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7 Homemade Kids Halloween Costume Ideas You Can Make Today

  • May 3, 2010 7:06 pm

When it comes to Halloween costumes, we always decided to make our own because we felt it was foolish to spend $35 and up, for a costume that our child was only going to wear one time. Over the years, my sister-in-law and I have made numerous costumes for our children and I thought I would share a few simple ideas with you.

If you are concerned about safety, I recommend purchasing some reflective material patches at your local fabric and crafts store, and sew or glue them onto your child’s costume. This safety measure will help car drivers to see them at night as they are crossing the street. I always recommend that a responsible adult accompany children on Trick or Treat night.

Here are the Halloween costume ideas we came up with over the years.

Lady Bug – You will need: red leotard, red tights, 4 sheets of black felt and fabric glue. Cut out some circles and ovals from the felt and glue onto the red leotard so that it looks like lady bug spots. To make antennae, purchase a black headband, 2 round 3″ diameter Styrofoam balls, 2 pencils, black acrylic paint and gorilla glue. Paint the Styrofoam balls and pencils black and let dry. Glue pencils to the center of the Styrofoam balls, let dry and then glue the pencils to the top of the head band.

Note: You could use the same concept above and do a bumble bee and substitute the red clothing items with yellow clothing items and make black felt bee-style stripes.

Construction Worker – You will need: denim blue jeans, white T-shirt, flannel shirt and a yellow plastic hard hat found at a discount toy store. You can borrow a man’s tool belt or purchase a canvas-style apron with pockets at a local craft store for a few dollars. If desired, visit your local dollar discount store and purchase a plastic tool set to stick into the pockets of the tool belt.

Golfer – You will need: khaki colored pants, polo-style shirt and a plaid golfers cap. You can purchase plastic golf clubs and balls at your local dollar discount store. We made our own golf bag by emptying out a large round cardboard tube and painting it with acrylic paints. Punch a hole in each side of the tube and attach twine for a carrying strap. You can fit 3-4 plastic golf clubs into the holder and have your child carry it over their shoulder.

Nurse – You will need: white skirt, shirt, tights and shoes which your child most likely already has in her closet. To add to that, purchase a child’s size nurses cap at a costume store along with a plastic doctor’s kit at your local dollar discount store. We also accented the white shirt with a name badge and a red felt first-aid cross that we hand drew and safety pinned to the shirt.

Mummy – You will need: white clothing, white ski mask, white sneakers, several rolls of white first aid bandages and numerous safety pins. We cut the bandages into 12-24″ lengths and safety pinned them around the legs, arms and abdomen of the outfit. We chose to use fabric glue to attach them to the white ski mask. If you are making this costume for a small child, then I recommend using non-toxic fabric glue instead of the safety pins.

Black Spider – You will need: black jeans, black sweatshirt, 2 pairs of black little girls tights, 1 bag of fiberfill stuffing, black thread. You need to cut the panty portion off of the tights and just use the legs. Stuff each leg firmly with fiberfill and then sew the end shut with thread. Do this for a total of 4 spider legs. You will want to hand sew (or machine sew) the stuffed legs onto the sides of the black sweatshirt about 4-5″ below the sweatshirt arm. If desired, you can paint the child’s face black or lime green with face paints.

Crayon – You will need: your choice of colored clothing, we selected orange to fit with the Halloween theme, along with several sheets of black felt, fabric glue and a black fabric paint. Grab one of your child’s crayons and use it as an example on how you should cut out designs from your black felt. Attach those designs onto the clothing items so that it resembles a crayon. You can use the black fabric paint to paint on the crayon-makers name on the front of the shirt. To further fit with our theme, we machine sewn a triangular hat out of matching orange felt, so that ‘our’ little crayon had a pointy crayon top.

7 Homemade Kids Halloween Costume Ideas You Can Make Today

Kids Devil Halloween Costumes For a Devil of a Time This Halloween

  • May 3, 2010 5:06 am

Are you hoping to have a devil of a time this Halloween? Whether you have just one little horned one, or a whole tribe of them, it’s time to do a little shopping for their big night of the year.

There are so many kids devil Halloween costumes to pick from it might be a good idea to narrow them down by picking something that perfectly suits your child’s devilish nature. This year, there are dozens of new devil costumes to choose from so why wear something from last year?

Children aren’t always good or bad – they’re usually a little mix of naughty and nice. If that describes your toddler they’ll be right at home in the Naughty & Nice Toddler Costume. For the baby that’s a little angel with a devil of a smile, the Here Comes Trouble Infant Costume says it all. The older child who’s torn between good and evil will look just perfect in the Double Trouble Child Costume.

If there’s no question they’ve opted for the side of evil at an early stage, the Devil D’Little Infant Costume will be a perfect fit. For the child whose horns have fully emerged, there’s the Devil Chick Costume. The older devil who’s starting to go her own way will probably prefer something like the Devil in Da Hood Tween Costume.

The little boy with a black outlook and a thirst for evil adventure can help Satan out wearing the Evil Warlock Costume. Get him a pitchfork to go with it – if you dare! Then again, he’s probably already got his own.

Maybe your little girl isn’t really a devil – just more of a brat sometimes? No problem at all. Check out the Bratz Almost an Angel Child Costume and let her be a little bit naughty and a little bit nice in this cute outfit with horns and wings.

Even the most devilish little girl is still your princess – even if she’s a royal pain most of the time. If that sounds like your daughter, she’ll love the Princess Devil Child Costume.

The child or teen who sprouted horns and a tail before leaving the hospital delivery room will find the Born Bad Costume to be a match made in heaven – or hell. The gorgeous layered red skirt and black tank top will turn a few heads, but this Born Bad girl looks too hot to handle.

If you feel like you’re facing the devil when you speak to your teen, let her true colors come out by getting her the Faces Devil Teen Costume. At least the neighbors will have fair warning of the evil one’s approach.

You’ll know you’re headed for trouble if your tween insists on the Gleam Girls Devil Tween Costume. She really will look too hot to handle – but some will try – so you’d better get into your own devil Halloween costume and take a giant sized pitchfork with you!

Kids Devil Halloween Costumes For a Devil of a Time This Halloween

Monkey Costumes – More Than Just a Cute and Cuddly Costume

  • April 26, 2010 9:06 pm

Monkey costumes are great for infants, toddlers and children when parents do not want the costumes in Halloween to be scary. Halloween is one of the most popular holidays and part of the tradition is wearing costumes, particularly for the children who want to go trick or treating. In keeping with the common belief that Halloween is the eve when the souls of the departed return for a visit, most costumes are designed to be scary, such as skeletons, monsters, witches and other fictional characters.

However, some parents may be worried that the costumes might be too frightening for the little children. Therefore, monkey costumes are one of the Halloween costumes that are not designed to be scary to let the children get used to the idea of Halloween until such time that they are old enough for the frightening stuff. By wearing a playful costume, they are can enjoy Halloween without getting a nightmare.

Monkey costumes are traditional Halloween costumes and offer the added benefit of never going out of style, unlike those that are based on certain cartoon characters. This means that the monkey costume that you purchase today may still be worn for the next few years.

For infants, there are many monkey costumes to choose from. This includes the little Monkey Elite costume that is made up of a bodysuit, booties, attached tail, and hood with ears.  Another alternative Monkey See Monkey Do costume made of a body suit, boots, tail, and headpiece with a banana on it.

However, there are also monkey costumes for adults that may either be scary or non-scary. One example of a scary adult monkey costume is the Wicked of Oz Flying Monkey Adult Halloween Costume with mask, pants, shirt, and gloves. An example of a non-scary costume is the Adult Cymbal Monkey Halloween Costume that comes with a yellow shirt with red buttons, red hat with ears, pants with tail, and furry sleeves.

Monkey costumes are typically seen on infants or babies and occasionally children. Adults do not typically wear monkey costume, however, if you are looking for an accompanying costume you could wear a banana costume!

Monkey Costumes – More Than Just a Cute and Cuddly Costume