Most Inappropriate Halloween Costumes For Kids

By Kelly Turner on October 13th, 2009

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Remember that scene in Mean Girls where Lindsay Lohan’s character talks about how in Girl World, Halloween is a socially acceptable way to just wear underwear, toss on some animal ears and call it a costume?  It’s funny because it’s true.

The switch is happening earlier in girls these days.  They are trading in their princess and ghost costumes for Bratz Dolls and movies star costumes.  Instead of sneaking out of the house with homemade revealing costumes like I used to have to do, kids can now just pick one up at the store, made just for their elementary school sizes.

This is what blows me away. From a business standpoint, everyone wants to make money.  In order to find producing a product worth while, there must be a big enough demand.  For children’s products, they must also believe that parents are going to be willing to shell out the money for these things, so they also have to be parent friendly.  Are there really parents willing to buy these things for their kids?  They look more like role playing outfits to spice up your marriage than something you send your child out to stranger’s houses wearing.

Here are some gems I found:

Bratty Miss Muffet

(Look at those shoes!)

Scar-let Pirate

(It’s a bad sign when the costume made for a 10 year old uses “saucy” in the description.)

Bratty Nurse

(Those shoes again!)

Risky Racer for Tween/Teen

(Um, what? How does this have anything to do with racing besides the checkered pattern?)

Cop Child’s Costume

(Pretty sure cops don’t wear mini skirts and heels.)

Leprechaun Child’s Costume

(Offensive to leprechauns everywhere. This is not historically accurate.)

Kandy Korn Tween Costume

(Does any young girl actually say, “Mom, I want to be a skanky piece of candy for Halloween”?)

Goldilocks Tween Costume

(That skirt is barely a skirt.  It’s windy in October, folks.  One gust and she’s the most popular girl in school.)

I actually think this is a bigger issue for teens.  Kids, obviously, aren’t going to pick a costume because they want to be sexy.  They think it’s fun, and they get to dress like their favorite star or character who seem to all be dressing outside their age appropriate realms as of late, but teens actually are starting to think about sex and being attractive to the opposite sex.  No teen girl picks her Major Trouble costume because she wants to join the service.

It’s all a matter of taste and parental discretion as to what you let your child wear.  Halloween is a night to be someone else for a change and have a little fun- would you let your kid test drive a night in the life of a corset wearing maid?