In contrast to my younger daughter, who is willing to wear wigs, hair extensions, makeup, and an itchy light up witch costume with a giant tulle skirt, my older daughter has a hard time with Halloween in general. Here are some of her concerns:

1. Being in a school parade and having everyone stare at her and take pictures
2. Dressing up in something that might be uncomfortable
3. Going around to different people’s houses and having to ask for candy
4. Hearing lots of loud, scary, and different sounds

We haven’t pushed her too much during this holiday. Usually she has agreed to dress up a little bit (an Elsa costume two years in a row that she felt comfortable with, and Supergirl last year, without any of the accessories), and staying home with Daddy to pass out candy instead of going around trick or treating.

I am hoping she feels willing to dress up this year to continue to be part of the fun at school, but if she doesn’t want to, we have told her that is fine too. She is nine years old, and apparently some of the girls in her class have decided they want to be “babies,” as in wearing onesie kind of pajamas, putting their hair in pigtails, and carrying a bottle or pacifier. Hmm, not exactly what I expected of a costume, but if she wants to do it that works for me!

I started looking for some onesie type of pajamas she could wear that are not footed so she can wear her sneakers, and found a few different cute options. That led me to think, there must be some other comfortable and warm (we live in Chicago and it has snowed before on Halloween!) “costumes” out there. Here is what I’ve put together, based on what I think my picky, sensory sensitive kiddo might be willing to wear. Mostly they involve warm, fuzzy material and or robes/pjs.

Halloween-Costumes-for-the-Sensory-Sensitive

1) Unicorn | 2) Care Bear | 3) Koala | 4) Cow | 5) Harry Potter Robe | 6) Skeleton | 7) Mummy | 8) Monster

Do you have any tips on comfortable, warm costumes that a sensory sensitive, picky kid might be willing to wear?