Pretty, Appropriate and Modest Halloween Costume Ideas
posted on October 5, 2012 at 7:53 am
Ladies! With All Saints Day and Halloween just around the corner, I thought it’d be fun to find some costume ideas for celebrating. If you’re not familiar with these holidays or their traditions, you may be interested in another PI post, “Halloween Fact and Fiction!”
I’m not an advocate for wicked or sexy Halloween costumes, so if you’re interested in appropriate and modest costumes for an event, party or trick-or-treating, consider the following:
A historical character is always a cool idea for dressing up.
Above I have images of a Pocahontas costume and a Lady Liberty costume. These are great historical costumes, but they also prompt the idea of selecting a costume that celebrates your personal heritage. Other ideas include a pilgrim, Martha Washington or Queen Elizabeth.
Movie characters are another costume option.
Above are two different costumes for the character of Snow White from the movie Snow White and the Huntsman. You could also consider Lucy or Susan from The Chronicles of Narnia or Katniss from The Hunger Games.
Classic fairy tale costumes are common, but I did notice that many of the designs are very sexy versions of the originals.
It was difficult to find a fairy tale costume with a skirt at or below the knee. It’s really quite sad and disturbing to see all the skimpy costumes offered to teens and even children. However, there were a few adorable costumes, such as the Alice in Wonderland dress above.
For those young Catholics looking for ideas for an All Hallows Eve or All Saints celebration, how about dressing like your favorite saint?
On the left is Joan of Arc and next to her is Mother Teresa. I think these make awesome Halloween costumes, too. What great ways to bring light to an event that prompts many people to dress as dark and evil characters.
If you find you’re struggling while selecting a costume, take a moment to question whether your decisions glorify God. Are you being modest and Godly?
You may also want to consider altering a costume. As I mentioned before, many costumes on the market are so short and skimpy. So if you can’t find something long enough, consider adding to the length. If you find a costume that has a plunging neckline, again, sew in some extra material or wear a tank top underneath.
If you can’t find a costume in stores or online, then consider making your own. Just make sure you give yourself enough time to do so!
Ladies, I hope you found my costume ideas helpful. Please be safe this All Saints Day and Halloween. If you do decide to trick-or-treat this year, please be mindful of the homes you visit and refrain from attending parties or events promoting darkness and evil. Be a light during this event and remember to glorify God in whatever you do.
For those of you celebrating All Saints Day or Halloween, have you chosen a costume yet?
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We’re not allowed to celebrate Halloween,but I wouldn’t wear a costume because I’m 18 and am too old to wear one in my opnion,lmbo. If I did,I’d probally be Pocahontas because I am part Cherokee!
I love this post! So helpful! Thanks! (:
Nevermind my first comment,I do celebrate halloween by watching Halloween cartoon specials on tv,such as Spongebob Squarepants,Fairly OddParents and Charlie Brown. I tried a haunted corn maze one year and it scared me so much I cried.I’m not doing that again,neither am I going to a haunted house.I’ll just go with them out to eat after they go through the haunted house. My loved ones watch scary movies together,but I never watch them! I’m always on the computer while they do so. I can’t stand scary movies! Mommy buys us candy to eat since we are too old to trick or treat.
I will not be dressing up, but I have found some whimsical costume ideas in flyers in the newspaper. One was a crayon, another was a taco costume.
I was a crayon two years ago !! Twins!
We don’t celebrate hooloween either, but sometimes we go to churches that host “fall fests” on the saturday before halloween. Those you can dress up if you want, but arn’t required. And they also hand out candy, and have christian fall themed games.
I do NOT celebrate Halloween anymore since I found out what the true meaning was (witchcraft,what trick or treat meant,jack-o-lanterns etc.When you find out the orign of it,When you find out what you’re doing it gets your spirit in check quick).We watch the specials and on November 1st we hit up the stores to get all of the leftover candy! Seriously only 2 bucks for a big bag of it! I don’t have a prob with the costumes it’s just that… Halloween is a no-no thing in my house…
Yes, i do not celebrate halloween either! The history of it is so demonic and we as christians whould not celebrate it because not mattering how we dress on halloween, we are still celebrating it and celebrating everything about it. The devil has his ways in getting around themost simplest things. We should not be fooled!
I don’t celebrate Halloween either!
Same here!! We never did ‘celebrate’ that ‘holiday’ because its creepy and satanic!! Look it up on Wikipedia, I think it tells you all about it.. But I have to say I do love that Snow White and The Huntsman outfit and the Alice in Wonderland one too
It’s the same for us.
but we also have a ice-cream sundaes night with just my family on Halloween. XD
All Hallows Eve/Halloween is not a satanic holiday, as some people believe. If that’s your concern, you may be interested in our PI post, http://www.projectinspired.com/halloween-fact-and-fiction/
Well…the things mention in the post doesn’t specify what my youth coach said.The origin of halloween.I’m going to explain it here.
300 years ago before Jesus was born a civilization called the Celtics lived through out the British isles Scandinavia in western Europe.They were controlled by a secret society of priests and pagans.They were called the (spelling it like it sounds) dreweds.The dreweds were saintists who served and worshiped the angel of death Samhain. Each year on October 31st the dreweds celebrated the eve of the Celtic new year in honor of their pagan god.The festival of Samhain called the festival of death is STILL recognized today by Satanist,cultists and devil worshipers as the eve of the new year for witchcraft.The guy who wrote the devil bible said that there’s 3 important days to a satanist. Their B-day,April 30th and October 31st.On 0ctober 31st that’s the day where witchcraft,acult and satanist are at their highest potency level.
Trick or treat.
The drewed priest would walk from house to house demanding all types of strange foods to offer to Samhain at the festival of death.If the villager would not give them their food they would speak a demonic curse over the home and the history claims that someone in that home will die that year thus you have trick or treat.
Jack-O-Lanterns
The dreweds will carry with them large turnip which they hallowed out and they would carve a face on the outside to represent the demonic spirit they depended on for their power and knowledge to curse a house.Now this turnip was lighted from within and was used as a lantern for the dreweds as they went from house to house at night.
When it came to America in the 8th 9th century the turnips weren’t that prominent but we did have a veggie native to the country that was a sub to the turnip.Can you guess what it is? The pumpkin.The name that was inherited to the turnip was Jock.When it came here it turned into Jack who lives in the lantern or Jack-O-Lantern.
How did it get into the church.
November 1st.All saints day.The day before,a day full of witchcraft then after that it’s all saints day.Now when a guy became the emperor of Rome he made Christianity a official law declaring everyone had to be a Christian.It had to be the state religion.So the church was FILLED with pagans and they had to learn the Christian/Catholic ways or they would lose their lives.Now they brought all of their practices and festivities of Samhain into the church.They demanded the “holiday” to stay apart of their lives.Since the church was unsuccessful on getting the practices out of the pagan people they decided to sanctify/compromise some of them.There is no comprise in the Spirit.They pretty much said why not sanctify your practices of the devil worshipers.
In the 9th century the pope declared a new day to be celebrated by the church on November 1st called all saints day.This day is in honor of all the modern saints of the church and october 31st became the eve of all saints day.Now the church said it was okay to still celebrate the festival on the 31st cause the day after was a holy day.There’s the comprimise. The mass said on all saints day (the mass said at the catholic church at that time) that all saints day was the all hallow mass and over all the years the evening before became all hallows eve,all Halloween then Halloween.
What it was in the beginning it now still is.Halloween honor and promotes what is all cold,dark and dead.
So…if you were planning to go Trick-or-treating I would stop….but if you want to then go ahead.
I knew my notes would come in handy!! lol
I don’t celebrate it either! Glad some people have the same opinion as I do. I mean, WWJD? He wouldn’t go around dressed as a demon or ghost!! And even if He dressed as something different, there is still evil in the holiday. I prefer to avoid the whole thing since there is a little evil in it. It’s good to limit yourself of things, especially as a Christian.
im very curious whether it is ok to celebrate Halloween. I want to go trick or treating and I’ve been going for a very long time and i never saw anything wrong with it other than some scary things. I don’t really go to see the demonic things but i go to hangout with friends. Is there anything wrong with going?
All Hallows Eve/Halloween is the eve of All Saints Day. You may be interested in our PI post, http://www.projectinspired.com/halloween-fact-and-fiction/
thank you!!!!!! helped sooo much!!!
If it’s all saints day, why are there demons and ghosts (people dressing up like them) are they saints too? And why do a lotttt of bad things happen on this day?
@lililove97- Thank you for your question. If you aren’t a Catholic Christian, you don’t celebrate All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day and All Souls Day (Also known as the day of the dead), so I’m sure it’s difficult to understand. “Hallow” means holy. Halloween is the wake of All Saints and All Souls. It’s an opportunity to remember those who died. Skeletons and skulls represent the dead. Christians can’t control what other people do on Halloween. Some people will use it to be wicked and dress up like the devil or something demonic -which is not appropriate. That’s why you need to be smart about what you do and where you go. This day is not about demons and the devil. It’s about those who died. You shouldn’t be afraid of death.
@BeStillAndBreath98:
The Celtic Druids were just like any other nation before Christ, and Samhain was the name of the festival not the deity they worshipped. The Jack O Lantern has no roots in the festival of Samhain. Once the holiday was changed to all Hallows Eve, it no longer had Pagan importance, and today it’s just harmless fun. As long as you aren’t doing anything that is sinful, it’s fine.
The pumpkin is a NATIVE to the TURNIP. I wasn’t talking about the festival.I don’t see it as harmless fun.There’s more in the invisible then the visible also my post was about the origin.The root of Halloween. And I’m not even going to risk to celebrate Halloween and put that in my spirit.But we all have different views on Halloween.
Anyways the reason I don’t celebrate Halloween is for spiritual safety.I’m not locked up in the house or anything like that.I just spend it as a regular day.My church has “Prayer parties” on that day and we can dress up ,watch movies or specials,eat pizza and candy,Go on treasure hunts in the woods and have a good time.We just don’t do Jack-o-lanterns or go trick-or-treating.I guess I can say we don’t do the secular way of Halloween.Sorry if I came off rude or anything like that I was just pointing out I was talking about the origin \:
I don’t “celebrate” Halloween as a holiday, but I do go trick-or-treating. I don’t like the whole scaring people thing, decorating your house or wearing a scary costume. The costumes I remember wearing were a red crayon, Pippa Middleton (I love her clothes, and my sister was Kate Middleton), Luna Lovegood, Sharpay from Highschool Musical, a sheep, a figure skater, the popper from princess and the popper, a ballerina and that’s all I can remember
nothing scary !!
I’ve never celebrated halloween, and I totally agree with bestillandbreathe98. When the town goes trick-or-treating, my whole family goes to the basement so people think nobody’s home. We don’t want any part of halloween.
Our family doesnt celebrate Halloween and i wouldnt recommend anyone to either.
Why?
We don’t celebrate Halloween, all of us that go to my church and have a Harvest Party where the teens run games for kids (like a carnival) and at the end of the night we all get candy and a prize
It’s a ton of fun…. I usually come up with my own costumes, ’cause now a days costumes are so skimpy… last year i was Raggedy Ann, and this year me and a group of friends are dressing up as the Disney Princesses: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine, Ariel/Merida, and Snow White (me)…. 
It’s gonna be fun!
As a child, my family wasn’t really IN God – we all believed, and my parents were Christians, but going through a rough patch – so I was almost always a witch. This year I’m going to be a mad hatress, which I’m really, really excited about (wearing the costume and acting the part). While at a book store near my house, I found a mad hatter hat and I bought it on a whim,not really having any plans for it. But when I got home I started pairing it with odd bits of clothing like my lace arm warmers and rainbow sock, and doing my hair and makeup really crazy and viola! Mad hatress :3
I used to see nothing wrong with dressing up on Halloween.. until I read about the origins of why they dressed up. Now I don’t dress up at all on that day… even if it’s just something that is cute, and not scary. This is not the beliefs of my family… and I have only held this opinion since 2010. However, people still do come to the door, so I use it as a witnessing opportunity–Give them good candy, and a Chick Track
I hate how all the costumes now are “sexy” and immodest! The past few years I have made my own (mainly for cost reasons) and they’ve turned out pretty good! This year I’m going as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!!!
I find those skimpy Halloween costumes to be a stupid idea. On Halloween, it’s usually fifty degrees (at least where I live) so why would you want to prance around in barely any clothes that some call a costume? I don’t even know.
Thanks for the awesome ideas!! 
Anyway, I really like these ideas!! I was totally thinking about being Katniss or something like that.
My family does not celebrate Halloween. We have a hard time convincing our dad to let us even go to a Fall Festival. We will sometimes watch the Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin show, and will buy the ridiculously clearanced candy, but that’s the extent of our “celebrating” Halloween. But those costumes are fun!
I have never celebrated Halloween (I’m not from the West), but I don’t think it’s a good idea. We’re called to be the salt and light of the earth, and participating in a festival that at best glorifies demons and monsters and at worst is a pagan festival seems to be inappropriate.
We don’t celebrate Halloween because we’re celebrating witches and evil.. it’s like Satan’s birthday. There’s nothing innocent about it. If you actually know the REAL story behind Halloween it wasn’t about saints giving candy to children. It’s REALLY disturbing.
The actual story went something like there were a group of “saints” that were corrupt and went house to hose asking they wanted a “Treat”… meaning Give us your daughter or wife so we can rape them to death… if not… the “trick” is we will kill you’re whole family or burn your house to the ground.
WHY! Why would you want to be apart of that?! Obviously times changed but it’s not all innocent.. just like he easter bunny is a pagan ritual for the god of fertility. no.
I don’t think Christians should be celebrating Halloween!
I think that it’s fine to celebrate Halloween – even if it had evil beginnings, wasn’t it Jesus who said God can make good come from evil? Lots of churches use fall festivals and trunk or treat parties to minister to the public on Halloween! Also, I was wondering about what you said about modest dresses- you mentioned they should be below the knee. Is it your opinion that all dressed should be that long? I usually use the rule as long as the hem passes my fingertips when I hold my hands by my side that it’s long enough
just wondering
Hi Mary K8- Thanks for your question. I did reference skirts at or below the knee, but a modest skirt can be a little above the knee also. In a post I wrote on modest dressing I stated, “When it comes to skirts, select those that are no shorter than above the knee. Make sure you account for how high the skirt rises when you sit.” If you would like to read more, check out the post here: http://www.projectinspired.com/kt-style-guide-for-christian-girls-modesty/
I’ve personally never been against Halloween. Where I grew up, it was all about dressing up in costumes…and getting candy. No one ever said that the costumes had to be skimpy, thats just poor choice of others. Its okay for it to be scary, but there’s a difference between fun scary like haunted houses and such and being “demonic.” I feel Halloween is what you make of it. If you stick to the “fun” meaning of Halloween and don’t focus so much on the negative, then its okay. Maybe there’s a certain reason why its evolved into costumes and candy. Have a little fun in life, if you don’t wanna be a part of the “demonic” aspect (which you shouldnt) then focus on the fuz modernization of it!
totally agree with you, jesuschick529! Halloween’s just another thing like drinking or eating meat sacrificed to idols, described in the Bible. Neither are a sin, but just don’t do it if it truly goes against your conscience. I’m totally fine with Halloween, like jesus said “God makes good out of evil” and easter too (after all, the easter bunny doesn’t represent gods or fertility any more, its just a colorful rabbit) Just remember “do whatever you do as unto the Lord”. if you honestly don’t think it’ll please the lord, you shouldn’t do it. But if you do, go right ahead! Like everyone said, churches can use halloween as a ministry to reach out to others
I am going to be minnie mouse:) i have a cute polka dot dress with a peter pan collar shirt on it, sprakly bow kitten heels and socks woth my minnie mouse ears from halloween! It it is really cute and appropriate. And i find absolutely nothing wrong with christians celebrating halloween!!! I think it is so so fun! My family has always let us trick or treat and stuff. I dont believe that silly stuff about halloween being only for devil worshippes. frankly i find it insulting
but for the record- i was never allowed to be a witch or anything, my parents kept all that out of it. But seriosly, i think some of the people who have commentd are confused about what halloween really is. Contrary to popular belief, halloween is actually a silly holiday celebrated on october 31st for kids to dress up and eat way to much candy.:) halloween is only bad for the people who make it that way.
I am a member of my school’s NHS (a group dedicated to academic success, personal and group achievement, and community service), and we are going out “trick-or-treating” for the Salvation Army to collect food! Girls, find ways to bring positive light and goodness into the world! If you do not want to participate in Halloween by trick-or-treating, you could go treat others by helping at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter. Bring both healthy foods and small treats as well
God is counting on us to do this!
I appreciate the thought of adding costumes for Catholics such as the Saints! Very cute, and very thoughtful
personally I don’t trick or treat anymore because I’m older, and georgia has one of the best haunted houses in the states so I’d much rather do that than dress up, haha!
Personally I never saw the harm in Halloween. People like to compare it to witchcraft and evil things but we’ve taken it and changed it and commercialized it so much all it means anymore is dressing up and getting free candy.
I celebrate Halloween. I go trick or treating with my friends and their little siblings. This year I am being a mouse! Im wearing a hoodie with sweats with some pink accents and my mouse ears of course so totally modest! Super excited!
Nicole, can you tell me where to get the first Snow White costume? I’m not sure if I’m going to dress up, but I want to do that
Or what pieces would you buy to achieve that costume? Thanks 
i have never celebrated halloween, at least not the secular way… there is a little thing my church did so kids could be kids and dress up called hallelujah night, we’d have games and prizes and the kids could wear costumes and go from person to person for candy
we never celebrated Halloween as “Halloween” we would have a “Hallelujah Partie” what my mama called it we would still dress up but we would make cookies and sing songs and read scriptures and watch different movies depending on how old we were (: it was really fun
I usually just walk around with some of my friends and reuse a dance costume that I liked, but put a more modest twist on it. I have black pants that have glitter all over them that I put under whatever costume I decided to wear that year. It turns out cute and is a great way to get more use out of my dance costumes.
I love the dress from Alice in wonderland! Usually, my family and I make costumes and sometimes we pick themes such as saints. I’m sad that we’re all too old to go trick or treating, but I enjoy dressing up and “chaperoning” a family with younger children.
I think this is an issue similar to what Paul wrote to the Corinthians on eating meat sacrificed to idols (1 Corinthians 8). Really, what’s the harm in dressing up (modestly and as something non-satanic) and going to a church’s fall festival if it doesn’t promote the demonic origins? There isn’t exactly a problem with that. For those of us that partake in clean activities on Halloween, we know that we aren’t worshiping or promoting Satan. However, out of love, we shouldn’t participate if it would cause our brother to stumble. In my opinion, I see nothing wrong with having a fall festivial at church because it’s a good way to share the Gospel to children and their parents. it also insures that they are in a safe environment instead of trick-or-treating (especially if they are unsupervised).
I am going to be the morton salt girl for halloween this year!! (you know yellow dress, white leggings, big umbrella). Its going to be fun!!
I didn’t realize so many didn’t celebrate Halloween. Halloween is such a naturally celebrated holiday in my town. Of course, I don’t live in the most modest, Chrisitan-oriented town which is hard, but I personally don’t find it wrong to celebrate Halloween. No, I don’t think it’s as important or purposeful of a holiday as Christmas, Independence Day, Easter, etc but I love dressing up in a hand-made costume, I enjoy creating the costume, and just having fun going to parties or passing out candy! I definitely agree that all the demonic, satanic, and evil spirit part of the holiday is a NO, but just as a day to have some fun and worry-free, I think it’s great!
I don’t celebrate Halloween, either. It’s never something my family has done. It’s hard, though, because all my friends get so excited. I don’t do all that devil worship thing, but I do think it would be fun going around the neighborhood and collecting candy in fun costumes. Any feedback on what I should do instead of celebrating??
Halloween is a Christian day. It’s not a demonic day, but some people use it for wicked. We need to remember why Catholic Christians actually celebrate it, and what’s appropriate as far as costumes, activities and parties, and what’s not. Read my comments above.
where can we find that pochantas outfit? I love it!
I’m 15 but I’m finally dressing up this year as the female version of the 10th Doctor (from Doctor Who.) I’ve never actually done it before, lmbo.
My family has never had a problem with Halloween. My brothers (and sometimes my mom) like watching Halloween specials (kids’ cartoons like Spongebob and iCarly) and horror movies – but not anything demonic like the Exorcist, or gory like the Saw series. They watched I Am Legend (with Will Smith) just yesterday. (Personally, I don’t like horror movies.) We buy candy to give to trick-or-treaters. We don’t decorate our house, but do put out a pumpkin to signify that they can get candy here (we don’t even bother carving it half the time..) And to be honest, we go trick-or-treating ourselves. Our only reason is to “get free candy”. This year, I’m being a Pikachu – the costume isn’t scary (obviously), and not skimpy either. Last year, I was an Eskimo, the year before, Cookie Monster (neither were revealing, also). I’ve also been a few Disney princesses, a Power Ranger, and even a dinosaur. But I still go to church regularly, and I am going to a Christian school. Like some already said, it depends how you look at it – I just see the fun part of Halloween, where you go out with friends and get candy (which is a rare treat for me). But hey – that’s just my opinion.
My church does a Trunk or Treat fall festival on Halloween. The guy I’m courting (being courted by..?) and I are dressing as Clark Kent and Lois Lane. (:
Sorry but i don’t celebrate holloween for a very good reason. But costume parties are fine.