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Halloween costumes do not have to be expensive! Here are some do-it-yourself, low-cost costume ideas. Each idea can be as simple or complex as you choose. Raid your child's closet and the recycling bin, add glitter, a hat, face paint and take the costume to the next level! A Dollar Store or Value Village are also great spots for low-cost supplies.
Piece of candy – clear wrapping paper, string, and colorful shirt underneath.
Grapes – balloons (green or purple), green pipe cleaner, construction paper. (WARNING - balloons are a choking hazard, use with caution)
Cloud – t-shirt/cardboard, pillow/toy stuffing, string, construction paper, glitter (optional), glue (for the stuffing and glitter if desired).
Rainbow – construction paper OR colorful clothing (add cloud slippers).
Cat – all black clothing, make ears out of a headband and construction paper, eyeliner nose and whiskers.
Ghost – bedsheet, sunglasses/hat/scarf/etc. (optional).
Thomas’ snowsuit – snowsuit.
Mummy – white streamers.
Flower – flower headband using glue and construction paper (glitter optional. Cut out flower petals, use glue to attach to headband, wear a skirt/dress the same colour or all green clothing (like a flower stem and leaves)
Emotions – t-shirt/cardboard, sharpie/fabric paint/fabric pen.
Superhero in disguise – wear normal clothing and use a bedsheet as a cape, fake glasses/make a mask using construction paper, superhero shirt underneath another shirt/button up.
Teddy bear –brown/black clothing, headband and construction paper to make the ears, construction paper tummy.
Robot – save paper towel rolls and other cardboard, grey/silver paint, construction paper, buttons/dials/level indicators/etc.
Crayon – same colour shirt, pants, and construction paper, sharpie, glue/tape to make a hat.
Chef – apron, make chef's hat out of construction paper, wooden spoon.
Construction Worker – safety vest, boots, hard hat, toy tools.
Scuba diver – black pants and long sleeve shirt, swim goggles, breathing mask (jar or container lid), tubing (vinyl tubing from hardware store, thick string) and oxygen tank(s) (old 2L pop bottle, pasta sauce bottle), fabric/ribbon/rope to use as straps, glue. Glue one end of what you are using for your breathing tube to the item that will be your breathing mask and the other end to what will be your oxygen tank. Next you will take two pieces of string to make straps for the oxygen tank, make sure you cut them to be the same length, attach one side of each piece of string to the top of your tank (this would normally be the bottom of the bottle but it is flipped for this costume) one on each side, then repeat for the bottom, once you have completed this you will have straps so you can wear your tank like a backpack. Check out our Instagram for a short tutorial on this costume!!!
Farmer – jeans/overalls, plaid shirt, bandana, hat, stuffed animal.
Waving tube man – cat toy tunnel, t-shirt the same or similar colour as the tube, sharpie, scissors, clear plastic, glue. Stand or lay next to the cat tunnel and mark where you will need to cut hold for your arms and eyes (make sure you leave some extra space for your feet so you aren’t tripping over your costume all night), draw on eyes, use glue and the extra fabric to create the arms.
Wind up Doll – cut a key out of cardboard, add a ribbon or strings to wear the key like a backpack.
Ninja – black shoes, pants and long sleeve shirt, black ski mask, red scarf to tie around waist as a belt.
Dragon – plain baseball hat, bed sheet/large piece of fabric (main colour of the dragon), felt (white for eyes and teeth, and a second colour for the dragon), glue. Glue the sheet/fabric to the hat, cut the sheet so that it hangs down in the back – this is the back and tail of your dragon – you can cut the sheet so it can be worn like a backpack, or let it hang down from the hat as shown in the photo. Use the white felt to make the dragons eyes on the front of your hat and add teeth to the brim, then take your second colour of felt to create spikes and spots down the dragons back.
Angel wings - https://www.hgtv.com/design/make-and-celebrate/handmade/how-to-make-feathered-angel-or-fairy-wings
Duck - paint a baseball hat into a duck bill, wear clothes that are the colour of a duck.
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