How to Dress Your Kids for Summer

Summer is the season of holidays, enjoyment and celebrations. Naturally, dressings your kids in summer is a fun-filled experience. Choose the perfect fabrics, layers, and combos in kids’ summer clothing, and your kid looks very adorable.

With all the sunshine, warmth, and playfulness around, kids want to enjoy every moment of the summer; your responsibility is to keep them comfortable and protected, with the right kind of kids’ wear for summer.

If you are going out as a family, you can match the colors of your summer wear. Parents and kids dressed in sync make a beautiful impression. Here are some guidelines for choosing kids’ summer clothing.

Tips for Choosing Summer Outfits for Kids

Go for Breathable Fabric

While choosing summer outfits for kids, you have to keep certain things in mind, fabric being the foremost. During summer, 100% cotton is the best for baby summer dresses. It is lightweight, soft, and allows airflow. Nothing beats the heat like cotton.

Match Your Dress to Your Baby’s

All you are using comfortable and sweat-free fabric for your kids’ summer clothing, match your clothing to it as well. If you don’t use summer-friendly fabric, your kid will get uncomfortable. Match yours and your baby’s outfit style too. For example, if you are wearing shorts and a T-shirt, dress your baby in the same way.

Choose Light, Refreshing Colors

The summer days are sunny with a crisp breeze, so light and bright colors look refreshing. The added advantage is that the light colors do not absorb heat and keep the body cool. The floral prints, plain pastels, bright yellows, polka dots look great in kids’ summer dresses. Do not use black or very dark colors in kids’ summer clothing.

Baby Onesie or a Bodysuit is Ideal

Some truly cool summer outfits are a bodysuit, a romper, or an onesie. Baby girls can be dressed in bloomers or a tiny skirt. The babies look charming in onesies. The soft and lightweight fabric is very soothing to them.

Do not Overdress Your Kid

Overdressing your babies with heavy clothes and accessories surely makes them irritable. If you want to make them look adorable, go for a very few lightweights and elegant summer outfits for kids. Also, don’t overload them with accessories such as hair clips, hair bands, or jewellery. It increases the heat and makes the kids very uncomfortable.

Loose-fitting Dresses are the Best

While choosing baby summer dresses, do not pick the figure-hugging and skin-tight types. Loose-fitting clothes ensure easy movement and let the skin breathe. If you want your baby to enjoy his or her summer days, dress them in graceful, loose clothes.

Put on a Sun Hat

Sweating means cooling down the body; the babies sweat from their hands, head, feet, and neck. So, avoid putting socks on their feet since they will become sweaty and itchy. While going out, you can put on cute little sunhats over kids’ summer dresses. Hats make them look more beautiful and protect them from the heat.

Keep an Extra Layer Handy

Young kids are unable to regulate their body temperature. They require parental support to manage the temperature and keep them happy. Keep some extra light layering options in kids’ summer clothing handy. If the baby is feeling cold, you can add a layer. If the baby sweats or gets warmer, you can remove a layer and let him or her feel good.

Choose Comfortable Shoes

Pair your kids’ summer dresses with the right kind of shoes. Sandals are a good option because they do not squeeze the foot and let the air in. Bright toned loafers, lovely flip flops, or crocs are a good choice.

Include Shorts in Kids’ Summer Clothing

If kids wear rightly styled summer dresses, the summer fashion looks absolutely lovely. Summer brings vacation, so the toddlers want to play. Small babies are also making movements so generating heat, naturally. In order to give the legs some space to breathe and move freely, shorts for kids make great wear for summer. Also, go for half pants, short skirts, short dresses, mini dresses. Let the kids’ summer dresses be sleeveless or half sleeved.

Mix and Match T-shirts

One of the most soothing and convenient kids’ wear for summer, they are available in various trendy styles, patterns, colors and prints. You can match them with different types of suitable bottom wear, including shorts, pajamas, skirts, capris and so on.

Choose a Lovely Print

The cartoon character prints on pastel colors look cute on kids. Tropical prints also look cool. Floral prints are hugely popular. Even the bird, leaf, or cactus prints are in vogue. Such baby summer dresses create a joyful and positive atmosphere around the babies.

Some Tips for Summer Dressing

• Avoid body-hugging clothes and opt for flowy and airy clothes


• Keep a skin-friendly sunscreen lotion or cream with you


• Style up the kids with summer dresses and UV protection sunglasses, when you are going out in the sun


• When the babies or kids feel sleepy, dress them in soft pajamas


• Try wide-brimmed hats


• Along with cotton, linen is also a summer-friendly fabric


• Night dressing in summer should be simple and comfortable


• If you are going on the beach in summer, make sure that your kid is properly covered


• For toddlers, you can choose from various versatile playsuits for their playtime


• You can create a summer vibe with an off-shoulder or a cold shoulder top


• For baby girls, you can choose spaghetti straps or halter necks as well

UNIQLO India has a wide range of summer dresses for babies, toddlers and kids. For babies, there are tops, bottoms, one-piece, bodysuits, Graphic T-shirts, socks, and more.

For toddlers, a great variety of loungewear, Graphic T-shirts, dresses, skirts, and inner tops is available. Kids’ summer outfits include Polo T-shirts, T-shirts, shorts, skirts, and lots more.

Dressing your bundle of joy during summer is a delight. To enjoy it more, log on to the UNIQLO India website and shop online or visit your nearest store.