How to make sure your child's Halloween costume is safe: Consumer Reports

Halloween is right around the corner. Soon, your kids and their friends will undergo a fall transformation, becoming ghosts, witches, and superheroes. And here’s something you might not know when it comes to certain costumes for little kids: Those bulky or puffy costumes might pose a serious safety hazard. Consumer Reports explains why and has advice on how to keep trick-or-treaters of all ages safe on spooky nights.

Puffy Halloween costumes and outfits look super cute on our kiddos, but when it comes to driving around to deliver tricks and gather treats, all that excess material can interfere with the child car seats’ ability to keep them safe in a collision.

If your child's costume creates too much extra slack in their harness or it interferes with your ability to properly buckle them in with the chest clip and crotch buckle, then CR advises you to wait until you get to your final destination to put them into their costume.

Halloween is one of the deadliest days of the year for pedestrians, especially children. The risk of a pedestrian fatality is 43-percent higher on Halloween. And Halloween night is a perfect storm of risk. It involves darkness, heavy pedestrian traffic, especially that of children, and lots of additional distractions.

Decorative contact lenses, like vampire or cat eyes, can make a costume pop, but they can be risky, causing serious eye damage if not used correctly. The Food and Drug Administration advises, “Never buy contact lenses from a street vendor, beauty supply store, flea market, novelty store, or Halloween store” — and you should always have a prescription.

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