Head to a costume shop in Hong Kong to pick your outfit this year! Whether you’re dressing up for the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens or a fancy dress party, there’s something for everyone. You can even buy, rent, swap, or make your own costumes to find the perfect fit. Without further ado, here are our picks of the best costume shops in Hong Kong for the whole family.

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Best Costume Shops In Hong Kong

Partyland – Bespoke fancy dress costume shop in Hong Kong

This costume shop in Central is ideal for bespoke costumes for a wide range of occasions, including the Hong Kong Sevens and Halloween. You can even rent costumes here.

Partyland, B/F, 51 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong, WhatsApp: 9843 0638, www.partylandcentral.com

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Matteo Party – Hong Kong costume shop for all the family

Matteo Party is a costume shop offering an impressive range of costumes for both kids and toddlers. This online party supply store has fancy dress wear for a range of occasions, so you may find yourself shopping here before the Rugby Sevens, World Book Day and a themed birthday party!

Matteo Party, 2342 8887, WhatsApp: 9381 9501, www.matteoparty.com

Remy Fashion – Costume shop with tailored options in Hong Kong

This tailor-cum-store stocks a large variety of costumes and fancy dress accessories. It is happy to make alterations to anything you buy from the store or may have bought or swapped from elsewhere. You can order traditional clothing as well.

Remy Fashion, Unit B02, 10/F, Kwai Shing Industry Building, Stage 1, 36-46 Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong, 2524 8847, WhatsApp: 9384 4079, www.remyfashion.com

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Ymehouse – Cosplay costumes, family-friendly costumes and more

Looking to dress up as your favourite movie or TV show character for Rugby Sevens? At Ymehouse costume shop, you’ll find a range of wigs and props that will tie your costume together, as well as complete looks with all the bells and whistles included.

Sassy Mama Tip: It’s best to check what your teen is buying as some of the costumes are rather racy.

Ymehouse, 22 Nam Fung Centre, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, WhatsApp: 6180 8328, www.ymehouse.com

Choi Chi Central Costume Shop – Huge selection of fancy dresses and costumes in Hong Kong

Choi Chi is a hidden costume shop in Hong Kong with a huge selection of costumes that will satisfy any costume requests (no matter how difficult!). Whether you’re looking for props, accessories or Halloween costumes, Choi Chi has it all.

Choi Chi, 42-44, G/F, Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong, www.facebook.com/choichigiftshop

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Toys R Us – Toy shop in Hong Kong with a small section for costumes

This popular toy store has a small costume and dress-up section, with the most popular Disney princes and princesses. While you won’t find anything too weird and wonderful here, with many stores sprinkled throughout Hong Kong, this is an easy option for busy mamas on the go.

Toys “R” Us, various locations across Hong Kong, www.toysrus.com.hk

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EZCosplay – Anime cosplay costume shop in Hong Kong

If your teen is a fan of cosplay (do you need a quick urban slang refresher?), you probably need costumes that are edgier and more authentic. While custom-made orders close for two months before Halloween (September and October), you are still sure to find a costume and all the necessary accessories for anything that your teen is currently into.

EZCosplay, ITL Limited, 23/F, On Tai Building, 144-148 Des Voeux Road Central, Central, Hong Kong, www.ezcosplay.com

Fun e Costume – Wigs, full-face masks, body paint and costume shop in Hong Kong

Stocking everything from rainbow wigs and full-face masks to temporary tattoos and body paint, no look is unattainable when you shop at Fun e Costume. You’re sure to find something for all the family.

Fun e Costume, Room 33, C10–11, 1/F, Block C, Hong Kong Industrial Centre, 489–491 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 9075 3530, www.facebook.com/funecostumes

Hong Kong Streets And Markets That Carry Costumes

There are many streetside stores and districts in Hong Kong where you can pick up a range of costumes and props for all occasions.

• Pottinger Street, Central, Hong Kong – Location Map
• Li Yuen Street (East and West), Central, Hong Kong – Location Map
• Stanley Market, Stanley, Hong Kong – Location Map
• Ladies Market, Mong Kong, Hong Kong – Location Map
• Toy Street, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong – Location Map
• Sham Shui Po Fabric Markets – Location Map
• Tai Yuen Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong – Location Map

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Online Worldwide Stores For Halloween Costumes & Other Occasions

If you’ve got a couple of months until you need your costumes, consider some of these online stores and sites.

Pottery Barn Kids – Character and themed costumes for kids and babies

Pottery Barn has an extensive range of characters and themed costumes for kids and babies. Though it’s on the pricey side, there really is something for every kid. Check out the puffer fish and pelican costume – super adorable and guaranteed to stand out!

Pottery Barn Kids, www.potterybarnkids.com

Halloween Costumes – Unique costumes with delivery to Hong Kong

As the name implies, Halloween Costumes offers an extensive selection for kids and adults. Costumes here are not your typical Disney and animal costumes, so be prepared for a unique array – including costumes from Grease movie characters and historical figures.

HalloweenCostumes.com, www.halloweencostumes.com

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Taobao – Budget costumes delivered to Hong Kong

If you don’t want to spend a fortune but still get (debatably) quality wear, Taobao is your new best friend. Just make sure you get a bilingual friend to help you out when you’re ready to check out if Chinese isn’t (yet) on your list of accomplishments.

Sassy Mama Tip: If language is still an issue, check out Baopals, an online marketplace similar to Taobao created by and for expats.

Taobao, www.world.taobao.com

AliExpress – A wide variety of costumes delivered to Hong Kong for Halloween

A wide variety of costumes, from superheroes to unicorns and more, can be found on AliExpress HK. Delivery may take a while, so make sure you purchase ahead of time.

AliExpress, www.aliexpress.com

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Shops And Sites To Swap Or Buy Second-Hand Costumes In Hong Kong

Retykle – Preloved costumes in Hong Kong

Costumes that get thrown out each year after kids outgrow them can add to the problem of waste. Check out Retykle’s second-hand costumes which you can purchase for just $50!

Retykle, 8/F, 44 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong, www.retykle.com

Facebook Groups – Swap and sell fancy dress costumes

There are plenty of groups where you can buy and sell baby and toddler essentials. And given the number of dress-up days schools have, fancy dress costumes are an essential part of every child’s wardrobe! You may occasionally also find some items on Carousell, AsiaXpat and GeoExpat, but not with the same frequency as on Facebook groups. Do also keep an eye out on mama-chat groups, district-based Facebook groups, etc.

• Dress up! – This is a private group created specifically to swap, sell and buy children’s costumes. See the Dress Up! Facebook page here.
• Baby Swap-it – The well-known preloved second-hand baby goods site in Hong Kong. See the Baby Swap-it Facebook page here.

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How To Make Your Own Costumes In Hong Kong

If you’re a crafty mama, why not make your own costume? Shop in thrift stores, fabric markets and stationery shops and see what you find and what you can rustle together. With some creativity and a bit of artistic licence (or a lot of it!), you can make a wide range of costumes.

We’re always in awe of the awesome ideas that come from talented mums in the city. The best part about making your own costumes is that they can always be repurposed for other occasions. One Sassy Mama has used a Gruffalo costume for Halloween, World Book Day and a themed birthday party celebration!

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Editor’s Note: “Best Costume Shops In Hong Kong For Kids Halloween Parties” was most recently updated in March 2024 by Sassy Mama. Special thanks to Erica, Lorria Sahmet, Andrea Wada Davies, Tarana Desai Shah, Anita Balagopalan and Alex Purcell Garcia for their contribution.

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Come Halloween and you find yourself running out of ideas of how to strike a healthy balance between fun and out-of-control candy consumption. Don’t worry! We’ve got you covered. Here are a few deliciously easy Halloween treats to make at home with the kids. These 3 dishes are packed with hidden veggies or seeds, so this is perfect for picky eaters too! 

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Halloween Recipe 1: Halloween Burgers (with pumpkin patties)

Ingredients

For the bread

• 200 grams flour strong bread flour 
• 10 grams of brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 5 grams of active dry yeast
• 32 grams of water (room temperature)
• 100 grams of milk (plant-based milk is okay too)
• 1/4 tsp vinegar (apple cider or white vinegar will do)
• ½ tsp of black food colouring

For the patties

• ½ cup of sweet potato
• ½ cup of pumpkin
• ¼ cup of canned chickpeas
• 1 tbsp of spring onions
• ¼ tsp salt
• ⅛ tsp pepper
• ¼ tsp dried oregano
• ¼ tsp dried basil
• 1 tbsp all-purpose flour

Burger garnishes

• Edible eyes

Method

For the bread

1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour and salt together, and set aside.
2. In another smaller bowl, whisk the yeast, sugar and 32 grams of water together until it starts to bubble. Set this aside.
3. In a third bowl, mix the milk, vinegar and black food colouring. Set this aside.
4. Using your finger or spatula, create a crater in the centre of your flour (The Well Method) and gently pour the yeast mixture and combine until it reaches a shaggy and rough dough.
5. Slowly pour the remaining liquid (the colouring, milk and vinegar mixture) and knead the dough for about 5 minutes until it reaches a soft, pillowy texture. 
6. Leave this to rest in a large flour-sprinkled mixing bowl for about an hour. Cover this with a cloth.
7. After 1 hour, flatten the risen dough to remove the carbon dioxide, and roll it out into a log shape. 
8. Cut the dough into 6 pieces, to make mini burgers and roll them in your palm to create small spheres.
9. Place it on a baking tray (make sure you have 2cm of space in between each burger bun because it will rise again and you don’t want them to stick to each other).
10. Cover the rolled-out buns with a cloth and leave it to rise for another 10-15 minutes.
11. Once the dough has risen, bake these in the oven at 175℃, for 20 minutes. Depending on the brand of your oven, this may take 15 minutes, so please keep checking them.
12. Once it is fully baked, take them out of the oven, brush some cold butter on the top and leave it to cool.
13. Once the burgers are cool, cut them in half to make the top and bottom of the burger buns, ready to stuff with the pumpkin patties!

For the patties

1. Steam and process all the veggies together.
2. Pour the mashed-up veggies into a mixing bowl, and add all the spices and the flour.
3. Mix until smooth.
4. Create the patties using the size of your burger buns as a good indication. There is nothing worse than having extra large or extra small patties for your buns. You can make this as thick or as thin as you like. I like thicker patties for the burger.
5. Add the patties into a frying pan with a brush of oil. 
6. Fry each side until golden brown.
7. Optional: you can beat an egg, and coat the patties with this, and a layer of breadcrumbs before frying for that extra crispiness. I normally dunk the patties in flour, then coat it with egg then dunk it in breadcrumbs for an extra crispy patty.

Placing the burger together

1. Once you’ve stuffed the burgers, brush the bottom side of the edible eye with water and stick it on the top of the burger bun.

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Halloween Recipe 2: Denture Dim Sum (teeth ‘dim sum’ with veggie filling)

Ingredients

For the dim sum

• 1 cup rice flour
• ½ cup tapioca starch 
• 3 tbsp cornstarch 
• ½ cup water
• 2 tsp green food colouring 

For the filling

• 2 tbsp sesame oil
• ½ cup shredded cauliflower
• 2 brown button mushrooms minced
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 tsp ginger shredded
• 1 tbsp vegetarian oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp organic soy sauce
• A pinch of pepper

For the sauce (optional)

• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 tbsps peanut butter for sauces like this, I used skippy as it has more flavour. However, you can use healthier versions of this and opt for peanut butter that contains less sugar.
• 1/2 cup hot water 
• 3 tbsp organic soy sauce
• ½ tbsp rice vinegar
• ⅛ tsp black pepper

Method

For the denture dim sum

1. Mix all the ingredients together. Set aside.
2. Using the denture mould, place this in a steamer and let this steam for about 15 minutes. Ensure the lid of your steamer has a towel covered around it so the water does not drip down onto the mould. 
3. Once the mould is warm enough, fill the mould with the mixture until it reaches the top.
4. Cover the steamer for 10 minutes. Then, switch the gas off and allow the cooked mould to sit in the steamer without heat for 5 minutes. This prevents the ‘dim sum’ from deflating and helps it cool down before you take it out.
5. Once you take it out, let it cool for another 5-10 minutes before removing it from the mould. Serve warm.

For the filling

1. Heat a frying pan with the oil.
2. Saute the garlic and ginger until fragrant.
3. Add the veggies and saute until all the water from the veggies has evaporated (sweated out).
4. Pour in the seasoning and saute for another 1-2 minutes.
5. Serve warm in the denture dim sum.

For the sauce

1. Combine all the ingredients together.
2. Coat the bottom of the denture dim sum with this, or garnish it on the top.

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Halloween Recipe 3: Mini Halloween Chia Cakes (red velvet chia seed cupcakes with cream cheese frosting)

Ingredients 

For the chia cakes

• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup butter (not melted, cold)
• 2 tbsp chia seeds mixed with 6 tbsps water (mixed together)
• ½ tsp of vanilla extract or paste
• ½ tsp of red food colouring or beetroot powder 

For the cream cheese frosting

• 125 grams of cream cheese
• 100 grams unsalted butter
• 3 tbsps of icing sugar

For the garnishing

• Halloween sprinkles
• Edible eyes

Method

For the chia cakes

1. Preheat the oven to 175℃. 
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
3. Using an electric mixer in another large mixing bowl, or a stand mixer, whisk the butter with the sugar until it reaches a smooth consistency.
4. Add the chia mixture, vanilla extract and food colouring, and stir for another 30 seconds.
5. Gently sieve in the flour mixture until the batter is smooth.
6. Line a mini cupcake baking tray with some mini cupcake liners or if your baking tray is nonstick, you can use it without it.
7. Fill all the cupcake moulds ⅔ of the way, and bake for about 15 minutes. You can check when it’s done by poking a toothpick through it. If it comes out clear, it’s ready. If it comes out from the centre of your cupcake with batter still stuck to it, it needs some more time to bake.
8. Once it’s fully baked, take it out of the oven and let it cool for about 15 minutes.
9. Line the cream cheese frosting on the top and sprinkle with some Halloween sprinkles.

For the cream cheese frosting

1. Whisk all the ingredients together using an electric mixer or a stand mixer.
2. Set this in the fridge before you use it. This helps keep the butter from melting and the mixture getting too soft for frosting.

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Halloween is just around the corner (can you believe it’s that time of the year again?)! If you’ve left things until the last minute or are still desperately looking through your phone for some Halloween face paint inspiration, then look no further. Create these DIY-Halloween looks for the littles, we’ve even included step-by-step instructions for you to follow along!

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Halloween Face Paint — Spider

This look only requires black and white face paint- so is perfect if you have limited colours in your kit. You’ll also need a sponge and a small brush. Always remember to rinse your brush with water before switching colours to prevent them from mixing.

• Begin by creating the spider’s web. Wet your white paint with water from a spray bottle and use a small tapered brush to swirl and mix the paint and water together. Once you have a smooth consistency, use the brush to draw diagonal lines from the temple to the cheek.

• Repeat three more times, with each new line equidistant from each other.
• With the same brush and white paint, create the backward letter “Cs” in between the diagonal lines. And there you have your web!
• Next, clean your brush and use it to pick up some black paint to begin the outline of the spiders. First, draw an oval on the cheek with enough distance from the web. Repeat ovals on the other cheek or wherever you prefer. You can get creative by alternating the size and number of spiders you draw!

• Fill in the ovals with the black paint and use quick outward flicking motions around the edges to give the spider some fuzz. Just remember to leave some space at the top centre for you to add eyes later.
• Add eight pointed legs to each body.

• For the face of the spider, use white paint to draw two circles on top of each body – these will be the eyes. Then, once this paint is dry, use some black to draw on smaller circles for the iris. Then outline the eyes and add some eyebrows.
• Complete the look with small white lines for the mouth and fangs!

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Halloween Face Paint — Zombie

For this look, you’ll need a sponge, a small brush and some green, brown, red, purple, black and white paint.

• Start with the base by picking up some green paint on your brush. Then outline an oval across the top half of the face to form the zombie’s head.

• Fill in the outline, using the same colour, with your sponge.
• To give the zombie a slightly muddy look, clean your sponge and dab it into some brown paint. Wipe the excess colour off on a towel and add several spots onto the face. Repeat these steps using the colour purple.
• Then use your brush, and the same purple colour, to give your zombie some bags under its eyes.

• Now mix some red and white paint together to create a pink colour, and use this to paint a cloud-like shape (this will be its brain) anywhere on top of the zombie’s head.

• Then use your small brush and some red and black paint to create little scar stitches along the face, by drawing one long line with a few short lines across it. Also, use the small brush and black paint to outline everything and add some detail to the brain.

• To clean up the look, continue to use the small brush to draw on some angry eyebrows. Don’t forget the mouth, which sits on the nose (so that your kids can still eat Halloween gummies without messing up their look!), by drawing on a frown and using white paint to create some crooked teeth!

Halloween Face Paint — Sugar Skull

You can use any colours you choose for this look – we used red, yellow, white, blue and black. Again you’ll need a sponge and a small brush, plus a slightly thicker, tapered brush.

• Begin by outlining the eye socket with yellow. Don’t worry, it doesn’t need to be a perfect circle – start from the inner brow, drawing diagonally upwards (following the shape of your kid’s eyebrows). At the end of the eyebrows, draw around the outer socket and then curve into the inner corner of the eye, before finally drawing upwards to close the outline of the socket.

• Repeat on the other side by mirroring this method. Then use your sponge to paint the whole face white (outside the eye sockets).
• Now it’s time to create some flower petals around the eye, so load up your denser, tapered brush with red paint and dip the tip into a darker colour like black. Now you have a brush with two colours.

• Test this next step on your arm to practice first! Start lightly from the tip of the brush (placing it along the yellow socket outline) and gradually push down until your brush is flat. This will create a petal shape! Repeat this step all along the yellow outline around both eye sockets.

• Next, decorate the white space on the forehead and cheeks. For the forehead we made spiderwebs (using the same technique as in the spider look above), except begin the webs from the top centre of the hairline, drawing straight down to a middle point above the eyebrows. Draw five of these lines in black to meet at the same mid-point and then repeat with blue, before drawing upward facing “Cs” in between the gaps
• Now using your small brush and black paint, start from one corner of the mouth and draw a line curving slightly upwards. Repeat on other side and add a few short paint strokes across, leaving some space in between to mimic skull teeth.

• Add some black nostrils to the bridge of the nose and draw a half flower on the chin (we used blue for this and outlined in black). Finish off the look with some red face paint or lipstick on the lips!

Halloween Face Paint — Half Skull

You’ll just need some white and black paint for this look, as well as your sponge and a small brush.

• Begin by outlining the skull shape (as in the photo below). With white paint on your brush, draw a line across starting from the front forehead, then curve slightly inwards at the temple and outwards again at the cheekbones (like a “C” shape). Continue the line back across the check to reach the nose and down to meet the corner of the upper lip. That’s the hardest part done! You can easily erase any mistakes with a wet towel if needed.

• Then mix together some white paint with a little bit of black to make grey. Use this to lightly outline the eye socket, and fill in with your sponge.
• Clean your sponge before dipping into the white paint and filling in the rest of the skull shape.

• Create a nasal hole with your brush and some black paint, drawing on a teardrop shape.

• Now you just need to outline the skull with black (i.e. the outer skull, eye sockets and teeth).
• Make your skull look a little more scary by drawing on browbones that look like diagonal “S” shapes, right above the eye sockets and your child’s natural eyebrows.

• To add some extra detail, add on cracks wherever you please! Just create messy jagged lines that look like roots.
• You can easily turn this into a full skull look by mirroring the above steps on the other side.

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Once you’ve decided on your Halloween costume, it’s time to decorate the house! Instead of spending an arm and leg on Halloween decorations to spook up your door, why not get the family involved and make some yourself? Your cute DIY door decor will surely bring cheer to the little ghouls and goblins! They will be spooked by your decorations and admire your family’s creative creations to help celebrate the holiday. These fun and easy DIY Halloween crafts require items you can find around the house and some simple art supplies.

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Ghost Garland DIY Halloween Decoration

What You Need: Tissues, cotton balls, a yarn or a string and a black marker.

How To Make It: Lay a tissue out flat and place a cotton ball in the middle. Close the tissue paper over the cotton in such a way that the round ball becomes the head and the tissue the rest of the ghostly body. Wrap some string around the head and leave enough string to wrap around the next ghost and so on until you have a garland of ghosts. Draw eyes and a mouth for each of your ghosts and you have yourself a string of ghosts. Like Casper, these ghosts are too cute to spook!

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Gluey Ghosts DIY Halloween Decoration

What You Need: Glue, googly eyes and baking paper

How To Make It: These ghouls will get anything but boos! Fun to squeeze and peel, these gluey ghosts can also be stuck to mirrored or glass surfaces using double-sided tape. All you have to do is draw a ghost-shaped freehand with glue on the baking paper and drop in two googly eyes. As the glue starts drying, peel it off and use it around the house.

Peel-Off Spiderwebs DIY Halloween Decoration

What You Need: Glue, glitter, baking paper and a yarn or a string

How To Make It: This uses the same process as the Gluey Ghosts. Put a large blob of glue on the centre of the baking paper, have spokes coming out of the centre and then with quick, deft strokes, draw a web. Sprinkle some glitter onto the glue and as it starts drying up, peel it off and string it up as a decoration in the house. This makes for a sparkly web any spider would be proud to weave!

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Pipe Cleaner Pumpkins DIY Halloween Decoration

What You Need: A green yarn or string, green pipe cleaners and orange pipe cleaners

How To Make It: Whether you make one or an entire pumpkin patch, these DIY Pipe Cleaner Pumpkins are just the right pick for a table decoration or strung on a vine to hang above a door frame. Simply bend and shape the pipe cleaners into an orange pumpkin shape, add green stems with the green pipe cleaner and tie them up with a green string. Hang these up at different heights in the corridor leading up to your apartment or inside and pick up your child to have him or her head butt them while walking past them!

Toilet Tube Bats DIY Halloween Decoration

What You Need: Toilet roll tubes, black chart paper, scissors, paint and a paintbrush, googly eyes, glue and yarn or string.

How To Make It: Save those toilet roll tubes to turn into bats for another fun and easy hanging decoration. From painting the tubes to glueing on googly eyes, your family will have fun making each bat unique. Take black chart paper, wrap it around the tubes and make sure they are tightly glued together. Draw “bat wings” on the black paper and cut them out, then glue them onto the tube. Add the eyes and paint on two small teeth (you can make them white or add drops of red “blood” to them). Hang the bats up to make a spooky decoration.

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Halloween is all about creativity, so celebrate the holiday by making your own decorations to adorn your door and home for this fun holiday. Happy Halloween!

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It’s no secret that we love the opportunity to coordinate outfits with the kids. You can be certain that we’re looking for the best events in town to spotlight our show-stopping creative ensembles. This year, wear your costumes to Island Shangri-La for a weekend full of Halloween fun and stand a chance to win some amazing prizes, including a grand prize worth over $100,000! Now, as much as we want to claim these great prizes for ourselves, in the interest of fair competition we’d like you Sassy Mamas to bring your A-game as you walk your family along the glitz and glamour of the Orange Carpet. So we’d like to help brainstorm a few DIY kids’ Halloween costume ideas… 

Sassy Mama Tip: Don’t forget to consider your choice of face mask with your Halloween costume! You might like to keep it on theme or add a few artistic touches.

DIY Halloween Costume — Butterfly

It’s amazing what you can do with a little facepaint and carefully selected clothing items! For this DIY Halloween costume you’ll need:

• Bright and colourful clothes
• Butterfly wings — pick these up from costume shops or get crafty with your kids by making your own following these instructions
• Face paint — This is where this costume comes together! Use bright colours and geometric patterns to complement your wings

DIY Halloween Costume — Bank Robbers

We love that both these DIY costume ideas are gender-neutral and can be adapted for all family members (perfect to enter the Best Family Team category at the Island Shangri-La Best Dressed Contest).

The Bank Robber is the ultimate easy-to-achieve Halloween costume! All you need is:

• A black and white striped t-shirt
• A beanie/ wool hat
• An eye-mask — make your own using felt or cardboard with elastic attached

Sassy Mama Tip: Complete the look by drawing $$$ on a canvas bag (this could double as their trick-or-treat bag!). For a family version, parents could dress as police officers trying to catch their little thieves!

DIY Halloween Costume — Skeletons

With just a few strategic snips of the scissors and you’ve got yourself a junior skeleton! You’ll need:

• A white undershirt
• An old black t-shirt — We suggest marking out the rib holes using tailor’s chalk before making your cuts
• Black and white facepaint — Start with a white base covering the entire face, followed by a black around the entire eyes and nose. Finish it off with black lines for the teeth

Sassy Mama Tip: You could also use fabric paint to draw your own skeleton on black clothing!

DIY Halloween Costume — Pirates

Another fun costume to match your mini. To achieve this look you’ll need:

• Blue and white striped t-shirt
• Blue square scarf — Simply fold your scarf diagonally to create a large triangle, drape it around the neck and secure with a white ribbon (or tie in a knot)
• Pirate hat — Head to the costume shops or market lanes to pick up a hat (and maybe a sword!), or get crafty by making your own
• Black eyeliner/ facepaint — Add a few scars to the face and arms and you’re ready to go

DIY Halloween Costume — Day Of The Dead

Off the success of Disney’s Coco, adding some colour to your skeletons is becoming a popular way to add a bright touch to your kids’ Halloween costumes. Get the look:

• Colourful clothes
• Flower necklaces — Pick these up from the market lanes
• Props — Balloons with marker skull drawings (be prepared with backups in case of breakages), mini hats (made out of paper cups and plates with a few pompoms) and other photo props of your choice.

Halloween Best Dressed Contest At Island Shangri-La

Let’s talk prizes! There are seven categories in this year’s contest — Best Family Team, People’s Choice (judged by the most likes on Instagram), Most Original, Most Creative, Best Dressed Villain and Most Huggable (kids category). 

The Grand Prize for Best Overall Costume is valued at over $100,000 and includes the ultimate Christmas staycation with a 2-night stay in Island Shangri-La’s Presidential Suite, an exclusive in-suite dinner curated by Executive Chef Uwe Opocensky for up to eight guests (OMG amazing!), lunch at the Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant Summer Palace, $1,000 spending credits at the hotel’s Christmas Market, Christmas amenities and customised stockings, a Santa Sweet Shop experience as well as daily breakfast and a round-trip limousine transfer.

Other prizes include stays at Shangri-La Singapore (a tried and tested Sassy Mama favourite!) and Shangri-La Bangkok, as well as Christmas staycations at Island Shangri-La and Kowloon Shangri-la, dining and shopping vouchers. 

When: Saturday, 29 October; 3pm to 7pm including the award ceremony; remember to pop into the hotel lobby before 6pm to enter the contest!
How Much: Free to enter

Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central, Hong Kong, 2877 3838, Instagram: @islandshangrila, hongkong@shangri-la.com, www.shangri-la.com/hongkong/islandshangrila/best-dressed-contest

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Halloween is always an exciting time of the year. It’s the one occasion where dressing up in your worst gets you high praise! It’s even more fun to get your little ones looking the part of supervillains, world leaders, their favourite book and movie characters, HK-faves and more. We’ve rounded up some of the quirkiest costume ideas for your children (and you!) that will be easy to put together on your own, or with a quick trip to the prop shops around town.

Read more: Where To Buy Halloween Costumes For The Whole Family: Babies, Toddlers And Teens

Oompa Loompa

Kids, chocolate and a whole load of gibberish! What’s not to love about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? The whole family can opt to be Oompa Loompas this year. Get some brightly coloured wigs, white trousers or skirts and braces, and you’re all set to be part of Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory.

Ice Ice Baby

We really love this one. It’s a simple and unique DIY project. All it requires is some plastic, clever lettering and a baby!

Baby Shark

If your little one has this rather annoying song playing on repeat in the house, you know what you need to do this Halloween! Chances are you already have a shark-hooded towel lying around at home, so this costume can be put together in no time at all.

Kid + Pet Matching Costumes

We did say that these costumes are for the whole family, so we definitely can’t keep the fur babies away from the action! For pet-crazy households, there is still plenty of time to order matching costumes from Halloween Costumes, so pick a set today!

Princess Leia

May the force be with your little one! Wait for her to fall asleep and snap this precious memory that’s bound to get the approval of your Star Wars crazy husband as well!

Wayne’s World

Another easy one to put together with your kids. This 1992 howlarious film tribute will be a sure-fire winner with your mum squad.

Bubble Tea

When in Hong Kong, drink and be Bubble Tea.

Social Butterfly

This is an easy one to adapt for the whole family. Your daughter probably has a few sets of fairy/butterfly wings lying in her cupboard. Strap one on her and draw butterfly wings on your own face, your partner’s and pick one social media logo each. Together, you can be a family of social butterflies.

Cat Lady

There’s no shame in being a crazy cat lady, so start your daughter young with this innovative costume. All it requires is some simple stitching and a grey wig!

Frankenstein’s Monster

Introduce your tween to the classics this Halloween! This one calls for an advanced level of DIY skill, so if you aren’t proficient with a hot glue gun, opt for the easy route instead and get a readymade costume from Halloween Costumes or Let’s Party.

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Headless girl

We’ve saved the best for last! If your kids are up for it and will be able to carry this (and their heads) off with confidence, this will win them all the prizes at every contest there is. We’re not going to lie – it’ll be hard work for you to create the false hands and prop up the dress from behind your child’s back, but we promise it will be well worth it!

Read more: Family Costume Inspiration For The Hong Kong Sevens

Where to buy

Most of these costumes can be created cleverly with plain T-shirts, face paints, chart paper and colouring pens and paints readily available at home. You’ll find more well-known characters, like those from the Batman series, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and classics like Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, will be available at stores such as Matteo Party, Choi Choi and Fortune Costume. You can also choose to source and buy online from Taobao as well as international costumiers. Many Instagrammers will also provide links to accessory and dress shops, so make sure to get in touch with them for ideas, inspiration or just to share the laughs.

Editor’s note: This post was originally posted on 26, October 2015 by Andrea Wada Davies and updated by Anita Balagopalan on 11, October 2019.

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