Can I do the I'm so sorry trend with my kid's Halloween costume?

Yes. Slide 1 is an AI movie-quality version of the costume your child wore, each next slide takes one upgrade back (the wig, the costume, the party, the makeup), and the last slide is the real homemade costume with "I'm so sorry". Change the first-person captions so they talk about your child.

Are parents posting their kids in this trend?

In the English posts we read, no: they were adults looking back at a costume their mum made them. Parents and grandparents posting a child we only saw in Brazilian Portuguese posts, mostly baby photos, captioned like "Essa é a minha filha" ("This is my daughter").

Can I upload a photo of my child to Perdon Trend?

Only a photo of your own child. You must be 18 or older and tick a box before generating that you have permission to use the photo. The photo is used only to make your set, and uploaded photos are deleted automatically.

Will the AI change how my child looks?

Every slide is asked to keep the same person, recognizable, at the same age and with the same body; only the costume, hair, makeup and background change. The framing may widen a little to show the upper body.

What caption should I use for my kid?

The Halloween style's preset lines are written as you: "this was my halloween costume", then "ok i lied, my wig wasn't that good". Rewrite them before generating or on the edit page afterwards, for example "this was my son's halloween costume".

I'm So Sorry Trend With Your Kid's Halloween Costume

The short answer. The I'm so sorry trend with your kid's Halloween costume is the parent's take on TikTok's perdon trend photo carousel: slide 1 is a movie-quality AI version of the costume your child wore this year or years ago, each next slide takes one upgrade back, and the last slide is the real homemade costume with "I'm so sorry". Use only a photo of your own child, and keep anything that shows their school or your address out of it. You can make it from one costume photo on Perdon Trend, whose Halloween costume style makes every slide with its caption in about 2 minutes, from $4.99.

Updated October 27, 2026.

If the costume photo is of you as a kid, our guide to the "I'm so sorry I lied" Halloween costume trend covers that version, where the trend came from and how big it got. This guide is for the photo you took of your own child.

What the parent version looks like

The order is the same as in every post of the trend, only the person in the photo is your child:

Slide 1: your child in the dream version of their costume: a perfect wig, an expensive costume, a fancy Halloween party behind them and professional makeup.
Middle slides: the same photo with one upgrade fewer each time, and a line that owns up to it.
Last slide: the real photo, the costume you put together at home, with "I'm so sorry" alone.

The joke is the gap between the two ends. A costume made from what was in the house the night before is the best real photo for it, because slide 1 turns that same character into a version from a film set.

Slide 1: a girl in a glossy blonde wig, crown and pink princess gown in a candlelit Halloween party room — A Halloween costume set from our tool, with the caption each slide carries. It starts from an AI-made test photo, not a real child.

Slide 2: the same girl and gown, now in a cheap yellow wig — A Halloween costume set from our tool, with the caption each slide carries. It starts from an AI-made test photo, not a real child.

What parents have posted so far

Most English costume posts we read are adults looking back at a costume a parent made or picked for them. On the Harrison guitar sound's page on October 25, 2026, sorted by popularity, the English costume captions we read included "In primary school my Mum let me dress as the grinch for book week" and "I wanted to be Elsa so bad for Halloween so my mom made me an amazing costume". The parent is in the story, but the post is the grown-up child's.

English posts made by a parent about their own child we did not see in what we read. We saw that only in Brazilian Portuguese posts on the #trenddesculpa page on October 25, 2026, where parents and grandparents post a child, mostly as a baby: "Essa é a minha filha" ("This is my daughter"), "Essas são as minhas filhas" ("These are my daughters"), "Essa é minha neta" ("This is my granddaughter"). We read a few dozen posts by hand, not every post, so this tells you what we saw, not what every parent is doing.

So in English, a parent posting their own child's costume is something we have not seen yet in this trend, not a format with its own examples to copy. The slides work the same way; only the captions change, as below.

Your child's photo: consent and privacy

A photo of a child is not like a photo of yourself, so treat it with more care:

Only a photo of your own child. Not a friend's kid, a niece or a class photo, unless it is your child alone. If other children are in the photo, crop them out before you upload it.
You tick the box, as an adult. Before generating, the tool asks you to confirm that you are 18 or older and that you have permission to use the photo. As the parent, that is you, not your child.
Ask an older child first. A seven-year-old can tell you whether they want their costume on TikTok. If they say no, don't post it.
Keep the school and the address out. Don't use a photo that shows a school name or logo, a uniform with a crest, a house number, a street sign or a car number plate. Halloween photos are often taken at the front door or at a school parade; pick one where none of that shows, or crop it.
What happens to the photo. It is used only to make your set, and uploaded photos are deleted after 7 days.
Slide 1 is AI. Some posts in the English sample are tagged #aisucks or #noai, people pointing out that the first slide is AI. Saying so in your caption is honest, and it keeps people from thinking your child really wore the movie version.

Who can see the post is set in TikTok, not on our site; check it before you post a photo of your child.

Making it from your child's costume photo

On Perdon Trend the Halloween costume style is the one the tool opens on in English. Upload one clear photo of your child in the costume, at least 300 pixels on the short side, in JPG, PNG or WebP. A photo that shows the upper body works best, because the costume needs to show.

Then pick who the costume is:

My costume, upgraded (the default) makes the movie-quality version of whatever your child is wearing in the photo. If the photo shows no costume, it gives them a classic vampire.
Or pick a character: Ice princess, Clown, Witch, Vampire, Superhero, Fairy or Cat.

The style has four lies, each one a slide: a perfect wig, an expensive costume, a fancy party and pro makeup. Tick up to 4 for up to 5 slides. Every slide is asked to keep the same person, recognizable, at the same age and with the same body, so your child still looks like your child.

The Halloween costume style in the Perdon Trend tool with its four lies ticked: perfect wig, expensive costume, fancy party, pro makeup — The Halloween costume style and its four lies.

The preset lines are written as the person in the photo: "this was my halloween costume", then "ok i lied, my wig wasn't that good" and so on. For your child, change them before generating (tap a caption to edit it) or open the finished set and tap "✎ Edit the words on your slides": every line but the last can be rewritten and moved up or down the slide, then saved again with no new credits. A line such as "this was my son's halloween costume" or "my daughter's wig wasn't that good either" keeps the trend's wording and makes it clear who is talking. More lines are in the captions guide.

This year's costume or one from years ago

Both work, and they give different posts:

This year's costume. Take the photo on the night and make the set the same evening, while the costume is still the one everyone has just seen.
A costume from years ago. An old photo of a toddler's first costume works as well. Scan or screenshot it at full size so it is sharp enough, and check the background for an old address or a school.
One child, one photo. Each set starts from one photo of one person. For siblings in costume, make a set for each child.

Posting it

Save the slides to your phone. In the TikTok app tap +, then Upload, then Photos, pick the slides in order from slide 1 to the real photo, and add the trend's sound. English posts mostly use "original sound - secret"; Spanish posts use a Harrison guitar sound. Our slides have no sound, so you add it in TikTok. To make it without our tool, how to do the I'm so sorry trend has the steps by hand.

Questions people ask

Can I do the I'm so sorry trend with my kid's Halloween costume?: Yes. Slide 1 is an AI movie-quality version of the costume your child wore, each next slide takes one upgrade back (the wig, the costume, the party, the makeup), and the last slide is the real homemade costume with "I'm so sorry". Change the first-person captions so they talk about your child.
Are parents posting their kids in this trend?: In the English posts we read, no: they were adults looking back at a costume their mum made them. Parents and grandparents posting a child we only saw in Brazilian Portuguese posts, mostly baby photos, captioned like "Essa é a minha filha" ("This is my daughter").
Can I upload a photo of my child to Perdon Trend?: Only a photo of your own child. You must be 18 or older and tick a box before generating that you have permission to use the photo. The photo is used only to make your set, and uploaded photos are deleted automatically.
Will the AI change how my child looks?: Every slide is asked to keep the same person, recognizable, at the same age and with the same body; only the costume, hair, makeup and background change. The framing may widen a little to show the upper body.
What caption should I use for my kid?: The Halloween style's preset lines are written as you: "this was my halloween costume", then "ok i lied, my wig wasn't that good". Rewrite them before generating or on the edit page afterwards, for example "this was my son's halloween costume".

Make your kid's "I'm so sorry" costume set from one Halloween photo.