I was a big Little House fan as a girl, and since I know that my online friend Molly lives on a farm and homeschools her daughters, I fantasize that her house is located in the year 1880.
Clearly she’s not actually living in the past, because when I asked Molly to suggest a Halloween costume comprised of clothing items that can be actually worn again, she referred me to websites that are more up to date than my Facebook page.
I love her suggestions and I believe that most little girls could get many wears out of these items, either in every day use (cardigan and tights) or for dress-up (apron and bonnet).
Molly shared her sources in an email:
- Dress from mini-boden (in gingham)
- Penelope Cardigan from Olive Juice (in caramel)
- Apron: thrift, ebay, etsy there are TONS of choices out there, obviously.
- Bonnet: I LOVE this bonnet pattern from Amy Karol (angrychicken). It’s a cinch to sew up. The one in the photo is from daily doings.
- Cable Knit tights from Target
- Boots: thrifted, ebay’d. (The Clark’s someone told me she scored at a thrift store for 25 cents!)
Thanks, Molly, for participating in our “You’ll totally wear that again” Halloween series!
Related:
Reusable toddler train engineer costume from me, on BabyCenter.com.
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RookieMoms.com co-founder Whitney lives with her husband, son, and daughter in the San Francisco Bay Area where she writes about parenting, crafts, and activities that moms can do with babies in tow. She and Heather also publish 510Families.com, a site for East Bay parents and are the authors of The Rookie Mom's Handbook and Stuff Every Mom Should Know.
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I was a HUGE Little House fan. I love this costume idea. My daughter isn’t old enough to care about Halloween at all, this might be the perfect year to force a little Laura Ingalls on her!
Thanks for sharing!
So fun! Plus, you don’t risk the skank factor of most Halloween costumes by wearing Little House attire!
That is great! I’m pretty sure it is almost every girls dream to be able to live out Laura Ingalls for Halloween
[Ohkay, not every girls' dream, but you get the point 
]
I was a Little House fanatic growing up, too! Both the books and the tv series.
My daughter was all set to be Laura, her friend was going to be Mary. Then…. peer pressure happened, I think someone at school must have made a face or negative comment when she told them what she was going to be and now she wants to be “something scary.”
These are the times when I wish I had a girl (not that I don’t love my boy)…
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