26 Kids Who Won Halloween With Their Gender-Bent Costumes
Because boys can be Disney princesses and girls can be Spider-Man.
We asked the BuzzFeed Community to send us photos of their kids in gender-bent Halloween costumes. Here are the insanely adorable results.
1. This little girl who's ~smashing~ gender stereotypes as Hulk:
"My daughter loves all the Avengers, but the Hulk is her favorite :) Hulk Smash!"
2. This 3-year-old Captain America:
"My daughter Claire, age three, dressed as Captain America, and asking to watch The Little Mermaid.”
3. This little girl who wanted to be film's most evil villain:
"My daughter's Halloween costume."
—Amanda Harris, Facebook
4. The most adorable Superman in the world:
"We can’t go anywhere without her dressing up as either Superman or Buzz Lightyear."
5. The ultimate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle:
"It’s hard to find a store-bought girl’s TMNT costume that doesn’t look like it’s for a tiny stripper."
6. This girl who dressed as her two favorites, Batman and Elsa:
"Her two favourites. :)"
7. Captain America, Winter Soldier, and Agent Coulson:
"Both my daughters gender-bent this year! One was the Winter Soldier, of her own design, and the other was Agent Phil Coulson. Their cousin was Captain America, to go along with them."
8. Blossom from The Powerpuff Girls:
"When I was five, I dressed up as Blossom, my favorite Powerpuff Girl."
9. The 10th Doctor from Doctor Who:
"My daughter as the 10th Doctor."
10. Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy:
"My daughter wore her Rocket Raccoon costume early this year."
11. Buzz Lightyear, complete with a flowery headband:
"Buzz Lightyear, kind of."
12. A pirate, beard and all:
"My youngest daughter has been Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and even Santa Claus. This is her costume from 2003."
13. Sully from Monsters, Inc., courtesy of the boys' costume section:
"Party City had a huge wall of little girl princess costumes and almost “sexy” mini adult costumes, but she picked the monster from the boy’s section for Halloween this year. I just love that she is who she is and she likes what she likes."
14. Batman and Robin:
"I was a lucky girl to have parents who supported both their daughters’ love for all things Batman (and they still do)!"
15. The cutest Shrek you've ever seen:
"In 2014 our daughter’s spirit animal was Shrek. It was only natural for her to fully embrace this at Halloween."
16. This adorable Captain America, forgoing the skirt it came with:
"My four-year-old daughter as Captain America. When we were shopping for her costume, she asked, 'Mommy, why do all the girl ones have skirts? Captain America doesn’t wear a skirt.'"
17. Jack Skellington from A Nightmare Before Christmas:
"My daughter was Jack Skellington last Halloween."
18. A princess AND a knight:
"My goddaughter as a princess AND a knight because girls can save themselves too!"
19. Darth Vader:
"Princess Darth Vader being carried around by her own Storm Trooper (dad)."
20. Thomas the Tank Engine:
"I’m not sure what it says about her, but she’s never chosen a particularly 'girly' costume."
21. Iron Man:
"My beautiful niece dressed as Iron Man."
22. The greatest Pokémon master, Ash Ketchum:
"My daughter went as Ash Ketchum last year!"
23. The Crocodile Hunter:
"This was me dressed up as Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, because girls love reptiles too!"
24. This Stormtrooper:
"Nancy wanted to be a Stormtrooper."
25. Elsa from Frozen:
"My almost four-year-old son in his favorite Elsa costume."
26. And Spider-Man, equipped with spider web earrings:
"Spider-Man! Including her long spider web earrings :)"