| Pumpkin costumes are one of the traditional costumes | | | | older children and adults can also use them. One |
| worn during Halloween because of the major role | | | | example of a pumpkin costume for babies is an |
| played by pumpkins in the celebration of this holiday on | | | | orange bodysuit with printed pumpkin and a matching |
| October 31. Halloween is mostly a secular celebration | | | | headpiece that also represents a pumpkin. For adults |
| but it is based on All Saints' Day and the ancient Celtic | | | | and older children, an example of a pumpkin costume |
| festival called Samhain. The Irish immigrants brought | | | | is inflatable and includes a jumpsuit, headpiece, and |
| this tradition with them to North America. One of the | | | | battery-operated fan. |
| traditional symbols of this holiday is the jack-o-lantern | | | | While many pumpkin costumes are designed to be |
| that got its name from the legend of Stingy Jack. | | | | comical, on the other hand, some are intended to |
| However, the tradition of putting a candle inside a | | | | scare people. One example is a frightening Jack O' |
| carved pumpkin actually came from the practice of | | | | Lantern mask that includes a robe that is provided with |
| the ancient Celts of placing a carved turnip on their | | | | arm ties and a cape with a skull-shaped brooch. |
| window sills to scare off any evil spirits. | | | | You can also make your own pumpkin costume by |
| In North America, Halloween coincided with harvest | | | | using an over sized orange sweatshirt. If you do not |
| time and they soon noticed that the pumpkins are | | | | have an orange sweatshirt, you can change its color |
| easier to carve than the turnips and that their size is | | | | to orange by applying a fabric dye. After putting on the |
| closer to the size of a head. They also learned to | | | | sweatshirt, the next step is to crumple up several |
| carve a scary or comical face on the pumpkin. The | | | | newspapers and put them inside the sweatshirt until it |
| carved pumpkin with candles inside it soon became a | | | | becomes round like a pumpkin. To ensure that the |
| traditional symbol of Halloween. Thus, many families | | | | newspapers do not get out of the sweatshirt, you can |
| celebrate this holiday by putting the carved pumpkin | | | | tie a yarn or use a belt. You can also apply fabric paint |
| with candles inside it in front of their doorsteps. | | | | to create a jack-o-lantern face on the front of your |
| Pumpkin costumes are often used for infants although | | | | sweatshirt. |