Mary Poppins Halloween Costume
A Cornucopia of Kids’ Costumes
Author: Rachel Fierro
When looking to get kids’ costumes, whether for Halloween or some sort of special event, you can have a daunting task – there are so many to choose from; where do you begin?
First off, do the children have some ideas of their own? Typically, once a child reaches four or five, they’ll have some character they really like and you can aim at getting them something appropriate. This can be anything from Barney the Dinosaur to Dora the Explorer, one of the Disney princesses for girls or someone like Phineas or Ferb for a boy.
As children reach the so-called “tween” years (about nine to thirteen), they start to want costumes that are a little more mature and this can lead to trouble. Where once they dressed as Hannah Montana, now they want Amy Winehouse or maybe Britney Spears; so parents have to exercise caution when allowing their children to wear certain outfits.
A basic ghost costume can be as simple as a sheet with some holes cut in it or as elaborate as full body makeup. Some make use of a white wig, and others use spray-on material to whiten the hair. Also, makeup can make any child look sufficiently ghost-like. Some children love to go as a beloved character from TV or movies; so Harry Potter, Popeye, Spiderman, Princess Leah, Scarlett O’Hara and even Mary Poppins can be very popular. With some characters, parents can cobble together a costume on their own. A hobo outfit only needs some old, worn clothes with a few tears and patches and then some shoe polish or makeup to give the child a five o’clock shadow. A witch costume can be as simple as black clothes, a pointy hat and a wand or broomstick, and a vampire can be nothing more than regular clothes, some pale-coloured makeup and a set of pointy teeth – especially given the popularity of the “Twilight” series of books.
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About the Author
Our ever-popular writer Rachel Fierro is a Halloween Costumes expert and gives great advice when it comes to Halloween Costumes and Kids Costumes.
September 8, 2008
6:12 pm #comment-1
Does anyone have tips for a Mary Poppins costume for a preteen?
My daughter is going with all her friends as Disney characters this Halloween. She is in 7th grade, but a little short for her age. Any tips on how I can make a decent Mary Poppins costume for her? All of them are for adults, which she can’t fit into. Please, help!
September 6, 2009
8:31 pm #comment-2
disney halloween costume?
for halloween i was thinking of being either alice, jane from tarzan, or mary poppins in her white and red dress. does anyone have a link to these costumes that arent sexy and are high quality. thanks!
September 17, 2009
10:48 pm #comment-3
Any suggestions for a Halloween costume?
I’m thinking of being a scary mary poppins or “scary poppins”
But what would make the costume scarier? Should I wear what mary poppins wears in the movie, then add scary makeup, etc? I want to somewhat look like mary poppins..
September 29, 2009
9:11 am #comment-4
Halloween costume help..?
I’m going to be a “Scary poppins” for halloween.. And I’m not sure what outfit to get. In the movie, mary poppins wears that white dress with red and another blue jacket dress looking thing. I don’t want any of that. I want the same similar thing, but in like black or gray, to be darker, like an evil poppins. She wears some dress with white lace by the collar bone.. does anyone know where I can find a similar dress to that one, preferably in black, then like a gray blazer jacket to wear over it? I can’t find similar items to this. Websites, or actual store names will help. Also what kind of shoes/hat should I wear? Please link me some pictures if you can, thanks!
September 6, 2010
12:20 pm #comment-5
halloween costume for your horse?
okay so we are having a halloween party at our barn and we are having a costume contest. KOsair childrens hospital is going to be there with their cancer patients and the news is going to be there. My friends and i need a really good idea because its going to be on the news. It also shouldnt be scary and we need it to be semi simple to do. In the past years we have already done a mary poppins a mrs claus a creula devil and a red riding hood also princess and dragon so dont duplicate those. Also my friends and i might do it together so it might be a group of three and the horse. !0 points for most creative
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-6
i found this on ehow- http://www.ehow.com/how_2077992_make-mary-poppins-halloween-costume.html . go to your local crafts/fabric store for any other questions. good luck! also go to like the salvation army or something for some of these items like heels.
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-7
add blood and vampire fangs or make a zombie poppins
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-8
wow the clothes are tough-BUT i’d do witch type pointy shoes for sure! The pyramidcollection.com website has some colly witchy shoes (link in sources).
you may even be able to find the dress and coat there as well! Good luck and i like the unique idea, never heard of it before!
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-9
well I think out of those you should be Mary poppins
November 30, -0001
12:00 am #comment-10
A motorcycle gang! I saw this at a small show with a group of 4-5 Morgans, and it was a great hit!
They used old “chopper” bike handlebars (you could use cheap tubing of some type and paint it silver), ran the end down behind the saddle horn, and connected the reins to handlebar ends of them, so when they steered the “motorcycle” using the handlebars, it turned the horse, too (obviously, you would want to work with the horses beforehand). They used black splint boots and hot-glued studs and spikes to them, painted the hooves silver, had black covered saddles with motorcycle saddlebags (easy to sew fake ones) and hot-glued studs and spikes to them, attached spikes to the headstall, and wrapped the tail in silver to be the tail pipes. Their outfits were leather and ripped jean jackets with spikes, etc., fake “handlebar” mustaches, and some had motorcycle helmets and some had motorcycle caps. I think they had those studded wrist and necklace things, and If I remember correctly, I think a couple horses had upright “mohawks” in their manes (great for shorter manes, use gel). They had little tape players with them that played motorcycles revving and “Born to be Wild”. The horses they had were black, but you could temporarily dye one or “paint” fancy paint jobs like flames on them.
Like I said, the crowd LOVED it and laughed their heads off at the “gang” and the riders really hammed it up, circling around, leaning back like chopper riders, acting tough and throwing thumbs up and peace signs, “revving” up their “motorcycles”, etc. for the crowd.
One caveat: make sure the horse responds well to voice or light rein commands, since this didn’t seem to leave much room to pull back to stop.