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16 Brilliant Ways To Incorporate Your Baby Into Your Halloween Costume

Practical AND cute!
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Senior Wellness & Parenting Reporter, HuffPost

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It’s always a little tricky to figure out a clever Halloween costume, but that’s particularly true if you’ve got a little one in tow. These crafty parents managed to be both festive and work their baby/toddler carrier into the mix, basically winning Halloween in the process.

If you’re a babywearing mom or dad, check out these 16 inspired creations:

Scuba divers
via Costume Works
Star Wars
Joel Tourjee
The Hangover
Emily Gunville
Rapunzel in her tower
via Costume Works
Tony the Tiger
via Costume Works
Super Mario Bros.
Tara McClung Giangiordano
Cindy Lou Who
Courtney Connor Robinson
Dorothy (and tornado)
Courtney Connor Robinson
Meeko, Grandmother Willow and Pocahontas
Rebekah Stille Hughes
A shark eating a fish
Jenn Sch
Popcorn
Genna Davis
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Allison Burris
Astronaut, shuttle and the moon
Angie Adams
A baby spider in her web
Danielle Schaitel
Cops and robbers
Cassie Wolf
"My husband's idea!"
Charmaine Flansbaum

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