Your toddler might still be at an age where the clothing he or she wears is ultimately your decision, but that won't stop their desire to pick out their own clothes. According to FamilyEducation.com, by the age of two-and-a-half, your child will begin to express interest in dressing and undressing themselves some of the time. Planning a wacky clothes day at home or at school for your toddler boy or girl, such as a “wacky tacky day” or a “wacky wednesday,” will allow them to be in control of their attire for a day.
In this article, we will cover some wacky ideas you can plan to encourage your child to dress up how they would like!
Crazy Headwear
Crazy hats and headbands are a whimsical addition to your toddler's wacky hair day attire. Simply shape a piece of construction paper into the shape of a cone and tape the ends together. Your toddler can decorate the hat with foam stickers and pom-poms to create crazy designs all over the cone hat. For a different hat, size a thick piece of paper around your toddler's head and let them decorate the strip. Tape the ends together and place it on their head. Animal or bug headbands, such as bunny ears or bumblebee antennae, can also be used in place of hats as crazy day head wear.
Tips
If your child has longer hair, you can help them style their hair into funky ponytails or other goofy hairstyles for a crazy hair day idea!
Mismatch Day
Crazy hats and headbands are a whimsical addition to your toddler's wacky hair day attire. Simply shape a piece of construction paper into the shape of a cone and tape the ends together. Your toddler can decorate the hat with foam stickers and pom-poms to create crazy designs all over the cone hat. For a different hat, size a thick piece of paper around your toddler's head and let them decorate the strip. Tape the ends together and place it on their head. Animal or bug headbands, such as bunny ears or bumblebee antennae, can also be used in place of hats as crazy day head wear.
Tips
If your child has longer hair, you can help them style their hair into funky ponytails or other goofy hairstyles for a crazy hair day idea!
Backwards & Inside Out
Wearing clothing inside out or backwards is another alternative to clashing color attire for your toddler's wacky clothes day. Simply put your toddler's normal clothing on backwards. Put his shirt and pants on with the clothing's inside tags showing in the front of his body instead of the back. Or put his vest or snap jacket on backwards. Fasten or snap his vest or jacket on his back instead of his chest. For an even wackier option, turn their clothes inside out so that all the clothing label tags show and then put the inside out clothing on backwards.
Silly Footwear
Your toddler's wacky clothes day wouldn't be complete without silly socks and shoes. Grab a pair of mismatched socks in different colors or patterns and put one on each of their feet. Roll their pants legs up to reveal their crazy socks to others. Continue the mismatching with their shoes. Place two contrasting shoes on each of their feet, such as a dress shoe on one foot and a sneaker on the other foot. Wearing their pajama slippers in the daytime also serves as fitting wacky footwear. Grab their cartoon character slippers and place them on their feet or put two separate cartoon character slippers on each foot.
Other Ideas
Other dress-up ideas for your toddler’s crazy look include doing goofy makeup or dressing them up as their favorite characters from books, shows, or movies! You can allow your child to wear an old Halloween costume for a day, or you could even make their outfit a diy project in which you look up various tutorials on how to create the costume he or she wants to wear for the next wacky clothes day!