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The Very Best DIY Halloween Costumes For Families with Babies & Infants

Put that old jack-o'-lantern onesie back in your beautiful nursery drawers and get ready to bring your family's Halloween look to the next level.

With a little cleverness and creativity, your little one's outfit can take your homemade family costume from boring to brilliant.

Here you'll find a variety of budget-friendly ideas for DIY family Halloween costumes inspired by movies, fairy tales, food products and more.

Costume Ideas For Large & Extended Families

An awesome Black Panther costume for a large family.

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Costume Ideas For Families of 4

A Harry Potter family costume featuring Dumbledore, Professor Trelawney and two adorable witches.

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TV- and Movie-Themed Fancy Dress Ideas for Families

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  An incredible family cosplay featuring Finn, Rey and BB-8.
• Inside Out
  Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger and Fear costumes for a family of five.
• Despicable Me 2
  Minion costumes for the kids with mom and dad as Gru and Agent Lucy Wilde.
• Futurama
  Fry, Leela, Nibbler and Sally.
• 101 Dalmatians
  Cruella de Vil, Jasper and adorable dalmatians from the animated Disney classic.
• My Neighbor Totoro
  Three different sized Totoros and mom as Mei.
• The Wizard of Oz
  Follow the yellow brick road with these DIY costumes.
• Up
  Up-inspired costume with a baby as Kevin the bird.
• Monsters, Inc.
  Amazing homemade Monsters, Inc. costume featuring Mike, Scully, Boo & Celia Mae.
• Cinderella + How to Train Your Dragon
  Two families who dressed up in DIY film-themed costumes.
• Ratatouille
  Linguini, Colette and Remy from Pixar's hit film Ratatouille.
• Harry Potter & Friends
  Harry, Hermione, Luna, Crookshanks, and Professor Trelawney.
• Jungle Book
  Easy Disney-inspired DIY costume.
• Frankenstein's Family
  What better costume than a classic monster with his bride and baby?
• How to Train Your Dragon
  Amazing homemade viking and dragon costumes.
• Beetlejuice
  An incredible homemade Beetlejuice costume.
• Alice in Wonderland
  Inspired by Tim Burton's gothic re-imagining of the classic tale.
• The Little Mermaid
  Go under the sea with Ariel, King Triton, Sebastian and Ursula.
• Batman + Alice in Wonderland + The Wizard of Oz
  Costumes for a family of four inspired by Neil Patrick Harris.
• The Incredibles
  Pixar's animated family comedy is always a hit on Halloween.

Family Costume Ideas For Single Parents

A creative mother-daughter Lion King costume.

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Halloween Ideas For Single Parents

• Rag Dolls
  A beautiful mother-daughter DIY costume tutorial.
• Madeline & Miss Clavel
  "In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines." A great theme for single moms with little girls.
• Mary & Little Lamb
  Perfect costume for single moms with little girls.
• Curious George
  This classic children's series makes for a cute and easy family costume, starring your little one as Curious George and dad as the man in the yellow hat.

Costume Inspiration For Families of 5

Food-Themed Family Costume Ideas

• Ketchup, Mustard & Hot Dog
  An adorable, mouth-watering family picnic costume that could quickly be constructed out of felt.
• Popcorn & Vendors
  DIY popcorn costume for baby.
• Krispy Kreme
  Featuring mom and dad as Krispy Kreme bakers and the littles (including the family pup!) as adorable pink sprinkled donuts.
• Fast Food Mascots
  Ronald McDonald, Burger King, Colonel Sanders, Wendy and a Taco Bell hot sauce packet.
• Even More S'mores
  Inexpensive family idea constructed out of cardboard and pillows.

DIY Costumes for Mom, Dad & Baby

• The Four Seasons
  Spring, Summer, Winter, Autumn, Mother Nature and Father Time.
• American Historical Figures
  Wyatt Earp, Davy Crockett, Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart and Rosie the Riveter.
• Bees & Beekeeper
  Four bees and a beekeeper with lots of photos.
• Egypt
  Cleopatra, Amelia Peabody, Akmenrah, King Tut and a mummy.
• iPods
  Apple-inspired iPod costume with ear buds.
• Cops & Robbers
  Creative, easy and inexpensive family costume.
• No-Sew Halloween Costumes for Babies
  20 ideas for easy homemade baby costumes.
• Space Invaders
  Alien and astronaut costumes for the whole family.
• Superheroes
  Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin.
• Shark vs. Surfboard
  Another clever shark attack costume.
• Anrgy Birds
  Homemade costumes inspired by the uber popular mobile game.

Family-Friendly Ideas Inspired by TV & Cartoons

• Care Bears
  Learn how to make no-sew DIY Care Bear costumes for the entire family with this tutorial.
• Futurama
  Fry, Leela, Nibbler and Sally.
• Scooby-Doo
  Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, Fred and two mummies.
• The Simpsons
  Perfect for a family of five.
• Popeye, Olive Oyl & Sweet Pea
  Classic cartoons make great Halloween themes — and the pieces for this Popeye outfit are probably already in your closet.
• Phineas & Ferb
  Easy cartoon-inspired outfits for a family of six.

Book & Fairy Tale-Themed Costume Ideas For Families with Kids

• Little Red Riding Hood
  A classic fairy tale costume that's easy to pull together at the last minute.
• Another Little Red Riding Hood
  Featuring Grandma, the wolf, Little Red and the woodsman.

Share Your Themed Family Costume Ideas

Maddie on October 28, 2016:

Love the idea, Angela -grabczak

Franchesca W (author) from Atlanta, GA on December 06, 2013:

@angela-grabczak: Love the idea, angela-grabczak! :)

angela-grabczak on October 05, 2013:

I thought this might get a few laughs. My 18 month old son as an 80's rocker and me as a 80's groupie! Lol tastefully done of course. feedback please.

hgb282 on October 01, 2013:

The shark attack and the beekeeper and the bees are fun ideas for the family.