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A ‘spooktacular’ bunch of Halloween costumes

25 kids tell us what they’ll be wearing for Halloween this year

By Fiona Green - Staff Writer | Oct 29, 2023

As the end of October approaches, kids are confronted with an important decision: what to wear for Halloween.

There will be plenty of opportunities for local children to show off their costumes this year. Blue Earth’s Trunk And Treat celebration will be held at Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church on Sunday, Oct. 29, from 3-5 p.m. Participating Blue Earth businesses will also host trick-or-treaters through a Business Improvement Committee-sponsored event on Oct. 31, from 3-5 p.m.

Kids can don their costumes for the Community Club’s Halloween Costume Parade in Winnebago on Oct. 31, at 5 p.m., as well.

With so many spook-tacular events coming up, Faribault County kiddos have put plenty of thought into their Halloween costumes. We visited some students at Blue Earth Area and United South Central Elementary Schools to get a sneak peek at this year’s costume selection.

Sofi Alm

Sofi, a BEA Kindergartner, is very excited about her costume.

“I will be a unicorn with a tutu that lights up and a horn and wings,” she says. “It’s really fun.”

Heath Annable

USC fourth grader Heath will be a power ranger. Specifically, he will be the gold ranger from the new Power Rangers Cosmic Fury series.

“I loved the new episodes, and I saw the costume at Walmart,” he explains.

Gage Ertman

Gage, a Buccaneer second grader, decided to be a police officer this year after seeing the costume online.

Madelyn Fendrich

USC first grader Madelyn will be dressing up as a witch.

“My mom bought a black dress, and I’m going to wear her hat,” she says.

Kynlee Foster

Like her classmate, Gage, second grader Kynlee will be a police officer for Halloween this year.

Silas Getchell

USC fourth grader Silas is going as boxer Rocky Balboa this Halloween.

“I like the movie,” he explains.

JR Gourror

USC first grader JR says he is going to be Spiderman for Halloween.

“I saw it from the movie,” he says, adding that his favorite Spiderman movie is the animated version featuring Miles Morales in the title role.

Ava Henning

Ava, a first grader at USC, is going to be a scary witch. Her costume is particularly special, as it once belonged to her mother.

“My mom and grandma made it when my mom was little,” Ava says.

Rowan Johnson

USC fourth grader Rowan is dressing up as a robber for Halloween with a group of her friends.

Daivona Jones

Daivona, a BEA first grader, is dressing up as Elsa from Disney’s hit film ‘Frozen.’

“It’s my favorite movie,” she says.

Chase Kluender

Chase, a USC third grader, was inspired by the popular video game Mario Kart this Halloween.

He will be going as Mario, while his brothers will go as two other characters from the game: Luigi and Green Yoshi.

Mira Lee

Mira, a Rebel fourth grader, will be going as the Grim Reaper this year.

“I wanted something scary,” she explains.

Celia Lundquist

Buccaneer first grader Celia says her whole family will be dressing up as rockstars for Halloween.

“We do a family tradition. My mom picks what we’re all going to be,” she says.

Juan Martinez

Juan, a fourth grader at USC, will dress up as his favorite food for Halloween: a taco.

“I like tacos,” he explains. Conveniently, Halloween will fall on ‘Taco Tuesday’ this year.

Ezra McIntosh

Ezra, a Kindergartner at BEA Elementary School, is going to be a dinosaur for Halloween. After his mother bought his costume, he realized, “I knew I wanted to be one.”

Colby Schrader

Colby, who is a first grader at USC Elementary School, is going to be a knight for Halloween.

“My mom picked it for me, and I like it,” he says.

Bentley Seedorf

USC second grader Bentley will be dressing up as a vampire.

“I found some teeth, and that’s all I really need,” he reasons.

Alan Silva

Buccaneer first grader Alan is dressing up as a character from Minecraft this Halloween: the dragon from the program which he thinks is scariest.

“It’s a good Halloween costume,” he explains.

Bridger Spencer

BEA third grader Bridger will be the Grim Reaper this year. After catching a glimpse of it, he decided it would make a great costume.

Quinn Stenzel

Quinn, a third grader, saw one of her classmates at USC dress up like a grandma last year, and she decided to copy the idea.

“It looked like fun,” she says.

Elsie Sturtz

BEA third grader Elsie says she normally doesn’t let her mom pick out her costume. However, she is glad she took her mom’s advice this Halloween.

“I’m going to be a Pink Lady from Grease,” she says.

Eva Swensen

USC student Eva went as a ghost rider for Halloween last year. However, she decided to try a different costume now that she is in first grade.

“I’m going to be a pirate,” she says. “I wanted to be a little different.”

Abigail Uecker

BEA Kindergartener Abigail is dressing up as Belle from ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ She originally had another Disney princess in mind, however: ’The Little Mermaid’s’ Ariel.

“I changed my mind,” Abigail explains. “I will be Ariel next year.”

Gabby Velasquez

Rebel third grader Gabby says she is excited to dress up as Pikachu, a Pokémon character, for Halloween this year.

Adison Weyhrauch

Adison, a second grader at USC, picked out her costume from a classic movie: ’The Wizard of Oz.’

“I will be Dorothy,” she says. “I watched the movie, and I thought of it.”