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Dressing Your Doubles

Halloween Costumes for Multiples

By Kendeyl Johansen

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Double lions, tigers and bears, oh my! Choosing Halloween costumes for multiples can be quite a challenge.

Last week, at a Mothers of Multiples club in Park City, Utah, friends and I discussed whether or not our twins and triplets would wear matching Halloween costumes. Many moms who regularly dress their twins alike opted for the matching costumes, while others chose complimentary costumes (like Peter Pan and Wendy), and some opted for completely different costumes. So what's best for your own multiples?

Susan Kohl, author of Twin Stories, a compilation of personal anecdotes from more than 150 sets of twins, and also the mom of 8-year-old identical twin boys, feels choosing costumes differs for every family and depends on children's ages.

"Dressing them in the same costume is cute if they are babies or toddler age, but as soon as they have the ability to make decisions, ask them what they want to be," says Kohl. "If they want to dress alike, that's great (and many do). But my boys were very clear from an early age that they wanted to be something different. They have always had different tastes even though they are identical." At age 3, one of Kohl's boys chose to be a green Power Ranger, and the other was a cowboy.

Individual Attire
Fourteen-year-old fraternal twins, Laurel and Ashley Willoughby of Park City, Utah, have only worn the same costume once. "We were clowns together when we were in fourth grade," says Laurel. "We had the idea, and our mom helped. But my sister and I have our own style. We usually don't like the same costume." In contrast, she says, all of her identical and fraternal twin friends usually choose the same Halloween costume.

And she agrees with Kohl that older kids need freedom of choice. "My sister and I could choose whether we wanted different costumes, and my parents supported us," says Laurel. "I think it's important to let twins choose on their own."

A Matching Pair

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