Hat Trick
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Before your baby can talk (and talk back), let the joke be on him — literally.
These shamelessly easy Halloween costumes work even when he's all bundled up in a stroller or carrier — all you need is a cap and your preferred prop glued on top. (We used Aleene's Tacky Glue, $4 for 8 ounces. These are, of course, only good while your baby's still too young to pull his hat off and take a bite.
Next: The costumes
Make way for the aircraft carrier:
Land a paper airplane on the hat and attach with nontoxic glue.
She's so self-absorbed:
Attach a dry kitchen sponge to hat with nontoxic glue.
Tonight dinner's on me:
Attach a plastic entrée (hamburger dog toy, play kitchen pizza) to a small paper plate and stick on the cap with nontoxic glue.
Do you know the muffin man:
Crumple some brown paper into a ball, then paint blue dots on top for blueberries and place into the bottom half of a paper cup marked with lines, as shown. Attach to hat with nontoxic glue.
More Instant Costumes
(Because babies just want to have pun)
Ceiling Fan: Write "Go Ceilings!" on a Onesie with a nontoxic fabric pen. ( Try a Marvy DecoFabric Marker at misterart.com, $3).
Head in the Clouds: Glue cardboard cutouts of clouds onto a light blue hat.
Autograph Hound: Dress the baby in a white Onesie, carry a nontoxic, washable marker, and let people sign the Onesie.
Under the Weather: Attach gray crepe paper streamers around the edge of an umbrella (for rain) and hold over you and your baby.
Identity Crisis: Stick "Hello my name is . . ." tags with various names all over the baby's clothes. (Maco Name Badges , $2 for 100, misterart.com ).
