Keep Your Child Safe With These Halloween Costume Tips

I remember being eight years old and dressing as Spider-man for Halloween. Back then, it was nothing more than a blue-and-red one-piece, with a hard plastic mask covering my face and only two smallish eye holes to see through. Peripheral vision? What’s that? In those days, safety concerns revolved around whether or not a costume was flammable. These days, we’re so much more savvy regarding materials and proper ventilation and affordance of movement — it seems incredible that any of us survived to have kids of our own.

However, as this article shows, you may not be aware of all considerations when it comes to choosing a safe costume for your trick-or-treater. A good workaround to the mask situation I described can be had with the application of face paint. Also, remember to give your child a flashlight for nighttime candy scrounging; incidental costume lights just aren’t strong enough.

Have a look over the entire piece, it’s good reading. Even if you’ve picked out your kid’s costume already, there are modifications that can be made to ensure safety. A final non-costume note: make sure you keep a good eye on your child and never lose sight of him or her; with tons of kids roaming about, it’s very easy to lose track, especially at night. The sound level will be fairly high, so consider constant hand contact. Finally, enjoy the evening! Get caught up in your child’s enthusiasm and it’ll be fun for the entire family.