For parents, Halloween is the scariest holiday. It is unnerving enough that kids walk around in the dark asking strangers for candy. Some of the kids' costumes, though, can make the hairs on the back of parents' necks stand up. Halloween costume options are often skirts that are too short, shorts that are too tight, tights that are too sheer, and the outfits that are misogynistic. Little girls' costumes are too often frightening thanks to their reliance on sex appeal.
While boys wear the body suit Spider-Man costumes or the two-piece policeman suit, girls’ costumes are simplified to a similar design attached to a mini-dress. Why can a boy be a cop, but a girl has to be a sexy cop? Why does a 12-year-old girl have to be a sexy Darth Vader? Darth Vader is not even sexy! Girls who are 12 should not dress …show more content…
Parents and their girls can create cool, age-appropriate costumes right at home.
Parents may be familiar with the 1980s cartoon “Jem” or the trailers for, “Jem and the Holograms,” a movie coming out just days before Halloween. So here’s a simple costume idea to dress little girls up as Jem. She wears a hot pink dress, a silver sash, a set of large, red star earrings, bright-colored leggings, pink face paint, and big pink hair! Parents and their girls will have a great time creating their Jem.
Another option is the classic black cat costume with some black face paint, a black t-shirt and leggings, and makeshift cat ears and tail. For the ears, take black craft felt and cut out the desired shape, including an extra length of material. The extra material will be folded to the back, leaving enough space to slip the finished ears onto a headband. For the tail, take a pair of old stocking and cut one leg to the desired length, stuff it with cotton balls, and tuck the top into the leggings. And finally, for the face, do whatever feels and looks
While boys wear the body suit Spider-Man costumes or the two-piece policeman suit, girls’ costumes are simplified to a similar design attached to a mini-dress. Why can a boy be a cop, but a girl has to be a sexy cop? Why does a 12-year-old girl have to be a sexy Darth Vader? Darth Vader is not even sexy! Girls who are 12 should not dress …show more content…
Parents and their girls can create cool, age-appropriate costumes right at home.
Parents may be familiar with the 1980s cartoon “Jem” or the trailers for, “Jem and the Holograms,” a movie coming out just days before Halloween. So here’s a simple costume idea to dress little girls up as Jem. She wears a hot pink dress, a silver sash, a set of large, red star earrings, bright-colored leggings, pink face paint, and big pink hair! Parents and their girls will have a great time creating their Jem.
Another option is the classic black cat costume with some black face paint, a black t-shirt and leggings, and makeshift cat ears and tail. For the ears, take black craft felt and cut out the desired shape, including an extra length of material. The extra material will be folded to the back, leaving enough space to slip the finished ears onto a headband. For the tail, take a pair of old stocking and cut one leg to the desired length, stuff it with cotton balls, and tuck the top into the leggings. And finally, for the face, do whatever feels and looks