My little man is in Kindergarten this year. The note sent home states this: "Students may come to school wearing their costumes! Please leave masks, wigs, face make-up, and accessories at home."
UH... what's left for a child to wear? I understand no masks, and I guess no make-up (can be messy).. But what can he be? Do any of you have any ideas? He wanted to be a skeleton, and though he can wear a good outfit, his face will just be normal. Any other suggestions? I just can't imagine a little princess without a tiara, a kitty with no whiskers or a dracula with no fangs! :-/
The party is, of course, on the 31st, so we have a little while to figure this out.
Edit: He wouldn't be able have a holster, badge, hat, cape, etc, as my understanding of the note.
Thanks, everyone!
Thanks, everyone. Actually, my son reminded me that our dear friends had given him a very thick, one piece bear costume which he wants to wear! Problem solved. The "head" is attached, as are the claws and the foot/shoe covers. He tried it on, and it's a great fit and he looks adorable (picture Ralphie from Christmas Story in his bunny outfit - only a bear and no glasses). :)
My kids just wore their costumes to school and left their masks and weapons (in my son's case!) at home. They really didn't care, they got to wear their full costumes trick or treating.
ETA: as a former 1st grade classroom aide I can tell you the staff doesn't want the responsibility of keeping track of everyone's accessories, so keep it simple.
They just don't want to keep up with all of it and have to deal with the kids playing with their stuff all day. Can't blame them. Just have him wear his skeleton costume. He'll be as dressed up as the other kids.
The kids will wear their regular costumes that cover their bodies and leave the rest of the stuff at home. It's a pretty standard rule and everyone will still be dressed up and have a good time. Have him be a skeleton and just save the face/make up part of the costume for trick or treating. People will know from the black & bones body suit what he is.
FWIW, "accessories" usually refers to items that the child would carry or can easily take off. Badges, sashes, belts and capes that can comfortably be worn all day are probably fine. They just don't want kids coming in with light sabers, swords, guns, magic wands, stuffed animals, purses, etc. that can get lost, played with or broken.
great way to do it...seriously, many parents are happy with this method!
It prevents loss, hurt feelings, & leaves a little ooomph for the family time.
& a lot of parents refuse to send costumes at all....just to prevent damage. Thru the years, I've seen quite a few costumes not make it back home. :)
He can be a fireman!
He can wear boots, turnout pants (with suspenders) and a raincoat type fire jacket.
Our son made an adorable fireman at that age!
He had a toy fireman helmet with a pull down clear visor that he was allowed to wear.
We got so many great comments about that outfit (and lot's of cute pictures)!
Our school does a storybook parade. Where the kids come to school as their favorite storybook character.
One kid went as Charlie Brown. (brown pants, yellow shirt with a brown line across the middle).
For Kinder, my son went as Thomas the Tank Engine. He wore his engineer's hat and a Thomas shirt.
For 1st he was a sheriff, with a jacket, badge, hat and holster (no guns)
My nine-year-old was a cat last year and we still drew the whiskers on. The school didn't mind. I think it's more full-face makeup that they are trying to avoid, which is totally understandable like you said.
This year, my daughters are a pirate and spongebob. Neither of those costumes requires any sort of hat or makeup. The pirate costume DOES have a bandana but I can turn it into a headband and braid her hair and the school won't mind I'm sure.
There are tons of costumes you can be without masks or accessories. The teachers don't want to be responsible for the kids losing all of their extras - imagine Luke Skywalker leaving his light saber at school, Cinderella leaving her crown, a Ninja leaving his sword, etc. The kids would get home and get ready to trick or treat, then realize they were missing something and get upset.
My kids are both ninjas this year and their costumes are obviously ninjas even when they don't have their masks on. Last year, my son's police costume was perfectly fine without his hat.
I think the kids will be all decked out and don't see this is a problem at all.
There will be lots of kids just wearing their costumes without the masks. The one piece plush costumes are popular with that age group as they are easy to get on and off and there are no extra parts to fiddle around with.
