Family costumes. Yay or nay?
It’s been years since my family has coordinated a whole-family themed costume — not because we don’t like the idea of it, but because every year, Purim seems to sneak up on us and we all draw a last-minute, collective blank.
This year, however, I decided to get a jumpstart on the planning, by putting together some family theme options, which I then sent to our family WhatsApp group and asked for input. (I’ll let you imagine how that went.)
Now that we’ve hopefully decided on a theme — at least for four-fifths of us have — I thought I would share my research with you guys.
Of course, each option will need to be customized to your family — to the number and sizes of the children (and parents!), but I thought this list and all the pictures might give you a place to start with your planning.
Wizard of Oz Family Costumes
Maybe it’s the Kansan in me, but I love the Wizard of Oz and think this is such a cute family costume idea — with lots of possibilities for all ages and sizes.
- Scarecrow or toddler Scarecrow costume
- Wicked Witch
- Glinda
- Tinman toddler costume or adult Tinman costume
- Dorothy child costume or adult Dorothy costume
- Toto in a basket (this is a prop, not a costume)
- Lion baby costume or adult Lion costume
- Don’t forget about the Ruby slippers
Little Red Riding Hood Family Costumes
For couples with one child — or only one child who will join the family theme — this three-person set is idea. I also think you could make such cute ‘matching’ mishloch manot in a basket!
- Lumberjack adult costume or baby/toddler Lumberjack costume
- Little Red Riding Hood child costume or baby costume (so cute!)
- Granny Wolf adult costume
- And don’t forget Little Red Riding Hood’s basket
Addams Family Costumes
Got older children or teenagers? I think this Addamns family theme would be a blast for them!
- Wednesday
- Fester child costume
- Mortia adult costume or child Mortia costume or here
- Gomez
- Pugsley child costume
- Lurch
Star Wars Family Costumes
It doesn’t get more classic than a Star Wars family theme! (Remember when my kiddos dressed up this way several years ago? Feel free to copy our ‘matching’ mishloach manot and homemade light sabers made out of pool noodles — injury-free!)
- Darth Vader adult costume or child Darth Vader costume
- Boba Fett
- Princess Leia adult costume or child Princess Leia costume or baby/toddler costume
- Strom Trooper child costume or adult Storm Trooper costume
- Jedi Knight
- Rey
There are so many other characters from Star Wars, too, so the sky is really the limit (no pun intended). I’d love to see an R2D2 or C-3PO costume added into the mix. Maybe even for the family pet, like this R2D2 Dog Hoodie.
Frozen Family Costumes
Confession: I never saw Frozen. My daughter finds Disney movies a bit scary (she’s not wrong!) and has never been a big princess kid anyway, so it just didn’t happen. But with Frozen 2, at age 10, she decided she really wanted to see it — and so I brought her a few weeks ago. And guess what? We loved it! I mean — I cried, I laughed, I belted out “Into the Unknown” — LOVED it! So, you can imagine I was eager to see if I could pull off a Frozen family Purim costume theme. Here’s what I came up with.
- Kristoff
- Anna adult costume or child Anna costume
- Elsa child costume or adult Elsa costume
- Since Elsa’s hair is so quintessential, you may want to grab an Elsa wig (or for girls), too
- Olaf child costume or adult Olaf costume (there’s even a cute pet Olaf costume)
- Sven baby costume (I might drop that red ribbon on this one, but otherwise any “reindeer” costume should work)
What do you think? Which is your favorite?
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