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Two Inflatable Pandas, One Adult And One Child

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Two Inflatable Pandas, One Adult And One Child

An inflatable panda suit made in adult and child sizes, so a parent and a child can be the same absurd animal.

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  • inflatable costume
  • panda costume
  • family costume
  • mascot
  • blow up suit
  • parent and child

What Is This Thing?

An inflatable panda: black and white, round, with the wearer's face visible inside the panda's open mouth rather than behind a mask. The arms are black sleeves that hang well past the hands.

What separates it from the rest of this category is that it is made in two sizes. The listing leads with a photograph of an adult and a child standing side by side in matching suits, and that pairing is the actual product.

Why You Don't Need It

Two inflatable costumes is twice the fan noise, twice the batteries and twice the storage. A panda is also one of the least threatening things a person can dress as, which limits it to occasions where being unthreatening is the goal.

Why You'll Buy It Anyway

Nearly every costume in this category is a solo object — you put it on, you are funny, nobody can join in. The matched-size version turns it into something two people do together, and a scaled-down copy of an adult costume standing next to the adult is a reliably good photograph.

Children also respond differently to a costume they are inside than one they are looking at, which is worth more at a family event than any amount of detail on the suit itself.

Two Inflatable Pandas, One Adult And One Child — photograph 2
Two Inflatable Pandas, One Adult And One Child — photograph 3

Who It's Actually For

Parents doing Halloween with a child who is old enough to want a costume and young enough to want the same one as you. Family fun runs and charity events, where matching is the entire aesthetic.

Also zoos, school fairs, and anywhere a panda is somehow on-theme, which happens more often than it should.

before you click buy

Confirm which size you are adding to the basket. The adult and child versions are sold under one listing and the price shown is usually for one of them, not both.

The fan runs continuously while worn, which for a child means checking how the battery pack sits and whether the weight is manageable over a couple of hours.

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