Halloween Costumes for Infants in Car Seats

As Halloween rushes toward us, parents are starting to look for costumes for their children. There are many costumes available, some costing only a few dollars, others costing much more. You could spend hundreds of dollars on a single costume. But when it comes to costumes for infants and toddlers who are still getting strapped into car seats, the problem is less a matter of cost and more a matter of safety. So many costumes for infants have a tail or something else that will interfere with the safety of being strapped into a car seat. If you don't want to take the costume off every time you get in the car, your options are rather limited.

My children were tiny once, so when I got an e-mail addressing this particular problem, I thought I'd offer a solution that I myself employed. Pet costumes. No, I'm not kidding. Look at the costumes for pets. Many of them have Velcro closures around the neck or around the middle, allowing the costume to be removed at a moment's notice. I thought this might work for my own children. Tails or cloaks or even skirts were easy enough to remove when necessary. It worked for me, and the selection for pet costumes these days is enough to satisfy even the pickiest parent. You can find clowns, rabbits, princesses, pirates, and many other costumes that can be adapted to fit your child.

The flip side: I often find that toddler costumes are easily adapted for your pets, so mix and match to get the costume you want.