Costume idea for a pre teen girl.

[Tink-n-MrIncredible]

I would like some ideas for costumes for a pre teen girl. My DD wants a costume from our local store, its a candy corn witch type, the price is $55. I can not justify paying that price for a costume ( most of them are poorly made and will only be worn about 3 hours). Any ideas? What will your pre teen girl be this year?

 

[brekin67]

My pre-teen is dressing as a pirate. You might check Ebay for used witch costumes.

 

[disneydreamersx4]

My 13yo DD was thinking about being a masquerade type person. Use a fancy dress that you already have and just buy the masquerade mask at party city

 

[SC Minnie]

DD16 is going as Belle. We found a blue dress in a similar style at Goodwill. I have to alter it a little but for $3.... My mom is making her a white apron and DD already has a white shirt with a collar.

 

[mafibisha]

When one of our DDs was 12, she and a few friends dressed up as babies!

They all wore the soft, one-piece feet-in type jammies, carried a teddy bear, had a pacifier around their neck, painted rosy cheeks, and had a blast!

They also stayed toasty warm, and had nice jammies for the winter!

 

[disneyfans95]

My princess of a 10 year old DD suprised us and went with a ninja this year!

Bonus is that many of the costumes are just not appropriate for girls and the ninja one is covered head to toe

So she has a black ninja costume with red sash and some fake plastic sword things.. This from the girl for the last 11 years was various Disney princesses.

 

[jadeblue13]

My DD almost 11 has been clamoring for a vampire costume to the tune of $60. I come from the make your own costume camp. After searching the web for about a week and talking about how ridiculous the prices are,
she told me she would like to be a zombie-we will cut up dad's old flannel shirt, wear old clothes under it, and put zombie makeup on. I can hairspray leaves into her messed up hair to add to the look.

 

[luvmy3]

My dd is going as a ladybug and her BFF is going as a bee

 

[Disneycrazymom]

My DD 10 really wants to be Alice in Wonderland but NOT the new Alice that is everywhere the original one. I can only find it on line at Disney for $50 too much for this year! Any thoughts on where else I might get one? Also WHY do they not have a girls costume in a XL? Even the $50 one is only a L (10 - 12). DD is not wearing the "teen" costumes (too short and too figure hugging) and the child L is too small. I never enjoy Halloween but I try to play along as long as my kids want to but I will be glad when she is ready to move on!

 

[Dizfan4life]

I would like some ideas for costumes for a pre teen girl. My DD wants a costume from our local store, its a candy corn witch type, the price is $55. I can not justify paying that price for a costume ( most of them are poorly made and will only be worn about 3 hours). Any ideas? What will your pre teen girl be this year?

My DD is going to be a witch this year and I found her costume at Walmart for $14. I noticed that they did have the Candy Corn Witch costume at the Walmarts in our area so I would guess that it would be the same at any Walmart - if there is one near you I'd check it out. Plus, I feel the quality of the costume I got from Walmart for DD is just as good if not better than the costumes at the Halloween Stores.

 

[honeydiane1953]

A fav old stand by is a gypsy. Long gauzy shirt and top. Crazy hair may add bandana and loooots of gawdy bracelets. Actually ends up looking like a pirates WOMAN. LOL

 

[Donaldswife]

My DD 10 really wants to be Alice in Wonderland but NOT the new Alice that is everywhere the original one. I can only find it on line at Disney for $50 too much for this year! Any thoughts on where else I might get one? Also WHY do they not have a girls costume in a XL? Even the $50 one is only a L (10 - 12). DD is not wearing the "teen" costumes (too short and too figure hugging) and the child L is too small. I never enjoy Halloween but I try to play along as long as my kids want to but I will be glad when she is ready to move on!

We ordered our MNNSHP Alice in Wonderland costumes from this site http://www.buyaliceinwonderlandcostumes.com/ and they came really quickly, and I was happy with the quality. They have this one in a XL childs size and it is less than the Disney costumes. http://www.buyaliceinwonderlandcostumes.com/child-alice-costume.html

Hope that helps!

 

[disneydreamer1970]

I got out of it easy this year!! DD asked if she could wear my Little Red Riding Hood costume from a couple of years ago. We put a white tank under it because the top is a little big, but it will work. She looks adorable in it too!!

Trish

 

[lady9]

At my school (I'm a teacher), they did away with dressing for Halloween. Kids and teachers need to dress as a character from a book. This year I am going as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." I am wearing a raincoat and have an umbrella with different play foods hanging down from it.

 

[CraftyCrissy]

My 10 year old daughter and her BFF are going to be a "Best Friend" necklace. They're each going to be half of a heart and wear it like a sandwich board. They decided to wear black jeans with a long-sleeved black t-shirt. And they both want short, neon colored bobbed wigs. Hey - I'll spring the $10 for the wig since the rest is costing me nothing! I was at Costco yesterday and there were GIANT pieces of cardboard from in between the pallets of toilet paper. I took 2, no questions, no problem, 100% free! 1 will be to make the heart and the other will be to make my 8 year old son a DS!

 

[simonsmom]

grandinroad.com has the candy corn witch costume on clearance for $25.their stuff is usually pretty good quality,but I have never ordered a costume from them.

 

[jenlynn0808]

My DD almost 11 has been clamoring for a vampire costume to the tune of $60. I come from the make your own costume camp. After searching the web for about a week and talking about how ridiculous the prices are,
she told me she would like to be a zombie-we will cut up dad's old flannel shirt, wear old clothes under it, and put zombie makeup on. I can hairspray leaves into her messed up hair to add to the look.

Had to laugh! My DD12 is also going as a zombie, but she is going as a zombie Prom Queen. We got a prom style dress at goodwill for $10, and have watched a few Youtube videos to do her make-up. Dress is long enough that she can wear jeans and tennis shoes under it and no one will know. I just need to make her the sash and get her a crown. All together it should run us about $20 for her costume.

 

[Plumeria9]

Wow lots of creative ideas here! My DD9 is going as a pirate again. I will re-fashion the costume I made for her last year. Works for me! DD6 still wants to be some kind of princessy thing