Barbies, crackerjacks and crash test dummies – they are all cuter when they are kids Halloween costumes. There is something about a little face peaking out of Frankenstein eyes that just melts our hearts.
The animal kingdom is represented with peacocks and jellyfish. Many kids like to dress up as food, such as steak, A1 sauce and a chef salad. Cotton candy, push up pops and gumballs are also very popular. Personally, we love the four year old who agreed to be half Hall and half Oates.
In addition, ideas here range from Optimus Prime, Inside Out characters, a mailtruck, Sharknado and even a haunted castle!
If the child in your life like to chose their own costume, this will rouse his/her imagination. If you like to choose your kids Halloween costumes, then enjoy! The costumes here will entertain you with their range of possibilities. Watch out kids…
As with most schools today students can not dress up to celebrate Halloween. My son’s school offers “Dress like a book character day” for the kids to celebrate “Fall Festival day.” The rules are that they can’t be super heroes or princesses and they have to bring the book of their costume to school with … Read more
My husband and I decided to once again make our son’s Halloween costume this year. We had a lot of fun making his Hot Air Balloon Costume that Lights Up. We started with a basket and cut out the bottom. I then sewed some “globe” like shaped strips together to make the balloon cover. I added boning … Read more
My 5 year old son Brayden was dying to be the coolest Iron Man this year. My husband and I brainstormed over it while looking at pictures online to get an idea of what materials we could use (inexpensively) to pull off a very cool costume for our son. Looking at some photos I thought … Read more
This is my son Jake in his Plane costume! My husband made this costume for him. I just did quality control. Call me the project manager! He started with a box and cut out the top and bottom. This will be the cockpit. He then used chicken wire to construct the shape of the plane. … Read more
My son Jimmy went as a penny coin. We cut it out of cardboard and cut a space for his shoulder. We added a handle on the other side using duct tape and cardboard. We cut out cardboard letters to say “In God We Trust” and added the year he was born. We spray painted … Read more
My oldest son wanted to be a NY Yankees baseball card so I wanted to have the copy store enlarge a card, but due to copyright restrictions, they couldn’t so we used a photo off the internet and had them enlarge it. I then cut it and glued it to foam board. I then printed off … Read more
Erik, my ten-year-old son, wanted to be Zane the white LEGO NinjaGO character for Halloween. There was an awesome handmade costume on eBay that I was dying to buy but it was waaaay expensive ($150 for the head alone and $280 for the whole thing, plus shipping). The eBay seller had made Lloyd, the green NinjaGO character costume–but was … Read more
I started my one year Old Thing 1 and three year old Thing 2 costumes without knowing how to sew, but managed to learn in the process. lol. I made his and her costume from start to finish. From the tutu to bows and even her crochet legwarmers. I also handmade my sons wig. It … Read more
This awesome Backhoe Loader Preschool Halloween Costume was put together with 7 “ingredients”: 3 paper boxes 2 cans white primer spray paint 2 cans yellow spray paint 2 cans black metallic textured spray paint One million hot glue sticks Yellow duct tape for wheel stability and for emergency repair on Halloween night Black fabric straps … Read more
My son wanted something scary but has sensitive skin so we always had to be creative with his costumes because he can’t wear Halloween make-up. We searched online and combined a few other ideas to create this masterpiece. He is now a headless mad scientist that carries his head around with 2 of his 4 … Read more
We put this easy, super cool Ghost Rider costume for kids together for our 7 yr old son. He wanted to be Ghost Rider for Halloween. So I decided that I would figure out a way for him to be the coolest Ghost Rider ever!! He wore just simple black jeans, some boots, a black … Read more
We used cardboard boxes for the body and head and feet of this robot costume. Dryer vent tubing for the arms and legs. The body, head and feet were covered with silver tape. The antennae was made with a coat hanger and 2 styrofoam balls covered with tape. We decorated the costume with furniture tacks … Read more