Sydney Frenkel of Short Hills, NJ, wanted to be “a rainbow unicorn” for Halloween.
But the 4-year-old’s mom, Eumy, saw her as more of a Meghan Markle.
“She knows nothing about [Markle],” Eumy Frenkel, 41, tells The Post. “But she loves tiaras and dressing up.”
Frenkel, like many parents, likes a clever Halloween get-up — even if the references go way over her tyke’s head. Just look at Kylie Jenner, who created a stir on Monday for dressing daughter Stormi as a mini version of her mom at the Met Gala.
In 2017, then-2-year-old Sydney went viral as a diminutive Joanna Gaines from HGTV’s “Fixer Upper.” Her trick-or-treating buddy even dressed up like Gaines’ husband, Chip.
Last year, Sydney was a teeny Cher in an $80 getup, which included a yellow jumpsuit.
“I told her, ‘You’re a really famous singer,’ but she had no idea what that meant,” Frenkel says.
It’s cute — but is it selfish?
“It’s not for me,” says Frenkel, whose “Fixer Upper” Instagram post received 2,571 likes. “Anything miniature is adorable.”
Not all moms are down with that logic, though.
“Reminder: Halloween is for [the kids],” says one New York area mother, who asked to remain anonymous to avoid the wrath of other parents. “[My kid’s] costume is based on their interests because I’m not an a–hole, self-absorbed parent.”
Mom-of-three Emily D’Auria, 43, feels a little “guilty” about choosing her children’s costumes for her family’s annual pre-Halloween party.
“Everyone who comes to the party lets their kids pick the costumes,” says the former lawyer from Syosset, LI. “But my husband and I are super guilty of dressing our kids in costumes that they are clueless about.”
For this year’s bash, D’Auria and her spouse selected an ’80s movie classic for their kids, who are 10, 8 and 4.
“We made them be [characters from] ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,’ ” says the mom of her mini Ferris, Cameron and Sloane. “They have no idea what Ferris Bueller is. It was hilarious. We tried to show them the movie, but they wouldn’t sit through the whole thing.”
Admittedly, it didn’t go over too well with the kids.
“They cried,” says D’Auria, adding that her 10-year-old daughter refused to wear shorts to accompany Sloane’s fringe leather jacket and leather boots.
“She protested . . . She gave the most pushback,” says D’Auria. “She asked me a couple of times if she could change. I said no. I had a photographer.”
Still, D’Auria and Frenkel leave room for some personal expression. For trick or treating, Sydney will be the rainbow unicorn of her dreams, while D’Auria’s daughter will trade in her “Ferris Bueller” get-up for an angel costume — even if it doesn’t impress Mom.
“Sloane is, like, a 10. An angel is pedestrian.”