Cutest Totoro EVER, by “you and mie”
What are you/your kids going to be for Halloween this year? My kids are dressing up as the Little Mermaid and Spiderman. They are super cute! I was also thinking that, to be unique, it would be fun to dress up as something inspired by Japan for another Halloween. Here are some things/characters that I thought of that would make great costumes!
1. Chibi Maruko chan
2. Hello Kitty (my daughter was Hello Kitty 2 years ago)
3. Domo kun
4. Totoro
5. Kiki
6. Anpanman
7. Doraemon
8. Rilakumma
9. Peko chan
10. Kamen Rider
11. Sazae-san
12. Mario/Princess Peach
13. Shinkansen driver
14. Sakura (Cherry Blossom) tree
15. Pretty Cure
16. Cooking Mai
17. U-tan
18. Ninja
19. Sumo wrestler
20. Sushi (I’ve seen a lot of great sushi costumes online this year!)
Do you have any more ideas? Click HERE, HERE, or HERE for my previous posts about Halloween in Japan.
My 1st grader wanted a しゅごキャラ or a リルぷりっ costume. Though I wanted to dress my girls as Mei and Satsuki but seeing the Totoro above makes me wish I had 3 kids to dress. I didn’t have the time to make any of the above costumes this year so she settled on a generic asian princess costume from the store that she is calling Ohime-sama since she loves hinamaturi dolls at the moment. I just wish I could afford a nice kimono for her to wear instead. I promised I would make any costume she wants next year.
Those are all wonderful ideas! A Mei, Satsuki, and Totoro combo would be sooo cute!
Thanks for linking to my Totoro costume! I actually made a Mei-chan outfit too here: http://youandmie.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/mei-chan/
Cool blog! I would love if my daughter could learn Japanese, but I don’t speak it, so I don’t know she could. So for now, I’m just trying to expose her to the language when possible (like watching Totoro :)), and hope she picks up a little here and there. I’m looking forward to hearing about great resources from you!
Oooohhh my goodness, how cute! I wish I would have thought to do this when my daughter was younger. Thank you for sharing!
Aww…I love the Totoro outfit!