>Because You’re Never Too Young to Work It *Edited to Add Pictures You Won’t Believe at the Bottom*
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To be honest, I still sort of think of my four-year-old daughter as a baby. Party City seems to think otherwise.
This hot little costume is available now at Party City in size 4T.
Once Punky turns eight, Party City comes to the rescue with this Red Devil Bride costume. The shoes aren’t included, but I’m sure we’ll be able to find high-heeled stripper boots in little girl sizes… Party City certainly didn’t have any trouble.
Of course, Party City isn’t our only costuming option. When Punky turns 11, Spirit Halloween is quick to address her Halloween needs with age-appropriate Halloween choices like this “Miss Mouse Tween Costume.”
Then again, Punky has always been partial to Snow White. Perhaps she’ll choose this “Black Snow White Tween Girl’s Costume,” also from Spirit Halloween.
When my daughter becomes a teenager, Party City is ready to help her turn heads with its Junior collection- She can choose to be an innocent Blueberry Girl…
Or a virginal “Skull Fairy”…
…or maybe she’ll stick with this old favorite from Spirit Halloween’s teen collection- Dorothy, from The Wizard of Oz. Funny, I don’t remember Dorothy’s dress being quite this short in the movie…
But anyway, I just want to thank you, Party City and Spirit Halloween, for helping to protect our daughters’ modesty and innocence. They’re only children for a few short years. A very few short years, by the looks of your websites. You’re not (yet) making sexy costumes for the three-and-under set, and for that, you really should be commended.
Edited to add: Well, I’ve been proven wrong. “Anonymous” just sent me a link to this Infant Baby Pimp Costume. Yes, it’s real.
And those of you with older sons can also get in on the pimp action…
Can this even be topped?
>Oh that is just outrageously terrible. Seriously? A FOUR YEAR OLD?!
>Been there. Done that. Wait until you try to find dresses for church when she’s 12-15. My oldest is now 19.5 years and bless jebus has fairly conservative taste. I don’t know how we survived with The Spice Girls and Britney Spears slutting it up while she was pre-teen.
>We just bought our sons’ costumes and I almost fell to my knees and thanked the Lord that I didn’t have any girls. The selections are atrocious. I was looking for something to wear while I handed out candy but since I don’t really want to look slutty when I am around small children I struck out. Thank goodness for makeup and silly headbands because at least I can sort of get into the spirit.The sad part of our trip was a mom was there with her two kids and her daughter, who couldn’t have been more than 4, kept asking her mom if she was going to be a sexy witch again this year. The mom laughed, said yes and seemed really proud of her little girl. Normally I try not to judge other parents but that just really bothered me that that little girl knew what sexy was at such a young age.
>This is when I long to be crafty and able to sew. I have three daughters, ages 8, 7 & 4. They will NOT be wearing any of the lovely costumes on your blog entry… not sure what they will be wearing, but I know what they won't be wearing!
>My family went to a Halloween fesitval this weekend and there were 2 preteen girls there in the Hooters outfit. I mean come on are you serious. I have a 5 year old and this summer I could not believe the bathing suits for her age. I think they were way to sexy.
>Holy Cow, I had no clue…my kids are boys and they were full head to toe Mickey Mouse outfits….yes, both of them…yes, every year…so far anyway…..I gave them a choice this year…for the first time ever and they both chose Mickey again….and since I collect Mickey Mouse “stuff” this is pretty cool by me, but that Mini Mouse outfit is down right scary
>Wow. I have a soon to be 6 year old girl and just…….wow. I’m not going NEAR Party City.
>According to Party City and Leg Avenue (WTF kind of brand name is that?!), it’s never too early to start whoring it up on Halloween, I guess.
>Wow. Just wow.And really, really glad right now I won’t be battling with a daughter over Halloween costumes… although, now that I think about it, I’ll probably cry if one of my boys brings home a girl dressed like one of these while they’re still underage.*sob*
>This is why I will ALWAYS make my future kid’s costumes. My mom made all of mine and I loved it each year. I did grow up with two sisters 11 years older than me who loved Madonna, who at times I wanted to emulate, but my mother always made it very clear that those types of things were for older people. It’s just amazes and sickens me how pimping out tweens (and younger girls apparently) has become the norm
>It was really tough trying to find an appropriate costume for my 13 year. We were both disgusted with most of the choices out there.
>With two girls, ages 7 and 9, it is very difficult to navigate not only Halloween costumes, but also clothes and shoes for everyday.Take a walk through your elementary school when you get a chance. The judgment some parents exercise in what they allow their children to wear is frightening.Just for the record – NO it is NOT cute that your child wants to wear skin tight, too short and low cut.Sigh.
>Wow. When I was six, I was a cowgirl. I had real boots, a medium-green leather skirt my mother made for me, a green-and-white gingham western shirt with mother-of-pearl snaps down the front, and a hat. I was too cool for the entire neighborhood. It was the closest I came to slutty – Halloween was for really scary costumes or truly original ones.Try lipstick, hoop earrings, a colorful silk scark, lots of bangles, lots of old Mardi Gras beads, long tiered skirt, and a shirt tied in a knot at the waist: a female Pirate of the Not-So-Caribbean. Argh. Oh, and a fake bird on the shoulder. And maybe an eyepatch.
>Because nothing says “young innocence” like thigh highs.sighAnd then people wonder why there are so many predators out there. . . (not that it’s any excuse, but still!).
>Holy crap! Those costumes look like “Bedroom Dress up” — not halloween. Our society is seriously disgusting.
>I can’t believe they really make thigh highs in those sizes! Thank god I had a boy!
>Those are atrocious but I can betcha if the teenagers arene’t buying them it’s because they’re just using the clothes they already have in their closet. My son’s a freshman in college – he came home and said he doesn’t know why the girls there even bother wearing clothes because there’s so little to what they wear anyway.
>Aw, hell to the NO!
>Oh, the teens and tweens are DEFINITELY buying these costumes. I have two teenagers and I see these kinds of costumes at the teen/tween Halloween parties every year. Not all of the girls do it, fortunately, but there are always a few who go for the “sexy nurse” or “french maid” costumes.
>Wow. And wow to the parent who buys it for their child! This is as bad as putting string bikinis on the toddlers and little girls!!!
>What’s that line from Mean Girls about Halloween costumes?Something like, “Halloween is the one night a year when the preschool set can dress like total sluts and no other preschoolers can say anything about it”..?I somehow think I might be botching the quote up.(But seriously, this is SO disturbing.)
>I have to know-do these outfits come with a set of C cup boobs to fill them out? Plus the high heel “do me” pumps? I am glad I have boys!
>This is what freaks me out about having a girl!Know of any convents I can send Emily too?
>I blame Bratz!!! No, not really, but- it must be the same pervs that design Bratz babies wearing fishnets and shirts that say things like, “Bad Girl” that come up with these wildly inappropriate, but extrememely appealing to child molesters, costumes for little girls .
>My kid can barely walk in sandals, let alone CFM heels….thankfully she is a pumpkin this year – and she is allowed nowhere near Bratz or anything remotely like it. Last year some of her chums wore their dance outfits as costumes and I thought that was a little crossing the line. I can’t wait until grunge comes back in style. Hopefully right when she hits 6th grade.May God bless all the mothers of girls out there who are trying to fight this crap. I don’t know if it’s moms trying to live vicariously through their girls or what but there is a lot of exposed flesh out there that I don’t need to see.
>And this is why when Puddin asks if she can be Peter Pan again this year… I say absolutely! Covered, head to toe in green felt.
>Wow, they look like the naughty outfits the NFL cheerleaders wear at Halloween!So, so, so happy I have boys and won’t have to explain why they can’t wear one of those.
>THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! Preachin’ to the choir here.
>That really is terrible! Disgusting!
>Oh no…I dread my toddler daughter getting older when it comes to shopping for clothes and for costumes…
>Here’s to making your own kids costumes with dresses that at least touch their knees or maybe even their ankles…now that’s a concept.
>How about an old sheet with two eye holes and “BOO!” written on it in big felt letters??? Or … or … or ANYTHING that doesn’t immediately make your child a pervert magnet???Gag!
>Look! Bruiser can dress up as her pimp and they can go hand in hand:http://www.brandsonsale.com/ca-013035.html
>All together now: “Thank you, Party City!”Oh, I know, Amy from comment #2. Nothin says I’m Loving Me Some Jesus like cleavage on a 10 year old in church. I’ve never been so disappointed in JC Penney. Little House On the Prairie clothing for both of my daughters!
>Wow…if ya think the pimo costume was bad, feel sorry for the kid who gets stuck in the whoopie cushion costume!
>I’m glad I had 2 boys…if people didn’t buy the the tiny-toy slut look they wouldn’t sell it.
>My niece came out of her room wearing a devil costume. I kid you not this costume for a 11 year old consisted of a pair of wings (on a devil?? WTH!) gloves that only covered the back of her hands and went half way up her arms, fish net stockings, and what looks to be a one piece bathing suit in red. I was aphalled. She said that she was going to wear this outfit to school. I looked at her agape and her mother, father and I all at the same time said THE HELL YOU ARE!! Take that tramp outfit off. I kid you not… she got this from her babysitters kid who is the same age. And they actually let their kid go out in public like that. What the heck are some parents thinking!!
>Yep, this is the scary stuff – not the goblins and demons. I wrote about this a few weeks ago when I was in the fabric store looking for Halloween patterns. I didn’t think that anyone would bother to SEW their own slut outfit, but there were books and books of them.
>Well in some venues, pimping and ho-ing is better than manners and civility. Being a childless bachelor sometimes ain’t so bad; otherwise, I’d be a father with a shotgun and a real mean disposition for anyone trying to ho my little ones.
>The baby pimp actually made me snort out loud. Thanks for the morning laugh!The thigh high boots one of the kindergarteners at the bus stop wore on the first day of school was my first glimpse of the trash they not only try to sell to kids, but parents actually buy it. My daughter will never have “juicy” written across her ass!
>Aww, its no fun when everyone is in agreement!! 🙂
>I lot of it is trickle down slutdown from moms who think it’s ok to wear short shorts to pick up her daughter at your daughter’s birthday party.Of course it’s even better when the shorts read “PIRATE BOOTY” on the butt.I sh*t you not.
>This makes me sad. Why is American society so geared toward sexualizing children? On a happier note, my three-year-old is going to be a dragon this halloween. It’s a cute red and blue fleece costume that is absolutely adorable. He loves it. I know it won’t be long until he’s into spider-man and power rangers so this may be my last year to dress him up in something cute and babyish.
>trickle down slutdown. *snort*
>The saddest part is that its not surprising to many. That’s how embedded this is in our society.
>The moms who buy these for their kids are likely the same moms who buy the ultra low-rise jeans and barely-there bikinis for their infant daughters. Ew.
>I actually saw the Skull Fairy costume at Party City last week and just about shit my pants. Now, the Pimp Baby…that’s pretty sweet. Does it come in 5-year old sizes? Perhaps we could go with that and my 10-year old son could be his ho? Hmmm…something to think on.
>oh. my. gawd.no effing way I would put that on my daughter of ANY age. i’m far from a prude but some of those “costumes” require 2 hairdos (if you catch my drift)
>And to think I was going to dress my one year old as a chili pepper! No way! Let’s sass her up as maybe a raging porn star butterfly! Thanks for the idea! HA!
>I thought I had it rough with my son being dead set on being something scary. We compromised and he is Uncle Fester which I think is funny. I don’t get in to the whole scary mask with blood running down it. He is 10 though so I think Uncle Fester is scary enough. My daughter is going to be tinker bell so thats good but even if she tried to pick a slutty looking outfit I would have to put my foot down. If little girls dress like big girls I feel that makes them even more of a target for sick old men. Mine is going to stay looking cute and sweet in her dresses until she makes money to buy her own clothes!
>The biggest problem is that they wouldn’t be in the stores if parents weren’t buying them! Try Old Navy – that is where I got my girls their too cute costumes – a princess and a poodle 🙂
>It’s just outrageous- that’s all one can say!
>Like the new additions. It was character day at our high school, and my son went as the Joker. I asked if there were any Batmen. He said no but there were a lot of Batgirls but it was only so they could wear slutted up Batgirl costumes (his words, not mine).
>Where are the fathers? Back in my day, you had to wait until you were at school to hitch up your skirt, unbutton your blouse, or put on ho makeup.Whatever happened to modesty, dignity, and having to sneak around if you wanted to be naughty?
>I also don’t remember Dorothy having platform ruby slippers. Yeesh.
>Whatever happened to making your own costumes? And I don’t even mean having to sew…I mean good old fashioned creativity. I never had a store bought costume as a child ( I mean there weren’t alot of choices in cheesy plastic masks, but still…). I would rather spend $30-40 at a thrift store and have my children put some thought in their costume than $20 for some lame, cheaply sewn, mass produced POS anyday.I will never forget winning 1st prize at our Halloween Festival (yes…it was called a Halloween Festival) in 3rd grade by dressing up as Cindy Lauper. That pagent crinoline did come to some good use after all. Let me tell you…it wasn’t my cheesy self made costume that won that contest…it was the creativity I put into oozing punk attitude at 9.I mean it’s bad enough to have to have to be so damn PC by being afraid to call Halloween anything but what it is…but to taint the creative spirit with Hannah Montana wigs and store bought tights complete with the holes in them….that’s just sick.
>Dude, Ew. At what point did halloween become an excuse to whore up yourself/your kids?
>Ah, yes. From the Lohan/Spears collection.
>Love the dresses – great for this time of year. Love yoyr blog – it really is very different. Keep it up.
>The Pimp costumes are fine.There is just something wrong about a teenager, tweenager or tot in thigh highs.
>I LOVE slutty Halloween costumes. I’m a pretty conservative dresser normally, so for me it’s traditionally been the one time of year I’d let it all hang out (or look like I was about to if I leaned over too far). But for the kidz?…frankly just wrong, wrong, wrong. Those ads are the equivalent of soft core child porn.
>When i saw the Party City flyer two years ago advertising these things – I boycotted them – how utterly absurd – do we really need our children to grown up anymore quickly?!?
>Pretty disturbing. Pointing out to 12 year olds that they’re giving crusty old men thrills usually grosses them out, so maybe suggest that to the ones who want to ho out. And for the boys who want to pimp out, maybe explain that pimp does not equal glamour, pimp equals abuse of women.
>Wow. I have to admit though, the baby pimp made me laugh. *sigh* What people buy for their kids these days. I’m glad that me and my friends are fairly conservitive about our costumes (I guess). A few years ago I went as a black cat, my friend Icey went as a witch, and my friend Star went as a fairy. These were all home made costumes too. Last year Icey and Star went as princesses and Taffy and I went as Chinese twins (also home made). This year Icey went as a punk (cool clothes and jewelry; not too much showing skin), Taffy went as a kitty girl (ears and tail with regular Tee and jeans), and I was Emo (the tight pants were probably a little proocative but I had a black hoodie too). Anyway, I think people should make their own costumes like people did back then. Buying stuff (even unproocative ones) is sad enough for me.
>i make all of my halloween costumes and shake my head at girls who decide to be slutty minnie, french maid, or and this is my favorite….. slutty leprechan i mean really. why?
>i like these costumes i have a daughter and when shes picking out a costume she doesnt say oh thts slutty im getting that she picks out what she thinks is cute. Anyone can make anything slutty it depends how u where it but some of these costumes like the mickey mouse one is very cute