Comments on: Halloween is coming….skip the store and make your kids’ costumes the easy way http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/ Blogs from Rachael Ray and her friends Mon, 21 May 2012 07:25:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Heather http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-26147 Heather Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:41:40 +0000 http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-26147 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!! 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!!

]]> By: Randy http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-25990 Randy Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:48:07 +0000 http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-25990 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!! 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!!

]]> By: Mom Linda in Vermont http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-12246 Mom Linda in Vermont Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:01:23 +0000 http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-12246 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!! 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!!

]]> By: Mom Linda in Vermont http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-12245 Mom Linda in Vermont Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:00:13 +0000 http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-12245 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!! 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!!

]]> By: Mom Linda in Vermont http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-12243 Mom Linda in Vermont Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:46:46 +0000 http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-12243 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! 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!

]]> By: Tara http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-12108 Tara Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:37:56 +0000 http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-12108 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. 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.

]]> By: Darl Sitka http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-1651 Darl Sitka Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:42:21 +0000 http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-1651 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. 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.

]]> By: Marva Heinemann http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-574 Marva Heinemann Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:15:25 +0000 http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-574 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. 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.

]]> By: Lynda Sysol http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-468 Lynda Sysol Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:20:38 +0000 http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-468 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. 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.

]]> By: Martha Brown http://www.rachaelray.com/blogs/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-447 Martha Brown Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:44:13 +0000 http://blog.rachaelray.com/index.php/2007/10/10/halloween-is-comingskip-the-store-and-make-your-kids-costumes-the-easy-way/#comment-447 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! 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!

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