Child Colonial Costume Ideas
Does your little one want to show her patriotism this Halloween? She can with a child colonial costume! You can find a great selection of historical costumes at Buy Costumes, one of the Internet’s largest costume super-stores. They have great quality, low prices, and a 110% price guarantee! They have many child colonial costume options, which is great because colonial costumes are perfect for reenactments, Halloween, and even Thanksgiving plays. You will find costumes for both boys and girls.
Here is a small example of some of the costumes you will find from this popular online vendor:
Colonial Girl Costume
(Available in Child Sizes: Small (4-6), Medium (8-10) and Large (12-14))
This is a sweet costume at a really great price.
What little girl can resist this pretty, long, brown dress? Not many!
The sleeves are a creamy beige color, as is the matching, attached apron.
The back has a zipper (no buttons!).
Top off the child colonial costume outfit with the included mop cap that comes in the same creamy beiges as the sleeves and apron.
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Colonial Boy Costume
(Available in child sizes Small, Medium, and Large)
This is just adorable! Young boys can wear this costume for Halloween, patriotic parades, school plays, or wherever a historical American costume is needed.
You will receive matching blue pants and shirt.
The puffy sleeves of the shirt are white, as is the attached jabot collar.
Top of this outfit with the included colonial hat.
Although not included with this costume, you can make the outfit even more authentic by adding socks, shoe buckles, and a toy pistol.
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Colonial Wigs
(Available in One-Size fits Most Children)
Complete a boy’s child colonial costume with an authentic wig!
As was the tradition back in the days of the 1700s, this wig has a bouffant in the front, rolled curls on the side, and the remaining hair is pulled back into a ponytail that is curled and tied with a black ribbon.
We recommend that you also get a wig cap (not included).
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The Colonies of Early America
Colonial America started when the Europeans settled in the New World in the 16th century, but primarily focuses on the time of thirteen British colonies. The original colonies were:
- Province of New Hampshire (which became New Hampshire)
- Province of Massachusetts Bay (which became Massachusetts and Maine)
- Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (which became Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
- Connecticut Colony (which became Connecticut)
- Province of New York (which became New York and Vermont)
- Province of New Jersey (which became New Jersey)
- Province of Pennsylvania (which became Pennsylvania)
- Delaware Colony (prior to 1776 these were known as the Lower Counties on Delaware) (which became Delaware)
- Southern Colonies
- (Virginia and Maryland made up the Chesapeake Colonies)
- Province of Maryland (which became Maryland)
- Colony and Dominion of Virginia (which became Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia)
- Province of North Carolina (which became North Carolina and Tennessee)
- Province of South Carolina (which became South Carolina)
- Province of Georgia (which became Georgia)
George Washington was, perhaps, the most famous colonist. He is often remembered as the first constitutional president of the United States, but he was also crucial in winning the war against the British in the American Revolution. Many people do not know that he did not want to become Commander in Chief, but he was the popular choice.
Benjamin Franklin was another famous colonist. Ben Franklin was a truly amazing man. He was a man of many talents. Franklin was possibly most famous for being a scientist and inventor.
Franklin invented many, many things, but most school children remember him as the man who flew a kite in a lightening storm. He did this to prove that electricity might be harnessed. His kite experiment proved successful, and led to his invention of the lightening rod, which, ironically, later saved his house from burning down when it was struck by lightening. Franklin was one of several Founding Fathers who are being recognized today for their genius.
Third president Thomas Jefferson was also a famous colonist and Founding Father. Most people know he was involved with the creation of the Declaration of Independence, but not as many realize that he was the main author of it. Jefferson shared a strong and deep, though sometimes rocky, lifetime friendship with fellow Founding Father, John Adams.
John Adams was a deeply religious man who became the second president of the newly created United States. His marriage and love for wife Abigail Adams is widely known and studied. They had six children together, though only five survived. Son John Quincy Adams grew up to become the sixth president of the US.
Abigail Adams was an amazing woman. Often left alone to raise their five children because husband John was away on political business, she was a strong mother. She often wrote to John, and was his strength, even from afar. Their letters have been published and make for fascinating reading for anyone interested in studying colonial times in the words of people who lived through them. Your little one can wear a child colonial costume and show his or her patriotic pride!
