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This is a very simple “gory” idea for my son who did not want to look “cute” for Halloween anymore. Cut flyswatter out of cardboard. I used masking tape to give it the “checkered” look; spray painted it gold and then removed the masking tape (which I used for the stripes on the back of … Read more
Here’s one of the coolest child costumes. My 5-year-old boy loves everything trains, and asked if he could be a railroad crossing sign for Halloween. I was up to the challenge! I made the headpiece out of white 1/4″ foam board, and letters from an office supply store. The “crossing” was then glued to a … Read more
Here’s our cool Deer child Halloween costume. My husband is an avid deer hunter and fisherman and our son of course wants to be just like Daddy. He associated the deer with Daddy. For this costume I didn’t have a pattern so I did a lot of guess estimations. I took a pair of overalls … Read more
These child Halloween costumes were very tricky to make. I used the old McDonalds commercial from the 80’s for the idea. They did a take-off on “Mac The Knife”, and called the moon head with the sunglasses “Mac Tonight”. Having no idea how to make the moon head costumes, I first thought papier-mache would be … Read more
My daughter and I were trying to come up withan idea for different children costumes. She wanted to be something that no one else would be. Then I came up with what I thought was the greatest homemade Halloween costume idea; she could go as a candy bar! For the homemade Halloween costume we took … Read more
My son loves construction. This was his childrens costume for nursery school, and we also used it for Halloween trick or treating. To make this childrens costume we took two pieces of cardboard, cut them into squares and then painted each one yellow (they can also be covered/wrapped with yellow construction paper). After the paint … Read more
I hand make every one of my children’s Halloween costume and try to avoid Disney or typical but my daughter really wanted this one. The headpiece is made from craft foam in different shades of blue, white and black. I looked at images of Stitch and worked with the basic colors and shapes. I glued … Read more
This M&Ms chocolate costume is 100% home made. No patterns, no other ideas from children costumes, just an idea from a candy wrapper and a bunch of felt! As you can see I used heavy duty felt. The colors are found in 8×10 squares and the brown and white were purchased off the bolt – … Read more
I searched the internet for a claw machine costume idea but I really wanted to create a costume nobody else had. After an exhaustive search I randomly came across a picture of a little boy who had climbed up into a claw machine and so my costume idea was born. I went to Lowe’s and … Read more
Michelle loved watching JoJo’s circus, but I wasn’t about to spend $30+ on a Disney costume. And the other clown costumes I found were pretty cheesy feeling for the money. Materials So I made my own clown costume using sweatpants, felt pieces, rickrack tape and pompom balls. Crafting the Clown Costumes With clown costumes, the … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Cookie Monster costume. My daughter really loves Cookie Monster, so she inspired me to come up with an original costume for her. I went to Jo-Ann Fabrics to look for a pattern, but they don’t sell any Cookie Monster costume patterns, let alone any Sesame Street costume patterns. I picked … Read more
I had to have a cool Halloween costume for work. My manager said it was mandatory. (I am a preschool teacher) I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on a costume that I would wear for a few hours so I decided to be a bag of jelly beans. From there my costume … Read more