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Thirty Quick and Easy
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| Kids costumes don't have to complicated to be cute! What happened to the " good ol' days" when a Halloween costume was your Dad's old shirt and cap, and a burnt cork beard? Each of these quick and easy costumes starts with a few simple materials like hooded sweatshirts, sweat pants, posterboard, craft foam, felt, face paint, and a little imagination. |
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Classic Kids Costumes
Pirate - Black sweats, white shirt, red sash and bandanna, cardboard sword covered in foil, parrot
beanie baby, stubbly face made with burnt cork or tobacco sprinkled on vaseline covered cheeks.
More details on home made pirate costumes...
Angel - White sweat suit with wings of tulle stretched over shaped coat hangers. Glittery
headband made from wire circle covered with foil and colorful curling ribbon. Wand made from
thin dowel with cardboard star attached to one end, painted silver or gold with glitter and curling
ribbon added.
More details on home made angel costumes...
Clown - Sweat suit with colorful felt or fabric paint polka dots.. Clown collar made from felt
triangles attached together in a circle to go around child's neck. Colorful clown wig, nose, and
oversized glasses. Facepaint simple blue crosses over eyes, red cheeks, and large red mouth.
More details on home made clown costumes...
Mummy - Tear a white sheet into strips. Paint face white and spray hair with white paint.
Smear black under the eyes. Wrap child dressed in white long underwear with sheet strips,
securing with clear medical tape, leaving eyes and mouth open.
Vampire - Dark clothes, white shirt and black or red cape. Paint face white with dark circles under eyes, drip of red "blood" from corner of mouth.
More details on home made vampire costume...
Little Old Lady - An old house dress with torn stockings and slippers. Curlers in the hair or
white wig. Glasses, blacked out tooth, old fashioned pocketbook.
Cook - White sweat suit, chef's hat, large wooden spoon, cookbook under the arm, curly
mustache drawn in face paint.
Wrapped Present - Cover a large box with colorful wrapping paper. Make a hole in the bottom
and invert over child's head. Add lots of matching ribbons in child's hair.
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Kooky Kids Costumes
Kid Hit by Lightning - Gray sweats with large yellow felt zigzag pinned to the back, blackened
zigzag tears in here and there on suit, hair gelled to stand straight up, burns on cheeks.
Static Cling - Start with sweat suit of your choice, pin on small clothing items such as socks,
hats, mittens, and underwear along with a few dryer sheets.
Backwards Costume - Put clothes and hat on backwards, sunglasses on back of head, say "Treat
or Trick!"
Tourist - Hawaiian shirt or other loud clothes, camera, hat with pins all over it, maps sticking out
of pockets, sunglasses.
Nerd - Too small pants, shirt buttoned up wrong, pocket protector, hair slicked back, old pair of
glasses with tape, white socks, large textbook to carry under the arm.
Bag of Trash - Make two leg holes is a large sized trash bag. Have child step into the bag, then
add balls of crumpled newspaper to hold a round shape. Make two armholes in each side and
secure around the neck.
Bunch of Grapes - Start with a purple sweat suit. Blow up several purple balloons to the same
size and attach to the sweat suit with small safety pins. Complete the look with a green knit cap
with a couple of large green felt leaves attached.
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Cute Kids Costumes
Cow, Pig, Kitty, Doggy - Hooded sweat suit in the appropriate color ( white cow, pink pig,
brown dog). Embellish with felt scraps to make spots, ears, tail, etc.
Sunflower - Yellow sweat suit. Staple craft foam flower petals end to end onto a wide ribbon and
tie around child's face to make the flower. Paint the face reddish brown with black spots. Make
a couple of bright green leaves from craft foam and pin side by side onto front of sweat suit.
Crayon - Sweat suit in the chosen color of your crayon. Design the crayon wrapper from poster
board, felt pieces or craft foam and baste or pin onto the sweat suit. Add a like-colored plant pot
for a hat, or use a large round of poster board, cut from edge to center and make into a pointy hat.
Secure under child's chin with a wide strip of elastic stapled to the hat.
Pair of Dice - Paint two large boxes white and add black dots on each side to represent a pair of
dice. Cut hole in bottom and invert over children's heads. You need a friend for this one!
Box of Popcorn - Cover a large box with white butcher paper. Add wide red stripes with
markers or colored paper. Make a hole for child's head. Hot glue some popcorn to the top of the
box. Wear red or white tights or sweat pants.
Kids easy home made Dinosaur Costume...
Kids easy home made Princess Costume...
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Placard Kids Costumes
Another quick and easy idea for kids costumes is a "placard costume" in
which the child wears a hooded sweatshirt and pulls front and back cardboard panels (the
placard) on over it. Shape the placard (poster board works fine) as needed for the costume
desired, and design it with markers or felt pieces. This type of costume can be adapted to many
different themes, such as:
Ladybug
M & M (two kids of different heights can be "plain" and "peanut"!)
Soccerball, Basketball, or Baseball
Apple or Pumpkin
Deck of Cards
Favorite Book
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