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amother

Tue, Dec 27 2022, 3:14 pm

No one freak out. Don't worry I'm not going to be thinking about Purim for a while just figured I'd do a service and start this thread with costume ideas. Hopefully the list will run until closer to purim.
PLEASE keep it to ideas and photos. No requests or stories. The goal is for everyone to read through lists easily for inspiration. It can be individual costumes or for a group.
I'll start with some things on the top of my head, and everyone please add in anything you can think of. They can be typical or creative ideas.

King/Queen
Mordechai/Esther/Haman
Football player/ cheerleader
Curious George/ man with the yellow hat
Goldilocks and the 3 bears
Snow white and the 7 dwarfs
Policeman/donut
Stickman figure
Pirate/ parrot
Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory
Harry Potter

amother

DarkCyan

Tue, Dec 27 2022, 3:18 pm

For those with twins:
- Dress them up as witches- which witch is which??
- Thing 1 and thing 2

a2z

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 2:18 am

Artist
Flight attendant
Baby
Tatty/mommy
Bubby/ zaidy
Tourist
Doll ( in box)
Kallah / choson
Bernstein bears
Care bears
Food items
Animals
Paroh in pajamas
Avraham/ Itzhak/ Yaakov/ mosheh/ aharon/ yosef/ David
Sora/ rivkah/ rochel/ Leah
Kohen gadol
Makeup artist
Fancy lady
Baby sitting on parents shoulders
Shepherd

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 2:23 am

Mickey / minnie mouse
Twins: cherries 🍒
Bakers
Magicians
Clowns
Doctor
Nurse

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a2z

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 2:26 am

Boys as girls and girls as boys ( little ones)
Farmers
Store workers
Teacher
Pirate
Police
Soldier
Rav
Sfardi rav
Uncle moishy
Butterfly
Avocado
Milk carton
Magician
Flower sales lady

missmuffetsmum

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 4:01 am

Hatzola personnel

Roots

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 4:53 am

we did a popcorn theme
pop corn (dh and dd)
mom corn and baby corn (ds)
shalach manos in a big paper popcorn cup
filled with a small can of corn , butter pop corn and small things to fill and then a bottle of wime or something with it

I popped pop corn and glued on a shekel store headband and on shekel store earrings so dd and myslef had popcorn on us
I bought red electric tape and taped regular white shirts with red strips of tape downward
(I find that children till a certain age only feel comfortable in real clothes and dont want to take the costume off all the time- so I make the costume in real clothing)

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Roots

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 4:57 am

we did an airplane theme
boys were pilots
girls stewardesses
shalach manos was a flight meal.

if theres a way to post photos I would

Roots

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 5:01 am

we did a hospital theme
parents and 2 kids were doctors (I got coats from my aunt who works in the hospital for the grown ups and I sewed 2 from dh's old shirts) we added glasses, band aids, magnifying glasses
one kid was a patient (I ordered inflatable crutches on ebay nd sewed a hospial gown)
one kid was a hatzala emt
shalach manos was in a macabi pharmacy bag ( I asked them at the pharmacy and told them why and they were happy to give me
there were water bottles, apples, bandaid shaped cookies, a vial filled with 'prescribed' chocolate lentils etc.

Roots

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 5:10 am

one year we were all painters
I took old jeans pants and skirs, old shoes and white tops that were already not so white anymore and put them all on the floor and Messed different color paint everywhere
then I used huge pickle and olive cans for the kids to hold and glued paper 'drippings' on the sides
I gave each child one or 2 big real paintbrushes, and then a pencil behind the ear and a key ring with lots of keys, a meter measure, etc etc

shalach manos had regular cookies in the shape of a pallette
I found empty pallets in the shekel store 6 divided with a paintbrush and we bought a huge bag f chocolate lentils and spent a whole afternoon dividing the colors and then filing each mound in a diffrent color ( I wish I knew how to post pics)
etc etc

DrMom

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 5:47 am

Q: Does everybody here do these themes and family group costumes?

We've done that one or two times, but usually every person does his own thing.

Our kids wear costumes to school as well as to shul, so we need costumes that make sense on a stand-alone basis and not necessarily in groups with siblings and parents.

a2z

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 9:07 am

https://www.imamother.com/foru.....rt=40

Here's some more

amother

Tangerine

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 9:09 am

Some ideas we’ve done in the past:
Weather reporters and snowmen
Game night
Amelia Bedelia
Deck of cards
Princesses, butler and maid
Camp
Old mcdonald
Fishermen and fish
5 little monkeys
Hangman

Cutest I’ve seen was a family of sisters each wearing a sister of the bride sweatshirt with slinky skirts and makeup and hair done. The littlest girl was a kallah. Father wore a father of the bride shirt and on the back there was a barcode that said “scan for payment”

amother

cornflower

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 9:12 am

Adorable costumes for little kids/ toddlers

Gurrer chosid
Old bubby with walker

amother

Lightyellow

Wed, Dec 28 2022, 9:47 am

days of creation
where's waldo
for someone with a kid about to be bar mitzvah or just bar mitzvah --minions (minyan)

Roots

Mon, Jan 16 2023, 3:43 am

Days of creation
thats creative
has anyone ever done that
how did they go about that?

amother

Tangerine

Mon, Jan 16 2023, 3:52 am

Roots wrote:

Days of creation
thats creative
has anyone ever done that
how did they go about that?

We were thinking of doing that this year cuz we are six ppl BH. Was gonna do a shabbos mm - challah, dips etc. it doesn’t involve tutus or gowns though so my girls nixed it.

Roots

Mon, Jan 16 2023, 12:31 pm

actually I got it all planned out. ive been thinking all day
this year we are 7
day 1 abba is day and night (easy black pants white shirt (he hates dressing uP)
day 2 imma is sky- wear blue and white
day 3 dd is a flower princess- I will order artificial flowers onaliexpreess and glue on a pretty (old)white dress and on a headband to make a huge flower crown
day 4 child will be dressed as solar system (look up miss frizzle costumes on pinterest- along those lines)
day 5 child will be dressed up as under the sea - all navy with corals glued on and clownfish etc
day 6 toddler will be something with animals not sure yet
day 7 baby will be dressed in shabbos clothing

shalach monis will be a shoe box type box with
(day 1) black n white cookie
(day2) something to do with sky- maybe cupcake with blue frosting and mini marshmallows for clowds
(day3) cut and clean lettuce
(day4) star shaped candies
(day5)fish crackers
(day6) animal crackers
and (day 7) a bottle of wine for shabbos

OMG I love it. thank you amother for the idea

amother

Rainbow

Wed, Jan 18 2023, 2:27 pm

little red riding hood, grandma, wolf, woodsmen/hunter
hungry hungry hippos
baseball players, hotdog seller, baseball, baby peanuts
Game night: twister, monopoly man, operation, clue
Candy: cotton candy, button candy, twizzlers, hershy bar, popcorn
Bakers + baked goods: cookie, cupcake donut, birthday cake
Circus: ringmaster, clown, ballerina/tightrope walker, lion, popcorn seller, mime, fortune teller
Under the Sea: scuba divers, octopus, fish, lobster
zookeeper/safari explorer + animals
bees+ beekeeper + honey
school supplies
Beanie babies
fruit
veggies
ice-cream + icecream sellers
winter- snowmen, snowboarder/skier, hot-coco
summer - Hawaiin girl, lifeguard, beachball, icecream

I would love to do a "Wanna Be Haman theme" but dh thinks it is tasteless and offensive, which it probably is: Roman solider, Greek solider, Crusader, Inquisitor, Pope, Cossack, Nazi, Hamas guy.

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