Elle Belle’s Top Halloween Picks

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Blue Monarch Butterfly costume from Chasing Fireflies

Everyone knows I am a fancy girl. And to make sure I do Halloween super-spooky and sensational, I have scoped out the best costumes, accessories, and home goods to make it boo-tiful–read on for my top picks and be sure to click through the slideshow at the end of this post to see photos!

Halloween Tabletop and Party Supplies

Planning a spooktacular Halloween celebration this year? To have the most creative, fun and personalized Halloween party and tabletop visit the Stationery Studio. They specialize in frightfully unique Halloween accents so make your Halloween a night to remember. It gets my family in the Halloween spirit and makes meal time fun time! The Haunted Halloween 4-piece dinnerware set is customized with my name and makes me want to eat everything, even my vegetables. I love that there are matching placemats, bowls and mugs. Mommy also loves that it is non-breakable and dishwasher safe. Mommy and Daddy also love the whimsical napkins, plates and cups for entertaining that can be customized to your family’s liking. Mommy’s favorite design? Keep Calm and Happy Halloween, of course.

Halloween Décor and Accessories

Personalization Mall is the one-stop shop for special and personalized Halloween treats! Some must-haves for city kids are their perfectly plump, personalized, pumpkins, bountiful bowl and terrific treat bags. They are all certain to be family treasures each year at Halloween. Bonus: everything includes free personalization and fast 1-2 day shipping because waiting isn’t easy.

We even get to dress up our apartment with its own Halloween accessories! Nothing says Happy Halloween better than personalized Jack-O-Lanterns. Customize them with the names of all of your family members and then let them sit to welcome at the door, decorate the tabletop, or land wherever you decide to make your own pumpkin patch.

For giving, everyone loves taking candy from our personalized “Trick or Treat Have Some Sweets” bowl. It makes everyone smile even before they even get their treat. I love giving out treats on Halloween and taking one or two, too. When it gets messy, Mommy loves that the bowl goes right in the dishwasher.

I adore the assortment of personalized treat bags to collect candy and Halloween treasures. This little princess loves her Princess Crown Personalized Plush Treat Bag and my baby loves her little Miss Pumpkin one. Also available are super hero, Dracula, cats and more! Oh my!

Personal Creations has over 10,000 personalized gifts that can ship in 1-3 days. Their Halloween best-sellers are the Treat Bags. I love the Scary ‘N Soft trick or treat bags because they look like they were designed to meticulously match my Halloween costumes. You can choose from Pirate, Mummy, Dracula, Spider, Frankenstein, Witch, Monster, Ghost, Cat, or Pumpkin. And, of course, each is personalized with your name! Parents like my Mommy (who loves extra safety features) should be sure not to miss their Safe & Smart Reflective Treat Bags with a reflective sheen that helps keep us kids visible in low light.

Hand-picked Halloween Costumes for City Families

Chasing Fireflies has the most exquisite, creative and one-of-a-kind, show-stopping costumes. They will “charm, surprise, and delight” everyone with their hand-picked and magical selections for kids and kids at heart alike. There are so many beautiful costumes that look like they came to life from my imagination. I just adore the fine details of these costumes and when I put them on it is like a dream come true. And Chasing Fireflies has unique selections for the entire family. The littlest family members will love the Build a Bear Rainbow Girl and Build a Bear Skeleton Boy—they are cuddly and perfect for the little sisters and brothers. And if you have a fancy baby like me, she will adore the extravagant costumes like the Little Pink Fairytale Mermaid. She swims with delight in this spectacular costume! The preschool boy set will go crazy for the Ninja Boy and super hero costumes, and us little ladies will be head over heels for the design your own princess costumes and adorable and amazing animals like the blue monarch butterfly.

Explore the vast selection of original costume ideas to find the perfect costume that is uniquely you at Spirit Halloween. Spirit Halloween has it all, including Halloween props, accessories, hats, wigs, shoes, make-up, masks and more, all designed to transform you and your family in bewitchingly convincing Halloween style! Our family favorite of the moment is Paw Patrol! There’s Everest, Skye, Marshall, and Chase. They even have a costume for our real dog to get in on the fun!

Ricky’s NYC, the edgy, ultra-hip “beauty shop” is transformed into a veritable one stop super shop for everything Halloween. Ricky’s Halloween is ready to outfit trick-or-treaters in costumes of all sizes and likes across the city. This season the best sellers are the new classics. There’s “Star Wars,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Inside Out,” the Minions, “Frozen,” and many more! Bonus: Ricky’s has everyone’s favorite characters to outfit the whole family so I can coordinate with mom and dad! Daddy and baby can be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Mommy and I can dress up as Anna and Elsa from “Frozen.” What more could you want?

Elle Belle is an adorable preschooler who lives in the Upper East Side of Manhattan with her magnificent mommy, dapper dad, and baby sister. She can be reached at ellebellenyc@gmail.com or like at facebook.com/ElleBelleNYC.

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