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Halloween costume cap card
Three events, one costume. Write the nights, the cap, and what is already in the bin before anyone opens a browser.
Fill the nights first, then the two caps. Check the bin before the store. The scripts at the bottom are for the aisle, when a six-year-old is negotiating.
Full write-up: one Halloween costume, not three events. Fill on your phone, print this page, or save as a PDF. No email required.
Type on your phone first, or open the filled sample to see how another dad ran it. Print keeps what you typed.
The nights
One kid, one outfit, every event on this list.
The two caps
Say them in the driveway, where your partner can hear. Candy is its own line.
Already in the bin
Your garage bin is part of the budget. Using it is not a downgrade.
Make it survive a cold sidewalk
Cold weather is layers under the costume, not a second costume.
Lines for the aisle
To your partner
“Cap is $25 for the costume. Candy is its own $15.”
To your kid
“One costume. You pick it. We wear it more than once.”
The $40 character
“We can do that one. It is the only one.”
Over the cap
“That one is over what we set. Pick again, or we build it Friday.”
Not in this trip
- A second costume just for school
- Yard inflatables because the neighbor has three
- A matching family set you wear for forty minutes
- Candy bought early that gets opened on a Tuesday
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