6 Animal Costumes for Halloween

October 5, 2012

Kid’s costumes should celebrate the whimsical side of Halloween (rather than the scary side) so that your children can wear them to parties and to school without frightening younger siblings and classmates. These animal costumes are perfect and totally adorable. When it’s time to trick-or-treat, your kids will delight in our picks: sweet, ready-to-wear animal costumes.

From top left:

Sweet Raccoon Costume; $34.99 at target.com
Great White Shark Costume; $49 at chasing-fireflies.com
Cute Hoot Owl Costume; $28.04 at diapers.com
Rubies Dinosaur Costume; $15.09 at target.com
Pretty Peacock Costume; $31.99 at kohls.com
Small World Toys Furree Faces; $5.94, at amazon.com (many animal styles available!)

Christine Fox is an Everyday Mama to three and a San Diego based freelance writer. She loves everything that has to do with shopping and being the talk of the playgroup when she finds the perfect shirt and diaper bag. Her fashion philosophy is simple, that being a mom does not mean that you should sacrifice style. You can be a mom and still be stylish! When she is not shopping or writing about shopping, she can be found playing with her two kids at the park. Her favorite stores are Target, Nordstrom and Anthropologie but when it comes to finding the perfect pair of jeans, no store is off limits. She has her own daily blog at everydaymama.com and is a daily contributor to stylebakerymom.com. For more mom finds, follow her on Twitter @EverydayMama.