Purim is coming up and it's crunch time to put together our family costume.

I have always loved dressing up. Like many kids, I had an endless bin of outfits. In college I spent days hand stitching fabric and glueing on crystals. It was a running joke that I ran a salon, makeup station, and in-house seamstress business for my college roomates.
Cody and I did our best to be together for purim every year (except for my internship year). I was ecstatic he enjoyed it as much as me. We even picked our family costume our first year married based on Zoey. If I remember correctly, I bought my dress in October, just days after we had decided to get her (she came home in January and Purim was March).
Now we have Laila! We want to make sure she loves it as much as we do. For her very first purim, Cody's parents came to be with us. It was the perfect holiday for them to join us since they would live in costumes every day if they could. Together we all did Alice in Wonderland. I made Mishloach Manot with home made clock cookies, red chip ate heart candy, teas, bubble wands and a few other items that I can't remember now.
This years I am still finalizing but I started collecting a long list of ideas to hold onto and share for future years. I included some ideas for Mishloach Manot to go along with the theme.

Comment below with any other ideas you have for costumes and paired foods/candies.
Characters from Shows:
Adams Family
The Peanuts Characters
Winnie the Pooh (honey, mini carrots, red and black striped cookies)
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Pokémon
Wizard of oz
The Office
The Jetsons
Scooby Doo and Crew
Flintstones
Super Mario: Mario, Luigi, Princess, Mushroom, Star
Willie Wonka (blueberry flavor, bubbles, chocolate bar with a gold sticker)
Little red riding hood: little red riding hood, wolf, granny (cookies, baggie with a design to look like a basket with a red paper liner)
Three Little Bears and Goldie Locks (gummy bears, oatmeal, drink)
Disney/Pixar:
Beauty and the beast: bell, beast, lumier, clock, mrs pots, chip, dust feather, rose (fake or real rose, shabbos candles, pixie dust, tea)
Cinderella: Cinderella, Prince Charming, Mice, Stepmom and Sisters, Cat, Dog, Chickens, Footman, Pumpkin (pumpkin flavored treat, cookies with a sugar crystal topping, sewing kit)
Alice in wonderland: Alice, Mad hatter, Cheshire Cat, Queen, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb
Little mermaid: Ariel, Sebastian, Flounder, prince Eric, seagul, dolphin, king triton, Ursula, eels (sea animal gummies)
Minnie and Mickey and friends
The Incredibles
Star Wars
Toy Story
Peter Pan and Friends
Lion king (animal crackers, gummy worms)
Minions
Mary Poppins
Monsters Inc
Paw Patrol
Bluey
Puppy Pals
Pinocchio
Other:
Solar System with Astronaut
Moon and stars
Animal Kingdom (animal cookies)
Nerd and Bookworm (nerds and gummy worms)
Butterfly and Caterpillar (honey or agave for sweet nectar)
Beanie Babies
Hungry Hungry Hippo (dots candies, candied necklaces, candies that are circles)
Emoji
Box of Crayons (crayons and a coloring book, mixed pack of jelly beans, mixed back of gummy bears, rainbow fruit roll ups)
Baby Shark (sea animal gummies)
Game Night: everyone with different board game and cards attached to them (deck of cards, popcorn, and a drink)
Care Bears (gummy bears and little containers of cotton candy)
Food:
Toast, egg, and avocado
Mustard, ketchup, hotdog (mini condiments in little jars)
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich (mini containers of PB and J)
Fruit basket (dried and fresh fruit platter)
I'll keep updating this list with ideas as I think of more. So check back next year for more details and ideas.
Xoxo,
Shana Bryn
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