Halloween is so fun to dress up the whole family, especially little babies. I had three bald babies and a ton of costume ideas. If your baby is lacking hair, you can execute on one of these super sweet bald baby Halloween costumes (to be fair, Whitney thinks most of these costumes are also cute with hair).
CHARLIE BROWN
We love this simple outfit for a baldie. Add the famous Charlie Brown chevron pattern to a yellow top with sticky-backed felt and give your baby a Snoopy doll to hold. We went for extra realism by making a hair curl from the same felt. Don’t want to DIY? We found this Charlie Brown onesie on etsy.
Other fictional character creations are:
- Mace Windu – Add the brown and white robes of a Jedi to a tiny light saber. See a tiny Jedi on Pinterest. Other favorite Star Wars costumes here!
- Daddy Warbucks – Put your baby in a tuxedo shirt or baby business suit and give him an Annie doll to hold. (I hope you can find a cheaper or more modern doll. Gulp!)
- Mr Monopoly – Tuxedo, top hat, mustache, and board game! Not exactly cozy, but a funny photo opp. (See below for costume via Costume-Works)
- Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc – This comfy onesie and hat make a baby costume of Mike Wazowski.
- Lex Luthor – Pair a business suit with a plushie Superman doll or some Kryptonite (doubles as a glow stick!).
- Minion from Despicable Me. Purchase a costume on amazon or use Whitney’s instructions for DIY Minion costume.
- Dr Evil and Mini Me – Perfect for the bald parent and child combo. All you need for the mini is gray pajamas, easy to find on Primary.com. See this well-executed costume on Pinterest.
- Mr. Magoo – My crinkly-faced newborns all resembled Mr. Magoo with no additional costuming. Start with black peter pan onesie and leggings. Props include a cane, green coat, and red hat.
- Blue Man (as in Blue Man Group) – After your dress in head-to-toe blue, this is still SUPER ADVANCED because who wants to paint their baby blue?
BALLS
Having had only skinny babies, I imagine these ball costumes work best someone with someone a little rounder, but it doesn’t really matter. An easy and terrific baseball costume can be made from a white onesie with red stitching drawn on (or buy it for $14 on etsy).
Other balls:
- Tennis ball – Dress yourself as a tennis player and put baby in a bright yellow bodysuit. (Or buy this one.)
- Bowling ball – Use any color bodysuit with three Sharpied circles for finger holes.
- Basketball – Adorn an orange bodysuit with dark semi-circles, similar to the baseball above. (Plain orange onesie from our affiliate Primary.com.)
- Magic 8 Ball toy – Tape a pattern of the circle 8 on a black bodysuit. Optional: add answers like “It is decidedly so”.
- Disco ball – Who’s got a sequined onesie?
- Billiard ball – In my photo here, Sawyer is sporting some jammies with a large number to be the 5-ball.
FAMOUS BALD PEOPLE
Not all these references are current; your bambino is unlikely to know any of these men.
- Dalai Lama – use wire rim glasses, prayer beads (these baby-safe chewbeads come in chocolate brown) and saffron robes (the photo above is via thefw.com)
- Steve Jobs – to celebrate iOS7, dress your babe in black turtleneck with an Apple decal and jeans. We love this submission from Nicholle Pendergraft that appeared in our Costume Hall of Fame a few years back.
- Telly Savalas – as Kojak, add a fedora and fake lollipop (nothing chokable)
- Mahatma Gandhi – dress baby in wire rim glasses and white robes
- Andre Agassi – use sporty clothes and a tennis racket prop
- Mike Tyson – boxing gloves with shorts or full boxer robe and {ADVANCED} use hypoallergenic liquid eyeliner for face tattoos [See baby in this costume on Ava7.com]
Please share your ideas for other bald baby Halloween costumes in the comments. I had a gajillion ideas when I was last pushing a cue-ball baby around in a baby carriage, I bet you do, too. Can you help me round out the list?
[Photo credits: Charlie Brown: Rookie Moms; Minion: Minion Nation; Mr Monopoly: Costume-Works; Dalai Lama: Imgur via thefw.com; Steve Jobs: Nicholle Pendergraft; Other photos by Heather Flett all rights reserved]
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