 2286812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll let her choose as young as she wants. But I don't know when she'll be old enough to understand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286802 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:50:34 +0000 KT326 2286802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bought a race at driver costume last year that he refused to wear (he was 2.5) and luckily it still fits this year. So he pretty much isn't getting a choice! It's a good thing he still likes race cars! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286787 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:19:47 +0000 Foodnerd81 2286787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm letting her have a say but not choosing completely. Like you said, it changes a lot. So I want her to be something she will be excited about, but that I like, since by next year I feel like she will definitely be pickier. </p> <p>So far it's either doctor, tiger, or ladybug. All things I suggested but that she likes. Probably tiger though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286773 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:24:16 +0000 regberadaisy 2286773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: LOL! Plan, foiled! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286770 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:21:42 +0000 Smurfette 2286770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She picked it this year, 2.5. I gave her suggestions since she had HFM last year and missed, I don't think she knows what it is really. But she was excited when her costume came in the mail. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286767 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:17:26 +0000 PinkElephant 2286767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last year at 2y4m I had a costume picked out for her and then a few days before Halloween, the handyman asked her in the elevator what she was going to be. Sheproudly and emphatically said "a bat!"...which of course was not what I'd purchased. Thank goodness for Amazon Prime!</p> <p>I'll definitely ask her this year, and will not purchase early! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286764 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:15:29 +0000 lilyann 2286764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He will be 3 and I am letting him pick this year. He didn't really care last year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286763 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:12:41 +0000 Dandelion 2286763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think D started picking at 4. He could have picked at 3, but I was a single mom and got a costume as a hand me down, so he didn't get a choice.</p> <p>M will probably want a choice next year at 2.5. But, I won't let it be open. He can pick from 3 or 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286757 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:05:36 +0000 LuLu Mom 2286757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This year she will have just turned 3, last year she had no clue at turning two so I got 3 years of picking myself (although the first she was a 30 day old baby haha) </p> <p>This year she's chosen to be a Pirate Princess....so there's that ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286754 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:56:15 +0000 mediagirl 2286754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's 3 and I'll be picking this year. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286752 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:53:36 +0000 kodybear 2286752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>this year we let dd pick. shes 2y9mo. we asked her what she wanted to be and its elsa all day every day. :-/ she already has her costume and wore it a couple days in a row when we first got it. now i have to hide it :silly: last year she didn't understand it enough to pick a costume. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286751 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:51:59 +0000 ksnow 2286751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in the 2.5-3 bracket and LO will choose hers! She' started talking about Halloween like 3 weeks ago (not sure why) and picked her costume. I haven't bought it yet, and won't until we're much closer, but she hasn't changed her mind yet!</p> <p>When others make suggestions she vetoes and says her idea again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286738 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:30:50 +0000 BandDmommy 2286738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last year when he was 2.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286735 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:30:12 +0000 fancyfunction 2286735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's a few months shy of 3 and has been saying she wants to be Abby from Sesame Street, so that's what I'm working on creating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286734 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:28:24 +0000 .twist. 2286734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's not really old enough to grasp the concept so I was really going to go for something I thought was hilarious. </p> <p>However, I feel like if I asked him if he wanted to be a dinosaur or dragon, he'd say "yes!". So, I'm having a bit of guilt about this. Don't know what to do! aha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286731 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:22:48 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2286731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last year, at 2.5, she picked. She wanted to be a pumpkin.</p> <p>This year she is insanely picky and there's no way I'll ever have any say in her costume again!</p> <p>She wants to be Ariel, and I even showed her an Ariel costume and she said "no, that one's tail isn't shiny enough." Picky picky! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-let-lo-pick-their-halloween-costume#post-2286730 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:22:41 +0000 78h2o 2286730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter will be 3 in December. She definitely understands the concept. I'm going to let her pick, even though right now that means tracking down a horse costume. </p>