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My Little Superhero (Costume Discounters Review)

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Play time gets more exciting every single day. Darah’s imagination is already amazing to witness, and I know its only going to get better! One of my big projects that I’m currently working on is putting together a bin of dress up costumes for her. Some of the items I can get at the thrift store or yard sales, and some accessories I can pick up on clearance (all that big, chunky jewelry that is so popular right now is perfect for dress-up!). But there are some costumes that just need to be left to the experts to create and that are worth paying for. Take this photo, for instance. I wouldn’t trade it or the memory of the first time she put on this costume for $1,000! I mean it!

Darah is sporting the deluxe Supergirl costume for toddler, and isn’t she fabulous in it? I had just put it on her and wanted to do a little photo shoot. I suggested a dramatic hands-on-hips pose, but she had other plans, and immediately went for the more contemplative superhero stance. She’s a bright one, because this look is just so perfect! It’s as if she is looking down from the sky at the people in need, thinking through her strategy in her head and gathering her strength for her upcoming mission. Love it!

This costume came from Costume Discounters, which is a really great resource for superhero costumes (babies through adults!). I think every child’s dress-up box needs at least one caped or masked avenger. For Darah, Supergirl was the perfect choice. You see, Tim was well-known as a child for wearing his superman costume EVERYWHERE. No really. Everywhere. In fact, my mother-in-law was known by some people simply as, “Superman’s mom.” Ha! It is fun for Darah to be able to continue the tradition.

I’m not sure if Darah will be Supergirl for Halloween this year, although that is certainly a possibility. Costume Discounters has a really wide variety of Halloween costumes for toddlers, so I’ll at least be looking over their options in a few months to see if anything strikes me (or lines up perfectly with whatever Darah will be into at that point in time…it changes weekly!). Currently I’m loving their plum pixie costume!

What about you? Are you starting to think of Halloween costume ideas? Any favorites from past years? I’d love to hear!

Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.


Easter Bunny Costume for Toddlers

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Oh. My. Word. I can barely contain my excitement about Easter this year. I can’t believe that it is so late into April! That just gives me all the more time to plan for it, though!

This will really be the first year that Darah will grasp the concept of an egg hunt. SQUEAL!!!! Easter egg hunts in my family are serious. I wish there was a special “serious” font I could use to convey my meaning. The adult children, myself included, still hunt eggs. I honestly had no idea that this was not normal until I got to college. And you know what? Who cares?! We love it! And this is coming from the world’s WORST Easter egg hunter. Just ask my brother. I’m terrible. He is also an egg thief, but that’s a whole other post!

Easter Bunny Costume for Toddlers

Anyway, so back to Darah. For her first true egg hunt, I’m going all out in terms of the outfit. Will it be her Sunday best?! Well, it depends on how you look at it. She’ll be wearing this!
Easter Bunny Costume for Toddlers Oh yes she will! Little Darah is totally rocking the bunny costume! I could die just thinking about the pictures that we will be taking. They will be absolutely priceless. She’s just such a doll, from her floppy ears all the way to her cotton tail. The costume even comes with bunny feet and a carrot!

After I got Darah in her costume, she spent a good amount of time laughing at herself in the mirror. She just could not believe that she had been transformed into a bunny. I’m not so sure that it would have occurred to me to get her a toddler bunny costume for Easter, but now that I have one, I have to tell you, this is an AWESOME idea! The body of the costume will probably be outgrown within 6 months, but the headpiece has a lot of give to it (let’s just say a certain grownup in the house might have tried it on, herself….). It will last for a long time and be such a great element in the dress up bin!

So, where does one find such cuteness? Amazon has a great selection (including the one showcased above). I also really loved this one at Target!

easter bunny costumer toddler

Don’t limit yourself to Halloween for costume shopping. The possibilities are endless!