Fun but Tasteful Halloween Costumes

If any of you are like me, you have a terrible time finding Halloween costumes for your growing girls.

Eventually, they get a little big for ladybugs, butterflies and angels and they are ready to branch out into different costumes.  But, just because she's wearing adult sizes now, does not mean I want her looking like this!

By the way...if you could get past the fact that her boobs were about to explode out of her outfit, this is a Ghostbusters costume.  Really??  I'd love to see Dan Aykroyd in this!

I have always struggled with finding costumes for Jordan since she has always been tall for her age.  We always had to buy "up" a size or two to get them to fit.  Unfortunately, that meant buying girls sizes when she was still a toddler...tween sizes when she was still a little girl...and now adult sizes when she's just 14.  Although, I've told her that she's about max-ed out the age when she should be trick-or-treating anyways - so this won't be a problem for much longer.  This is probably her last year.  But, I know there are other mom's out there that are having a hard time too.

For some reason, the costume makers think we all want to look "sexy".  I can't tell you how many "sexy" costumes are out there.  It's in the name too!  Sexy nurse, sexy flight attendant, sexy witch, the list goes on.  This is NOT okay for our kids!!  It is sending all the wrong messages to our girls!

Here are a few examples of Jordan's costumes over the past few Halloweens.

Apparently, I didn't take any pictures of her costume from last year (age 13) that showed the whole outfit, but this was it.  Super cute...not too short.  We loved it!

This was her costume the year before at , at age 12.  Super cute but yet still modest.  We had a ton of fun loading on the gold eye shadow and the fake eyelashes.

Halloween, age 11.

Halloween, age 10.

Definitely, my favorite...Halloween, age 9.

I thought we've done a pretty good job keeping her costumes fun yet modest.  On the other hand, I want to show you just a few of the "options" for our girls...  (((Just a side note...these are all found under the "teen" costumes.)))

Little Miss Riding Hood

Sexy Supergirl

Spanish Senorita

Unicorn

 Obviously, these are a HUGE "I DON"T THINK SO!!" from me.  Too short...too "sexy" and not at all appropriate for our teenage girls to be wearing.  

Am I saying that no one e.v.e.r should wear these?  Not at all...it's not my place to tell anyone (other than MY child) what they can and cannot wear.  Obviously, these would look much different on an 18 or 19 year old than on a 13 or 14 year old...but I still think they look a little on the hoochy side no matter what the age.

That's not to say there aren't cute costumes out there.  There are.  But you have to wade through a lot of bad ones to get to the good ones.  And I seriously mean A LOT!

I searched for a while this afternoon and was only able to find a few that I both 1) thought my daughter would want to wear and 2) that I would be comfortable buying for her.  Here are a few...

This raccoon was super cute, I thought.  The boots aren't included, but I think everything else is.

The Sock Hop one was really cute too.  Not too short but still fun!

Some might thing this one is a little cheesy, but I think this girl's Captain America costume is super cute!

Other than the Raccoon one, this Thor costume is my favorite.

The modest costume ARE out there.  You just have to be diligent to find them and not just give up and go the easy way out.

Thankfully, this year Jordan and a friend are dressing up like Katniss and Rue from the Hunger Games - which means cargo pants and a vest, maybe a bow and arrow.  That's my kind of costume!

Good luck to you all.  And when in doubt...you can't have too many Wonder Women out there!  :)