Best Little Red Riding Hood Costume Ideas You’ll Love
Our family chose the Little Red Riding Hood costume theme for our annual church trunk-or-treat and we had an absolute blast with it.
It’s our tradition each Halloween and I’m enjoying it for as long as the kids will go along with it.
I especially liked the Riding Hood theme because we already had the mask for the Big Bad Wolf from something else and I’m all about using what we already have and not spending more money.
Our family has dressed as the crew from Despicable Me, The Addams Family, and Grease to name a few and each year we make amazing memories.
Let’s jump into how we made this magical story-book tale come true for our crew.
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Little Red Riding Hood Costume Ideas
Little Red Riding Hood costumes are such a fun way to channel your inner fairy tale character!
You can keep it classic with the red cloak and basket or jazz it up with some cool accessories.
I ordered my girls’ Halloween costumes from online.
All you really. need is the red cloak. The dress underneath doesn’t matter as much. We already had the basket from our Wizard of Oz family costume so it was a score there!
Either way, you decide to go, you’ll be rocking that storybook vibe in no time!
Big Bad Wolf Costume Ideas
We lucked out with our big bad wolf costume because I actually found the body suit at Good Will for like $2.
The mask and claws we borrowed from my Dad who loves to scare all the neighborhood kids who come to the house for Halloween so he has a plethora of frightening masks. So much son’s entire get-up was $2.
I recommend checking the costume section of your local thrift shop to see if they’ve got something that will work.
Also, don’t be afraid to explore different versions of the wolf costume, from realistic to cartoonish.
God Bless our dog Manna for briefly playing the part of the wolf dressed as Grandma!
I caught our dog, I mean the wolf dressed as grandma, mid-sneeze and it made for the perfect pic!
I loved dressing as grandma because I got to wear a comfy nightgown- in public.
Dressing as Grandma
Dressing up as Grandma for a Little Red Riding Hood family theme is a blast!
just throw on a cozy, old-fashioned dress, maybe add a frilly apron, and don’t forget the classic glasses and a sweet bonnet.
You’ll be the perfect fairy tale grandma in no time!
I chose to wear a granny nightgown that I got online. I paired it with a fake pearl necklace I used to wear for work but never do anymore.
I kept my make-up casual and put baby powder in my hair to give it the gray results I sought. I call my look “granny sexy!” Sorry, that made me laugh.
Dressing as the Lumberjack
Dressing as the lumberjack for your Little Red Riding Hood family theme is so easy you may not have to buy anything!
Just grab a flannel shirt, and some rugged jeans, and maybe add a fake axe or a big ol’ beard for that extra lumberjack look. My hubby and son were both lumberjacks. We drew my son’s beard using a brown marker which made us kind of laugh.
Couples and Group Costume Ideas
We loved this for our family theme for our church’s trunk-or-treat.
If you have an even bigger group than ours you can add different forest animals to the list of costumes. Someone could dress as a fawn, a fox, or a raccoon. The list of possible animal costumes is pretty long.
I made the background for our trunk-or-treat out of plywood and some floral stick-on wallpaper I ordered from Amazon.
Hubby made me a window out of wood that I painted and put a black posterboard behind so it looked like nighttime. We added a moon and my kids colored trees.
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Trunk-or-Treat Ideas for Red Riding Hood
We thought this was such a cute idea for our church’s trunk or treat and that’s why we chose it.
I had a small fake Christmas tree that I put up during the holidays so that served as our “forest.”
My hubby made me a wooden sign that I painted showing the directions to the places in the book including Grandma’s house, the scary forest, and Lumberjack Lane.
We grabbed a quilt my actual grandma made years ago to cover the wolf posing as granny. Also my van has an outlet so we were able to plug in a delicate-looking lamp to light Granny’s bedroom.
Photography and Pose Ideas
- Pose like Little Red Riding Hood, including walking, curtsying, and being afraid.
- Consider forest and woodland settings. We took a few pictures with the thick trees in our neighborhood to make it look more like we were in a forest.
- Think about the lighting- we snapped our pics as the sun was going down because that seemed to match more of the theme of the story-book.
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Conclusion
If you decide to go with this costume I hope you embrace your creativity and have fun bringing this fairy tale to life.
P.S. – as you can tell from the pic below, it would appear Little Red Riding Hood did get the best of the big bad wolf in the end!
Hi I’m Erica! TV news anchor and mom to 4 littles. I’m obsessed with creating those “wow” moments in life through crafting at home, cool travel adventures and special celebrations with loved ones. Thanks for joining me on this adventure!
