Dress up your baby in the worst, ugliest gift outfit and invite over some other poorly dressed babies for a costume party and ugly-clothing contest. Dorky gifts, ratty hand-me-downs, and hopeless mismatches can finally have their day.
Try not to be offended if your idea of cutest-outfit-ever winds up on one of the other models. Cute is completely in the eye of the beholder here.
My younger brother Chad (pictured above) models something from the mid-seventies in the hopes that I won’t offend any of YOU with my idea of ugly. I actually think he’s pretty adorable here anyway.
Take lots of pictures, but be careful who sees them!
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Well that is a cute idea. We tried to use some of the heirloom clothes that were saved and passed down but they didn’t keep too well. Except for the christening gown.
My Sweetie Pea Pies seemed to take the cutest picks buck naked but I’d not share any of those.
Cheers from MotherPie.
The things that many people don’t seem to realize when buying outfits for children are that what looks good on the hanger doesn’t always look good on the baby and (just like grown-ups) some really cute things are ill suited for some children. My petite daughter had a couple of outfits that looked like she was being eaten alive by omnivorous ruffles.
The hilarious thing is that the people who give you the ugly/embarassing outfits usually are sporting something pretty similar themselves!
Sounds fun!
Send me the pictures of the ugly baby parties…I will post them in an Ugly Baby Clothes album….( http://www.uglybabycontest.com )
HA! My son’s uncle sent us the most hideous romper ever made. It was name brand but super ugly. It was blue with neon red cowboys hats and neon green horses. Plus it had some super wide hips so it looked like parachute pants. Saddest thing of all, it was not a joke.
as you said, it’s all difference of opinion, but am I the only one here who thinks the first photo in this post (elfin boy) is stinkin’ adorable? Christmas spirit, people! : ) Sometimes hilarious is awesome in my book when it comes to baby clothes, but that’s just me. (Maybe my kids will hate me for it later in life!)
Most of my sons’ ugliest clothes came from MY mom. She was into appliqued animals all over things, and I preferred to dress my baby boys like mini men. It made it hard to avoid hurt feelings when I never wanted to dress them in her gifts for photos, etc.
I have a picture of my baby son wearing something I would NEVER buy for him but, looking back, I want to eat him up because he’s so cute.
We received a bunny outfit that has a striking resemblance to the one in “a Christmas Story”…which happens to be my husband’s favorite Christmas movie. Except, the giver has never seen this movie. Fun : )
@Kate, Actually, when I opened that outfit (the elf above) for my daughter, I thought it was really ugly, but when I put it on, I thought she looked adorable, albeit, not my style. As Heather said, there were a lot of outfits I thought were ugly, but now that my kids are so big, I think anything in a 0-12 month size is adorable.
ack! I said elfin boy! My apologies to your adorable daughter!
@Andi… “omnivorous ruffles”…lol
My MIL tends to buy stuff for our kiddo that is not my style… so we are trying to redirect her into playing “shoe fairy”. We go as a family to buy the shoes; she gets to see the kiddo, he gets shoes, I have less to take to Goodwill. Everyone wins (except maybe Goodwill…).
I love this idea! So funny. I’d love to see more photos of this – there must be quite a few “interesting” knitted outfits for babies from well-intentioned grandmothers out there!
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