Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas For Children
You can find a small variety of Halloween costumes in the store. But when you look at the cost and the absence of creativity homemade costumes are more cost-effective. Getting your kids to help out with their homemade costumes will be a memory they’ll never forget and so much better than a store bought one.
Here’s some cheap homemade Halloween costume ideas that are easy on the wallet and have lots of imagination.
Scarecrow: An over-sized flannel shirt, some straw, and faded jeans with patches will make a great scarecrow. Stuff the jeans and shirt with plastic grocery bags and leave a little straw hanging out of the shirt and jeans. A little makeup will complete your scarecrow costume.
Ghost are easy and a costume that never dies. Just use a an old sheet cut holes for eyes and for the treat bag you can piece together scraps or you can use a pillow case. You can dress your ghost up a bit by making lips out of red lipstick and a few false eyelashes. Or you could color a beard and moustache with markers. You may want to create a colorful ghost by using a sheet covered with polka dots or one that is brightly colored.
Clown: You can create a great clown with sweat clothes that are a bit to large decorated with fabric paint or markers. You can sew on a few small pom poms buy a cheap wig with a cool wacky hat some make up and your good to go.
Hippy: You can become a hippy from the 1960s with a tie-dye shirt and faded jeans with holes in the knees. Combine this with a headband, a ponytail wig, and a jacket or vest covered in fringe and you will have the most authentic looking hippy costume of all time.
Being a nerd for Halloween would be fun Halloween is a time to have lots of clean fun a do stuff that’s out of the normal. You can dress your child as a typical nerd, complete with white shirt, pocket protectors, pants that are too short, horn-rimmed glasses, white socks and black dress shoes. Don’t forget to tape one corner of the glasses for a true nerd appearance. Oh don’t forget to use lots of hair gel to slick your hair back and some goofy buck teeth would put the icing on the cake.
Soda Can: Find an inexpensive plastic barrel and cut a hole in the bottom. Then paint the barrel your favorite can of soda you can also make holes in the side for arms. {With holes for arms and your head, a simple barrel can transform your child into a soda can.}
Your kids or kid will be a the hit of the party no matter where you go and the homemade Halloween costumes will be a hit with your friends.
Like the commercials say “The memory of your child in a costume you made together”… priceless.