When you think of your favorite Halloween costume growing up, chances are it was something your mom or dad threw together. A hippie. A hobo (not sure if kids know what a hobo is these days but good educational opportunity on the Depression). A cowboy. A robber. Your favorite childhood Halloween costume was most likely not purchased at the local party store. My mom always worried about these costumes that featured some kind of ill-fitting suit made from some synthetic material and a plastic mask - ie, a “sweaty mask” - she was worried we couldn’t breathe.
My dad was usually in charge of Halloween (and birthday parties - a whole other blog topic altogether - he was all about peanut races and the “old clothes relay”) and he came up with some hilarious costumes for my siblings and me. Early on (like ages 4 - 6) I was an old lady - I would wear a dress of my grandmother’s that they would belt and pin up so it would stay on, along with her over-sized costume jewelry and big black purse. My hair would be up in a bun with baby powder to make it gray (yet I am vaguely remembering a wig of some sort - hhmmmm) with a white powdered face and wrinkles drawn on with eyeliner. Was I clamoring to be an old lady like my daughters today are asking to be Cinderella or a Pink Power Ranger? No. But I had no choice and had a wonderful Halloween. My sister’s favorite Dad-created Halloween costume was a bag of garbage. My dad took a clear garbage bag and cut a hole for her head , closed the bottom below her waist so she could walk and filled with crumpled up newspaper, paper towels, and some ACTUAL garbage - empty cans, milk cartons, etc. I think it was a warm Halloween and she became pretty ripe in the midst of trick or treating, but it was free.
So this year, skip the party store and go back to basics - here are some great costume ideas with no sewing (I don’t sew - or iron for that matter - pity my husband) and in most cases, no need to buy anything new. These are nothing fancy, but quick and easy and definitely not featuring Sponge Bob or Pokemon.
Cardboard Box Costumes:
Take a large cardboard box and cut a hole in the top for your child’s head and a hole on each side for the arms. Fold the flaps in on the bottom where their legs come out.
Playing Dice/Die: Paint it white and paint black circles on it to match the die of your child’s choice. Have a sibling or friend? Make 2 for a pair of dice.
TV: Paint most of it silver and draw a smaller square on the front for the “show”. Draw your show, print out characters from your computer, or paint it black for the set that is turned off. Fashion some antenna (again - do kids know what these are - more history on the advent of cable) by rolling up tin foil to make 2 antenna and attaching to a plastic hair band.
Fire Truck: Paint it red, paint some paper plates black for wheels and glue or tape to the box where the wheels would go. Decorate to look like a fire truck. Top it off with a fireperson’s hat.
Refrigerator: Paint it white, attach a handle.
Present: Wrap in wrapping paper and add a bow.
Costumes using Poster Board:
Playing Card: Have your child pick the card they want to be and copy it on 2 pieces of large poster board (yes, some artistry required, but keep it simple) . Take 2 pieces of ribbon or strips of material and staple so you can hang the poster board over your child’s head and have one piece on front and one on back.
Pizza: Cut 2 big circles of brown poster board or one white and one brown and leave one brown circle plain for the crust. Decorate the front to look like a pizza. Again use ribbon or material to hang over head - crust in back.
Costumes using Sweat Suits:
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Road: Black Sweat Suit. Using wide white tape, make a dotted line down the middle of the front and back to look like a road. You could draw or print out road signs from your computer and pin onto the road.
American Flag: Blue Sweatshirt/Red Sweat pants. Cut stars out of white contact paper and stick to shirt. Put white tape stripes down the pant leg.
Autumn Leaves: Brown, Black or other “Autumn” colored Sweat Suit. Safety pin silk leaves (from craft store - or you could try real leaves - could get tricky). Carry a rake and collect candy in a lawn bag.
Black Cat: Black Sweatsuit. Girls could wear a leotard for the top with black leggings or sweatpants. Make a tail of felt or even construction paper. Tape or glue ears from construction paper to hairband (or you may find cat ears at a dollar store at this time of year). Draw nose and whiskers with eyeliner. Carry a stuffed animal mouse for added effect.
Crayon: Sweatsuit in a crayon color. Use black contact paper or construction paper and cut out letters to spell “CRAYON.” Stick to the clothes running vertically.
Bunch of Grapes: Green or purple sweatsuit. Attach same-colored balloons - paint face and hands same color.
Other easy ideas:
Artist: Use an over-sized white shirt and splatter with paint. Cut out an over-sized paint palette out of poster board - paint 4 or 5 large circles of paint on the palette. For a finishing touch, you could draw a mustache and goatee out of eyeliner and add a beret. Carry a paint brush.
Pumpkin: Green turtleneck/brown pants. Use an orange pumpkin leaf bag (at most grocery stores or hardware stores) and cut 2 small holes in bottom for legs. You’re done.
Hippie: Tie die shirt, jeans, sunglasses, sandals, long wig if you have one or bandanna tied around head or both.
Basket of laundry: Use a cheap, light laundry basket (try a dollar store). Cut a circle in the bottom for your child’s body to fit through. Cut 2 pieces of clothes line or rope to tie to the basket like suspenders. The top of the basket should rest just above your child’s waist. Hang clothes on the basket and your child - secure with clothespins. Safety pin some dryer sheets. Carry an empty detergent container and use a pillow case to collect candy.
Bag of Jelly Beans: Have your child wear a white top and bottom. Blow up lots of small different colored balloons. Cut a hole in a clear garbage bag for the head, put the balloons inside and and cinch the bottom of bag so the balloons don’t fall out. Make a sign that says “JELLY BEANS” and hang around your child’s neck. Replace balloons with leaves for bag of leaves.
Other easy ideas using your and/or your child’s clothes and sporting goods: Soccer player, tennis player, football player, hockey player, baseball player, a baby (wear pjs, carry a bottle), cheerleader (pleated skirt, pig tails, make pom poms).
Feel free to bring back the old lady or the bag of garbage as well (probably skip the real garbage). What is your favorite home-made costume?
10.10.07 @ 10:53 pm
How about the good old ghost made with a sheet? Love these ideas!
10.11.07 @ 9:05 am
My daughter went as a gypsy (just like I did when I was a girl). She wore a wig, an old blouse and long skirt, with a few scarves and some old jewelry. That’s an easy costume…and cheap!
10.11.07 @ 9:08 am
In our house the garbage bag princess is very popular. Using duck tape, garbage bags, newspaper (for stuffing of the skirt) and string; we create a skirt, a top and a cape. Adding a newspaper crown, you got a beautiful princess.
10.11.07 @ 1:54 pm
I was wondering if you have any eas y suggestions for costumes, for a little girl she will only be one.
10.11.07 @ 3:53 pm
Do you have any easy to make Halloween costumes for dogs?
10.11.07 @ 3:53 pm
My daughter’s first halloween I made her a Pumpkin. I just put an orange sweatsuit on her with a Halloween bib, pumpkin of course, and tied a green ribbon in her hair for the stem. It was adorable
10.11.07 @ 3:58 pm
Gwen Williams, I also have a one year old and she is going to be a ballerina. Sleeper jammies, a homemade tutu and a matching headband. We live in utah so it is cold and I usually put a lighter outfit under the jammies. Also baby blue is easy too with blue jammies and fabric paint to put on the spots a blue hat with felt ears hot glued on. {you can do that for Majenta the dog too} A princess outfit is always easy with a dress that is a few sizes too big so that it is long and ruffley and a birthday hat with streamers coming out the end for the crown too. HTH
10.11.07 @ 4:03 pm
Pebbles Flintstone - a headband with the chickenbone tied on, black shorts (we live in FL so Halloween is hot here) and an orange t-shirt with (magic marker)spots you can cut the edges so they are ragged, When my daughter was 3 we used wash out hair color from the dollar store for the red hair.
10.11.07 @ 6:07 pm
i was wondering if you had any original ideas for a plus size girl.
10.11.07 @ 10:34 pm
Mizz Kay Kay - I would suggest some that have already been mentioned. Like the Ghost, the Pumpkin, the Jelly Beans, Hippie (cool!), the Gypsy (love it!), or the Artist. Also, Raggedy Ann, a Witch, a Gingerbread Girl; or a Princess wearing a pretty, long dress with a tiara and “jewels.” Plus sized girls can dress up pretty and have fun, too.
10.12.07 @ 9:29 am
Thank you! I love all of the homemade costume ideas. We are having a costume party for our Cub Scout Pack and have asked the Leaders and parents to dress up as well. These ideas will help not only the parents dress their children but themselves as well!
10.12.07 @ 1:20 pm
My favorite costume as a girl was Cat Woman!!!
like most other costumes just some black sweats and black shirt. My mother cut some eye holes in a swimming cap and hot glued some funny foam on for the ears, and sewed a thick long peice of fuzzy material to my fanny and tied the other end to my wrist (so i wounldnt trip). As a kid it was the best thought up costume ever!
10.13.07 @ 1:15 am
A scarecrow is easy too. Just put a flannel shirt on and overalls. Take scraps of old material or bandana and cut into small pieces. Then just safety pin them on or iron them on the overalls. Take straw or straw colored raffia (which ever u have on hand) and stuff in the cuffs of the shirt, the sides of the overalls, and out the bottom of the pants. When my daughter was 3, I put ponytails all over her hair & then tied some raffia around each ponytail. Take an eyeliner pencil and have your child close their mouth & draw X’s across the mouth. Then maybe a red nose with some lipstick. Fun, Easy, & Cute!
10.13.07 @ 6:09 pm
All of these are very cool ideas. The October issue of Parenting magazine (I believe it may even be available online) has some really cool ideas using sweatshirts and a few other items you could find rather cheap. They have a pea pod, corn on the cob, tomoto carrot and a few more. I have 5 year old twins that want to be the corn on the cob. Oh, and did I mention they are all very easy to make.
10.14.07 @ 7:58 am
Great ideas! We are going to modify the TV and make a computer costume!
10.14.07 @ 8:09 am
Expanding on the “TV” costume. Paint the box with a silver or white “screen” on the front. I wrote “Sorry, no picture - only sound” on the screen. (The sound is the talking coming from the child.) I taped an old TV guide listing on the top. In Magic Marker, draw a remote control on the top.
10.14.07 @ 12:51 pm
i have another cute idea to make with the cardboard box. my daughter one year was a lego. we used 2 empty butter tubs and spray painted the whole thing red…so cute….
10.15.07 @ 8:10 am
I had to laugh when I saw the Pizza idea. To make this even cheaper, I used 2 of the cardboards from store bought frozen pizzas. I punched 2 holes at the top of both, and threaded with string. I then turned so that the plain side faced out, and for the back I turned the baking directions toward the outside. My son and I then decorated with drawings of his favorite pizza toppings. This costume was great, because it was a VERY cold Halloween night and we were able to slip his pizza right over his jacket!
10.15.07 @ 9:12 am
When my boys were babies, for their Halloween, I dressed them as Chefs. Try one-piece white pj’s, a chef’s hat and a wooden spoon. Put a small amount of vaseline on checks and then baby powder over that.
10.15.07 @ 10:17 am
My favorite costume that I’ve seen is a piece of used bubble gum. The girl wore a pink sweat suit and tied a flip flop on the top of her head.
10.15.07 @ 12:41 pm
my daughter went as spaghetti and meatballs one year for halloween…i used a red sweat suit, strings from a mop, little black fuzzy balls and a kitchen strainer. it was the cutest outfit.
10.15.07 @ 1:26 pm
Great ideas! When I was younger, we did a lot with boxes. My sis and I were a pair of die as mentioned above one year. Other things were were that are pretty easy with a box are “Rubik’s Cube” (I noticed they’re making a comeback!) and an old Jack-in-the-box, if any of the kids today know what that is!
10.15.07 @ 3:04 pm
I had to laugh seeing the Jar of Jelly Beans idea! My mother had this costume idea too when I was younger, and I went as a jar of jelly beans. Well…by the end of our street, the majority of my ‘beans’ had fallen out the bottom of the clear plastic dry cleaning bag that was serving as the ‘jar’. Needless to say, I went back home and ended up going out as a ghost that year! Hahaha!! My mom and sister and I still laugh about it to this day.
10.16.07 @ 11:45 am
How about Pippie Longstocking….great for little girls, or moms
with long hair, just use a wire hanger and mold it to fit your head and then carefully braid hair around the hanger. Red kool aid is a great way to add red color to your hair, then dress in some funky fun cloths.
10.16.07 @ 7:10 pm
I have three daughters so as you can imagine buying three costumes could get expensive. This year I decided to dress my 9 month old as a baby Elvis. If you have a sewing machine this project is a snap. You make the jumpsuit no pattern required and add the extras. The fabric consisted of white fabric cost $1.00 (walmart) and a gold shimmery material-also $1.00. I even added a pair of sunglasses that were also $1.00 that I also painted gold. I then used some gold material and an old gaudy belt buckle and made her belt. I plan to add a little black eyeliner for side burns and VIOLA!! She looks completely adorable and I only spent $3.00.
For my 3 year old I purchased a pair of $3.00 cowboy boots from a local thrift store. I was able to find a toy hat,gun & holster set at a local dollar store. I simply put her hair in two braids and dressed her in a skirt, button up shirt with a vest and a pair of tights. She absolutely loves the idea of being a cowgirl and the costume cost a total of $4.00.
My oldest daughter is going to be a beauty pageant contestant. This costume was the easiest of all of them all you need is a pretty dress and dress shoes left over from any holiday. I purchased some thick white ribbon for $1.00 and wrote Little Miss Ohio on it with a glitter pen. She wore a tiara that was also purchased for $1.00. I added a pair of white gloves and her costume was complete.
For less than the price of one store bought costume I have created three. I can’t wait until Halloween!!!
10.17.07 @ 10:39 am
I took a round cardboard container and cut a hole at the closed end, then spray painted it red. when that dried I pained the word COKE on it in white,dressed my daughter in red and took a paper plate covered it in aluminum foil stapled elastic to it for a hat and she went as a can of Coke..Years before I had made my son a Pepperoni pizza out of felt and fabric..I just threw on a pair of jeans, tye dye shirt an apron and bandana on my head threw flour on my face and grabbed a spatula we went as the chef, pizza and coke..we won first prize in my son’s boyscout halloween meeting! I love the lego idea I will try it out this year..Lisa PA
10.17.07 @ 11:13 am
Any ideas for a girl who is almost 10. I have 4 kids and cant buy for all of them. My baby (will turn 1 the day after Halloween) is wearing a the costume I made my 9 yr old for her 1st Halloween. Its a pink hershey kiss. It is so cute! I have my 2yr old boy done, but am stuck on my 7 yr old boy. He wants to go as one of the boys off Pokemon. HELP!!
10.17.07 @ 1:11 pm
Hey! We had a great idea last year for our kindergarten boy who had to go to school as a character from a book- he was Thing 1 from the Cat in the Hat books. He wore a red sweatsuit with a white circle painted on the front with “THING 1″ written in black. A little wash-out blue hair dye on a spiky hairdo, and we were done. Cheap-o. Oh- and yeah, I had the jelly bean fiasco of all the balloons falling out when I was little too!
10.17.07 @ 10:13 pm
I had a couple of other poster board costumes. I was my favorite candy bar (Crunch Bar). Just bought one bar and copied the color and writing on to poster board. And was a domino another year.
10.18.07 @ 9:29 am
I was a Christmas present for Halloween in first grade. Easy costume for parents! But when the Christmas present walked to school, the dog who normally greeted me with tail wags, barked and growled instead, sending me to school in tears. Then in the classroom, you can’t sit down wearing a box - so I had to take off my costume while all the other kids were wearing theirs. Not my best Halloween memory!
10.18.07 @ 3:12 pm
My mom and dad are pretty handy when it comes to cardboard box costumes. Most grocery stores will give them to you. My brother was a robot. My dad painted 2 boxes silver, a smaller box is needed for the head. He added working dials and lights. He used dryer vent tubing for the arms. My mom made me into a flower pot. She made a large box into a flower pot with painted designs. We used a pair of suspenders to hold the box up. She also used a flat cardboard box painted as a flower. She cut a hole in the center of the flower for my face. She attached it to a headband. It is a great halloween memory!
10.19.07 @ 10:53 am
My best Costume growing up was a mummuy! I got dressed in a an off white(white would work) shirt and pants and my grandma took an old sheet and cut long strips and wraped me up and safety pinned the strips on. I went trick or treating and to some parties in that costume and it held up quit well. Also I was a punk rocker (it was the 80s) when I was about 4 with spayed purple hair and crazy clothes. Anthor geat idea I have seen was a chimminy sweap black pants and shirt with smudged face and a little duster broom.
10.19.07 @ 4:52 pm
Here’s a great idea I had to make a coordinated costumes for my kids when they were younger. My son is 5 yrs older than his sister. When he was 6, he was a magician (black pants, white shirt, bowtie, cardboard top hat, and a dowel painted black w/white tip, eyeliner mustache & goatee). Our one year old daughter was a rabbit. (Get it … magician & rabbit.)To make her costume I used a sweatsuit with a hooded top. I made rabbit ears out of construction paper, taped pipecleaners to the back to hold them up, then safety pinned them to the hood of the sweatshirt. I took a cotton ball & safety pinned that to the pants. I used lipstick for a pink nose & eyeliner for her whiskers. We got lots of compliments on these costumes.
10.22.07 @ 9:55 am
I was a table when I was a kid. This year that is what my 8 year old daughter will be. Just take a cardboard box, cut out holes for head and arms. Cover with and old curtain or table cover (use adhesive spray or glue onto box). Child’s head can be centerpiece - flowers on head and around neck, decorate face with flowers. Glue play dishes and food to top of table(box). Make it even fancier with napkin holder made out of cardboard with real napkins and candles made out of construction paper and foil painted (or use markers) with red or orange. This costume takes some planning, but it is well worth it.
10.22.07 @ 2:00 pm
This year my 11yr old son is going as the Energizer Bunny! Pink sweats and turtleneck, bunny ears and tail, we took a round tin(like popcorn comes in at Christmas) wrapped it in a brown bag, put a small hole is each side and strung it with string long enough to hang around his neck. and of course drum sticks. we actually used two sticks and taped balls of paper towel to the ends. And dont forget the pink slippers and dark shades!
10.22.07 @ 3:03 pm
My son is dressing up as Harry Potter this year.All we are using is a black cape,black shirt and pants, and we are drawin a bolt of lightning on his forhead.And of course a black wand.This costume is very easy and very inexpensive.
10.23.07 @ 9:48 am
Another idea for the cardboard box I found years ago when money was tight is a Lego Block using even numbers of margarine containers glued to one side of the box and a can of spray paint I chose green but whichever colour block you want to be spray the entire surface wear matching coloured clothes underneath. It was simple.
10.23.07 @ 9:57 am
We put together 31 Tricks and Treats for a safe and fun Halloween for children who have food allergies, dietary restrictions or for parents who just want their kids to have less candy.
Tips # 18 and #30 are for safe, fun, and even “green” costumes.
http://www.allergymoms.com/uploads/newsletters/halloweentipstreats.html
Have fun!
Gina
10.23.07 @ 6:34 pm
Last year my 10 year old was a washing machine using the cardboard box idea she won second place, and my 6 year old was a bag of geroceries using an extra large paper lawn bag
and recycled items (egg carton, etc.)she won first place. This year my oldest is going to be a taco and my young one is a slice of pizza both made out of foam sine we live in
Indiana. I LOVE HOMEMADE IDEAS, KEEP THEM
COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10.24.07 @ 10:18 am
hey rach. im being hermonie granger from harry potter for halloween. i have the wand and outfit it awesome. theres just one problem. i dont have a bag to trich or treat with so maybe you could help me out?
10.24.07 @ 12:01 pm
A spider can be made with a black sweatsuit, string and two pairs of cheap pantyhose. Just stuff the pantyhose with batting or newspaper, anything really, sew or safety pin the pantyhose to the sweatshirt, and then tie the pantyhose together with string and pin to arms so that all the arms move together.
10.24.07 @ 12:02 pm
malaurie you could use a school bag/messenger bag.
10.24.07 @ 12:09 pm
Of the several ideas I had for my one year old one of my favorites was a mouse, just a grey sweatpants with felt ears pinned on to a grey hoodie. But to take it a bit over the top, cover the stroller with yellow fabric or a painted box cut into a triangular shape and cover lap with yellow fabric to make piece of cheese. If you look at clearance fabrics it is very inexpensive.
I finally decided on a bee and we’re putting flowers on the stroller instead and wrapping her bucket in rope for a honeycomb!
10.24.07 @ 4:51 pm
hay any ideas for two kids real close in age
(2 & 3 years old) something that would cordinate
10.25.07 @ 6:44 pm
when i was in 6th grade, my sister dressed me up as a bottle of liquid paper. i was dressed in white sweats, then put a white piece of posterboard around me and painted the liquid paper thing on it. now that i think about it, you could make anything out of it!have fun!
10.26.07 @ 12:20 pm
Thrift shops, GoodWill and the Salvation Army stores have great selections for the imagination at inexpensive prices. The items purchased go to worthy causes…so it’s people helping people.
Homemade items also make for the best decorations. I have made bats, pinatas, pumpkins and ghosts from stuff around my house.
11.02.07 @ 10:15 am
The cardboard box idea can easily be adapted for children who are in wheelchairs. You will need a larger box so that it can be fit over the wheelchair but also can be supported by the wheelchair frame. Be sure to cut holes for Mom or Dad to push, if needed.
Also, wheelchairs can be jazzed up as race cars, stage coaches, you get the idea! Again, the large cardboard box can be used with some poster paints. Thnings that are tan colored like a stage coach won’t need to be painted but will need details painted or glued on. Great for themed parties or group dress up. The persoh who is pushing the wheelchair can coordinate their costume. For example, a bandit with the stage coach, a mechanic with a race car, etc.
12.14.07 @ 1:42 pm
When I was a child we had a box of old clothes and costumes that we would dig in each year — two of our favorite costumes were - “HOBO” just old clothes, but the best was charring a cork and making “stubble” on our young faces! — “Soldier” we had parts of uniforms from father, uncle so we liked to dress in uniform [a shirt was enough] and carry our toy guns and wrap our arms and heads in cloths - then wet red crepe paper and make “blood” on our head or arm wraps - and usually put one arm in a sling.
10.10.08 @ 11:37 am
When I was little my dad dressed me as a flower pot. He cut a hole in a bucket and tied straps to go over my shoulders and then he made a flower with a hole in it for my face along with the stem. It was so cute I loved it.
10.16.08 @ 7:46 pm
My oldest son, now 19, had a pair of pajamas that were black with a skeleton decal already on it,when he was 7 yrs old. Since it so happened to be an unually warm Holloween (we live in cold country….Vermont), we decided to use it to our advantage. So we painted his face first with white bones, then painted black between to make the bones stand out. I also made a very large wide mouth, painting teeth to cover everything under his nose to his chin and out to his cheek and hairline! This made it stand out more and he got more compliments!! Only had to use black and white face paint! Don’t forget the hands! Black gloves with white reflector tape or the white tape used when bandaging a wound with gauze, to replicate the hand bones…leave a break between each joint for a more real effect.
Baby powder the hair and a few fake spider webs wrapped hear and there and wha-la!!
Homemade costumes are the BEST!! And most appreciated by the people who answer the door!
10.16.08 @ 8:00 pm
Ok…MY costume going out with the kids! Drewcilla…Old white fleece robe, cut out black felt spots of all sizes and shapes. Tape to robe everywhere. Tease hair wildly, use white (glow in the dark) and black hairspray paint…take a newspaper and have someone hold it to protect the other side from getting painted, then visa versa. So one side is black and the other is white. Face paint all face white, with bright red lipstick
Add little things like super long glow in the dark eyelashes/earrings (skeletons,etc.), super long white gloves up past the elbow, with a dalmation puppy or puppet (from your kids stuffed animal collections). lots of necklaces/bangles/white shoes with black spots to finish the look. Then you must add the special ingrediant….your character voice! Ask everyone you see if they’ve seen any dalmations lurking about that you could have!! Ahahahahaha !!! Too bad I didn’t get pics of this one that year!!
10.16.08 @ 8:01 pm
Ok…MY costume going out with the kids! Drewcilla…Old white fleece robe with flaired out collar, cut out black felt spots of all sizes and shapes. Tape to robe everywhere. Tease hair wildly, use white (glow in the dark) and black hairspray paint…take a newspaper and have someone hold it to protect the other side from getting painted, then visa versa. So one side is black and the other is white. Face paint all face white, with bright red lipstick
Add little things like super long glow in the dark eyelashes/earrings (skeletons,etc.), super long white gloves up past the elbow, with a dalmation puppy or puppet (from your kids stuffed animal collections). lots of necklaces/bangles/white shoes with black spots to finish the look. Then you must add the special ingrediant….your character voice! Ask everyone you see if they’ve seen any dalmations lurking about that you could have!! Ahahahahaha !!! Too bad I didn’t get pics of this one that year!!
10.05.09 @ 12:48 pm
A friend of mine made a cute scare-crow costume for her little boy. She simply hand sewed on a couple of patches to a pair of overalls. She tucked some rafia in the patches prior to sewing them on, to give the appearance of hay. She drew a “stitches” on his face with an eyeliner, put on a cute red and white shirt…and that was it!!
10.13.09 @ 5:41 pm
I went as the bride of chucky one year. using a old white dress, black leather jacket, a lot of hairspray to my hair, and a little make-up. My brother had to copy me of course so he went as chucky. wearing a striped shirt, over-alls, and make-up. Best part…..all free. we had it all at home. we got more compliments on those I’ll tell ya!!