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Even when that custom Halloween costume came off the rack. We funny baby clothes making goofballs here at Wry Baby figure that if you can’t decide which costume to wear out on the big night, why not wear both?

Also notice that’s a Spiderman candy bucket. 3 outfits in 1!!

See other costumes that are already too clever to alter at wrybaby.com. Our Super Snapsuit is an excellent choice for boys and girls and they’re available now for just $30. Make every day super!

Did you know that the few days before Halloween are the busiest times for ghosts, witches and other flying types of Halloween goulies? It’s true! They’re busy carting around Halloween candy, Halloween toys, plastic spiders, rubbers snakes and all kinds of treats in preparation for the big scary day. And if you haven’t noticed, Witches don’t have a lot of trunk space on those brooms. And Ghosts, well, they have a hard time holding on to all that stuff seeing as how they’re more or less vaporous. That’s why our family builds Candy Catchers every October!

Each morning, take a peek together to see if anyone (or anything) dropped any Halloween goodies during the night!

All you need is an empty oatmeal tub or milk carton, some white glue, safety scissors, color construction paper and some twine or string. Simply decorate your container with Halloweeny type creatures, run the twine through and hang it in a tree out in your yard. Now the fun part begins!

Your candy catcher can be any old spooky thing. Have fun with it! Be sure to place it in an open area for maximum candy catching.

Once your Candy Catcher is all set up, explain the idea to your little goblin. Then, every night, sneak out after bed time to drop a treat into the catcher. Maybe it’s just one Tootsie Roll. Maybe the next night it’s a plastic zombie finger and some other fun Halloween toys. Use your imagination! When you check the catchers in the morning, you can both have fun trying to figure out who (or what) might have dropped each bit of treasure!

One word of caution: While this is probably the funnest tradition you’ll share during Halloween, be sure not to do this too early. We got too excited one year and hung ours on the first of October. I was going outside every night all month long filling up the Catcher! Too much of a good thing, Friends! Keep this in mind when you launch your Candy Catching project.

Need a snuggly Fall Halloween outfit for baby to check his/her catcher in? Look no further than our exclusive cute baby Halloween outfit. Only $28 and only available at wrybaby.com. And check out the other fun Halloween baby clothes from the goopy brains of your pals at Wry Baby.

Your baby is the cutest. Ever. Your baby should adorn the cover of every baby magazine. But why stop at the parenting mags? Why, your child is stunning and could conceivably grace any magazine from Rockstar to Motormania to True American. If you agree, head over to magmypic.com and get started on your PR assault. Simply upload your tots visage to your choice of magazine and voila! Instant fame! It’s free, but you can pay to have a glossy print of your creation sent to you. Buy 50 of them, glue them to the covers of 50 real magazines and leave them at your local newsstand! That’s what I did with mine.

Wry Baby founder and famous cover boy, Dave Sopp, poses in his jam jams. Too bad they spelled “maternity” incorrectly.

Well, he hasn’t YET. But he will tomorrow. The smallest of the Wry Baby team is having his big birthday party tomorrow and the main event is this “piñata” Kelly and I put together. Atticus asked us for a piñata that wouldn’t break right away so we happily and overindulgently obliged. Actually, I don’t think this sucker’s ever going to break. I don’t even think I can break it.

Like our funny baby clothes and unique shower gifts, the best parts are in the details. Not only is this robot huge and fierce, but the goody bags are in the form of paper maché “bombs” full of candy and treats. These weapons of mass tooth destruction will only be available to the children once the robot menace is vanquished and summarily disemboweled. Fun!

Wry Baby is proud to announce our super-fun collaboration with the always smart and entertaining neatorama.com. We both rubbed our brains together and sparked off these hilarious sets of matching adult shirt / snapsuit combos. And as a bonus, there are all kinds of size combos to choose from. We’re even doing toddler sizes so the whole fam can join in! They’re only available at neatorama.com’s online shop, so click here to take a short trip to check out these one of a kind, special sets. Available now!

This one’s my favorite. And get this:  Each combos is only $24.99! I know! What are you still doing here?!

Also, is this not the cutest baby ever? I’m serious. Shockingly cute. Our “Best Friends Forever” combo also comes in pink for the ladies! Find your family’s BFFs here.

We’re so excited! Wry Baby’s New Parents’ Fun Book is almost here! Below is one of our favorite pages from the New Parents’ Fun Book - The Fun Friend Test.

Here’s the scenario. You have a baby and suddenly your single hipster fiends are all trying desperately to stay relevant. Offers for babysitting duty come pouring in. But what some of your pals don’t realize is that they’re single and hip for a reason. This little fill-in mailer let’s them down gently by telling them that, while they are, indeed, dear friends, their services aren’t, well, you know…required?

Wry Baby’s mission with the New Parents’ Fun Book is to update (or re-invent) the classic baby journal and make it fun for both Mom and Dad to fill out. Something that’s as much about them as it is little Horace or Henrietta. A cool baby journal that, when finished, will be a perfect snapshot of what your new family was like in the first, fun-filled year. The New Parents’ Fun Book makes a cool baby shower gift or just a funny baby gift for yourself.

Wry Baby’s New Parents’ Fun Book is available June 2 for the laughably low sum of $12.95 at wrybaby.com. Wry Baby hosts a bajillion other smart, sassy, funny baby gifts, too. Just so’s you knows.

Looks like Wry Baby’s own Mysterio was true to form by posting over the long weekend. And he was RIGHT (when is he wrong!?) because we ate all the meat tubes we could grill yesterday. And we took a rare break from making funny baby clothes to build a tree swing! Just a note to anyone who thinks putting up a tree swing is a super easy project that can be done in a matter of hours: Can’t be done! Especially when the branch is 22 ft. up and your online instructions are oddly wrong. But as you can see below, we eventually managed it and it was totally worth it. Also, we never have to do it again. Yay!

Good times. But now it’s back to the grind, grinding out Wry Baby’s own brand of funny baby clothes and cool baby shower gifts. Wait, that sounds bad. There’s actually no grinding to it. We have a blast making our fun baby gifts every ding dang day. How could we not!? Have you seen our new burp cloth set? OMG. And this week is the week we ship our new book, The Wry Baby New Parents’ Fun Book, to our super cool gift stores all over the world! It’s going to be a great summer.

Yes, the cliche is real. Kids love cardboard boxes more than anything that box may contain. Next time you get a little prezzie in the post, grab some scissors and a marker and do like Wry Baby do. Plus-out your cheapest baby toy option ever!

You’re toddler might find the Newt Gingrich design (above) too disturbing, and rightly so! A robot head is always a good idea, though. Or ,for the ladies, maybe a kitty cat face. Find more ingenious ideas involving your bitty ones in our new book, Wry Baby’s New Parents’ Fun Book. On sale June 2 for the paltry sum of $12.95 at wrybaby.com

You may disagree, but this cracks us up. I know, OFC, but come on people. Did Disneyland think this wouldn’t happen? I’ve posted the dangers of kids driving around Disneyland Anaheim like maniacs, but apparently it happens in Disneyland Tokyo, too. The big kid behind the wheel should have known better.

See more inventive mischief at wrybaby.com.

If you ever find yourself in Toontown, Disneyland Anahiem, Wry Baby reminds you to keep your eyes peeled and stay alert! You never know what Churro-crazed child will be joy-riding around the park. An accident waiting to happen! Wry Baby Dave was careless and found himself flattened on the sidewalk. By his own son, even!

Wry Baby’s funny baby clothes are kind of twisted (in a fun way) and so is our personal life. I believe this toon car is still in Toontown, run up on the sidewalk and ready for your own crime scene photos. Have fun and raise funny people!

Is your appetite for destruction still not satiated? Get a load of Wry Baby’s Attack of the 50ft. Baby Stacking Blocks. The only stacking blocks in the world that were built to be knocked down. A truly unique baby gift only $28 at Wry Baby. See more at wrybaby.com.