Sully Costume - Be the Big Blue Monster - Kids Sizes

Monsters, Inc and the hugely successful Monsters University have inspired a lot of kids to dress up as their favorite monster this Halloween.

Sulley is one of the main characters of the Monsters movie. He plays the top scarer in Monsters, Inc. and in Monsters University we see him as a young adult monster getting ready for his career of choice.

Sulley, the big, blue monster with an even bigger heart is a great choice for little kids, or even older ones. It comes with a "license to scare", or at least, a great look for it!

This great looking costume comes with a jumpsuit, a head piece with velcro chin strap, and a detachable tail. Velcro enclosures. Click on: Toddler Classic Sulley Costume to purchase the costume shown right.

For a fuzzier full length costume with hood, available in sizes 18 mo to size 10, check out the costume on the left. The details in it are great. I love the purple dots all over. This is a step in costume that zips up from waist to neck. The hood and tail are attached.

There are stuffed feet with claws at the ankles of the costume. Click: Sullivan the Monster Costume . This looks like a great cold weather costume - perfect for walking around.

Doc McStuffins Costumes Are Available 2013

Last year, if kids wanted to dress up as Doc McStuffins they had to come up with their own costume. I saw a super cute one at my daughter's school. The little girl had pigtails, a doctor's coat and stethoscope, and some clothes in approximately the right colors. It worked great.

For an easy Doc McStuffins costume this year, an official one is available. It is adorable. Check it out: Doc McStuffins costume. It comes with the leggings, striped tunic, lab coat, and stethoscope shown at right.

Another option you could do is to purchase a Doc McStuffins dress up set. If you purchase this it comes with a white lab coat with buttons, doctor's name badge, sparkly headband, and stethoscope. You would need to purchase leggings and a shirt in a similar style to what you see on the right, or just use whatever your daughter has in her closet. This option might work better for kids that are more difficult to fit in pants or shirts.

Doc McStuffins is a super popular character from the Disney Jr television show. She is THE doctor for stuffed animals and toys.

Disney Snow Queen Costume from Frozen

If you read my previous post, you know that Disney's Frozen movie will be out in November 2013. In the story, Princess Anna of the kingdom of Arendelle, makes a long journey to the palace of the Snow Queen, her older sister Elsa.

Elsa is beautiful and extremely talented with snow/ice magic. Thanks to that Arendelle is perpetually iced over and the inhabitants are miserable. Princess Anna hopes to convince her sister to thaw out the kingdom, and perhaps to reconcile with her family.

For little girls wishing to become the Snow Queen Elsa for Halloween, there is a lovely costume coming out in October. It is a luminous blue color with a snowflake pattern. Perfect for an aspiring Snow Queen. See the photo and link to purchase below.

Unfortunately the Disney premier costume from the Disney Store that was sold on Amazon is not available right now (May 2014), but there is a Queen Elsa dress up dress. The quality is similar to what you would find in the toy section of a local retail store. This is definitely a Halloween or dress up type dress more than a party dress.

Disney Princess Anna Costume from Frozen

Have you heard? There is a new Disney movie coming out in November 2013. The movie is called Frozen and is a retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale about a Snow Queen in a frozen land.

In this story, Princess Anna is the younger sister of the Snow Queen. She journeys to her sister's palace to ask her to lessen her frozen hold on the kingdom. Along the way she meets a handsome and helpful mountain man named Kristoff.

This is the second time Disney has looked to Andersen tale, the first time was for The Little Mermaid. THAT certainly worked out for them! I hope this turns out to be a magical tale.

Many little girls will be captivated by the beautiful Princess Anna. Fortunately costumes will be available in October for Halloween. Even though the movie won't be out yet, I bet they will be popular. Check out a photo and link to purchase the costume below.

It is Halloween Time Again

August is nearly over and it is time to think of Halloween again. If your kids haven't started school yet (mine haven't), then you are still busy with back to school stuff, but before you know it, your kids will start talking about what they want to wear on Halloween.

If you have kids from about age 5 to age 10, it is likely they will want to wear a popular character costume. In years' past superhero costumes for boys and princess costumes for girls have been perennial favorites.

Kids under 5 might want a character costume, or animals are always a great choice. My daughter's first costume was a mouse, the next year a strawberry, and the next year a ladybug.  Other "generic" type costumes like witch, vampire, police officer are also great options for babies through teenagers. Disney movie tie-ins are great. Disney Princess Merida costumes were a great choice last year and continues to be desirable. I think as a character Merida will stand the test of time.

Speaking of teenagers, and I am including age 11 and up here, they are likely to want more sophisticated costumes. Katniss Everdeen costumes were hugely popular last year for this age group. Peeta Mellark costumes were also popular for boys, but not nearly as much. Any other Halloween costumes with movie tie-ins are sure to be popular for kids and teenagers. Another place to look for costumes are for popular toys, such as Monster High costumes. I will be doing a series on those coming up soon.

Over the next few weeks I am going to be posting about new or popular Halloween costumes. I hope you enjoy this series and find something that is useful for you! If you have any costumes you are looking for and cannot find, please leave a link below and I'll see if I can point you in the right direction.

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