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…
My 4 yr old wanted to be Steve from the popular Minecraft video game. I thought it would be cool and probably very cheap costume. I was sure it would also be a huge hit too ! I started out with looking for a free template of Steve’s head. I printed it out on regular … Read more
My daughter has incredible eyes and after Maleficent came our, she was set on being the younger version for Halloween. I started with a cream lace dress at Goodwill, and dyed it brown with Rit dye. Then, I bought a TON of feathers (goose and turkey) and dyed them 2 shades of brown. I used … Read more
My son absolutely loves the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” We watch the movie at least once a week, sometimes up to three times in just one day! So of course He decided he wanted to be Jack Skellington for Halloween. I looked everywhere and was unable to find a costume to purchase, so I … Read more
My 7 year old niece came to me telling me she wanted to be Bloody Mary for Halloween. I’m the Halloween fanatic in the family, so costumes are often left up to me, as I simply loathe store bought costumes. When coming up with ideas, I quickly realized the Bloody Mary is more of a … Read more
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday because I get be creative and the kids really like to challenge me to see if I can pull it off. This year I suggested that they be Jack and Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas and they loved the idea. So now, off to work. The patchwork … Read more
Let’s just start by saying this Samurai costume has been 4 months in the making give or take. It started with a creative itch and a grown man’s love of action figures kinda dream, I digress. The costume is 98% recycled cardboard (most of which was hoarded from Costco as workers glared) the other 2% … Read more
Years ago, I was sitting on my bed with my mom and she asked me what I wanted to be for Halloween. Instead of being a princess that year I asked to be a steak. I was half joking but my mom got so excited about it! She began work on the steak costume and … Read more
Groot is ready to rock the night away. This is the second Groot costume I have made this month. The first one was an all paper version. This one is a child size costume and made from duct tape. It cost more money to make than the paper costume, but it should hold up for … Read more
My little one loves Marvel and wanted to be Mystique, but there was no Mystique Halloween costumes to be found. So we made one! The Mystique Costume I started off with a white onesie and bought some blue fabric dye. I wanted it to look like a body suit so I made her wear it … Read more
Ok my son (JJ) loves for me to always make his costumes. This year I decided to make him one of my favorite Disney character into A costume, Mad Hater! The Costume Pieces: I am big on thrift stores, soooooo, I went to the thrift store and purchased pants and tailored them to length, the … Read more
Twenty-three years ago my father made me a one of a kind tin man costume out of spare parts in his shop. I won 1st place as a kid at a mall contest with this costume. We packed the costume away good for 23 years and used the costume again for my daughter. Just had … Read more
For my daughter’s cave girl costume, I used / bought the following: Old boots, caveman wig (which matches my daughters hair perfectly couldn’t tell what was her hair or the wigs), skull head and bones necklace and bracelet set, gross green/brown rubber teeth, a caveman club, used my hot glue gun, used brown eye shadow … Read more