Oversized Hallowe’en costumes

They ROCK!

Masks and crowns keep sliding off. Ears flop over the eyes. Paws hide tiny hands and impede fine-motor skills. Tummies protrude and hamper any attempts to bend. Gowns extend to the floor, tripping up tiny feet.

Oversized costumes create a hilarious struggle for dinosaurs, superheroes, princesses, turtles, ladybugs, lions, pumpkins, vampires, legos and ghosts alike.

Let’s face it, those trick-or-treaters teeter.

Each unsteady step threatens to cause you to spill the overflowing bowl of candy as you shake while trying to suppress laughter. Suddenly a sibling or a parent reaches out to save the day by steadying a wobbly trick-or-treater who has approached your front door.

And if it turns too cold in late October―not that that ever happens in Canada―those oversized outfits even mean you still get to go out trick-or-treating, because your warm clothes can fit UNDERNEATH the Hallowe’en costume.

      AWESOME!

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