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…
Creating this R2D2 was fun and exciting! First we took a regular light weight trash barrel and cut out the bottom and flipped it upside down. Next it was spray painted white and then the detail painting was done and holes were cut. For the dome, We covered a yoga ball with paper mache about … Read more
My kids are 11, and 7, and wanted to be something together, so I came up with Frankensein and his bride. We went to Salvation Army to buy a wedding dress but because my daughter is so little I had to completely alter the wedding dress to fit her, then we started with the blood … Read more
This is the second year in a row my daughter wanted to be a zombie! Last year was a zombie princess. This year she wanted to be like the little girl from the Walking Dead. The one that’s in her pajamas in the first episode. Since we live in Maryland and its kinda cold, we … Read more
My son wanted to be a Power Ranger MegaZord for Halloween and I had no idea where to begin. No one sells this costume and there were only a couple of ideas online- for adults. These were made of boxes and allowed limited movement, a problem for a seven-year-old. I decided to use foam sheets … Read more
My son comes up with some crazy ideas. He loves weather, especially tornado’s, so that’s what he wanted to be. I started with a base of chicken type wire rolled to make the shape. Covered it with Halloween spider webs. Lightly sprayed it with gray spray paint. Then attached small toys like cars, trees, animals. … Read more
I used a laundry basket as the base for the shell. Started with an old sheet cut into 8″ wide strips and sewn into long tubes. Stuffed them with paper and then sewed them to the basket using fishing line.( I tried to hot glue but they wouldn’t stay on.) Next I used paints to decorate the … Read more
Used an old grey flannel blanket as the base. Created a hem at the bottom and fed a foam pipe cover through it to keep the shape. Did the same at the neckline, but smaller. Glued on some crazy material scraps I found at the fabric store for the lava and then topped it off with … Read more
My daughter wanted to big beautiful butterfly, so we got at the sewing machine and paints and got to work. Used newspaper to make a pattern to cut the wings out evenly. Used a purple silk doubled to get it a little more stability. Used paints for the wing designs. Used a headband for the antennae.
The Radical Robot Costume. This costume won first place in every costume contest my nephew entered. I’m pretty excited about that. loll. Anyway, finding the right size boxes to fit a 4 year boy old was the tricky part, but I did it! Lol. Other than that, this was a pretty easy costume to make. … Read more
I made this Edward Scissorhands costume for my 9 year old son. I bought black pants and a black turtle neck from a second hand store for $3.00. I also picked up some studded belts from a variety of second hand stores for between 50 cents to $3.00 each. I cut up the belts to … Read more
So my daughter wanted to be Corpse Bride for Halloween. I absolutely HATE store bought costumes and LOVE Corpse Bride so you can imagine my excitement to make this one! Now I am pretty crafty, I know how to sew but I am self taught so whenever I make stuff I kinda wing it and figure … Read more
My youngest daughter Sarah was obsessed with SpongeBob Squarepants. Since I always made the costumes, she begged me to turn her into SpongeBob. This was when he was pretty new and the store bought costumes just weren’t there. I worked in a restaurant, so I never had a bunch of money. I did, however have … Read more