| When it comes to Halloween costumes, we | | | | each side of the tube and attach twine for a |
| always decided to make our own because we felt | | | | carrying strap. You can fit 3-4 plastic golf clubs |
| it was foolish to spend $35 and up, for a costume | | | | into the holder and have your child carry it over |
| that our child was only going to wear one time. | | | | their shoulder. |
| Over the years, my sister-in-law and I have | | | | Nurse - You will need: white skirt, shirt, tights and |
| made numerous costumes for our children and I | | | | shoes which your child most likely already has in |
| thought I would share a few simple ideas with | | | | her closet. To add to that, purchase a child's size |
| you. | | | | nurses cap at a costume store along with a |
| If you are concerned about safety, I recommend | | | | plastic doctor's kit at your local dollar discount |
| purchasing some reflective material patches at | | | | store. We also accented the white shirt with a |
| your local fabric and crafts store, and sew or glue | | | | name badge and a red felt first-aid cross that we |
| them onto your child's costume. This safety | | | | hand drew and safety pinned to the shirt. |
| measure will help car drivers to see them at night | | | | Mummy - You will need: white clothing, white ski |
| as they are crossing the street. I always | | | | mask, white sneakers, several rolls of white first |
| recommend that a responsible adult accompany | | | | aid bandages and numerous safety pins. We cut |
| children on Trick or Treat night. | | | | the bandages into 12-24" lengths and safety |
| Here are the Halloween costume ideas we came | | | | pinned them around the legs, arms and abdomen |
| up with over the years. | | | | of the outfit. We chose to use fabric glue to |
| Lady Bug - You will need: red leotard, red tights, 4 | | | | attach them to the white ski mask. If you are |
| sheets of black felt and fabric glue. Cut out some | | | | making this costume for a small child, then I |
| circles and ovals from the felt and glue onto the | | | | recommend using non-toxic fabric glue instead of |
| red leotard so that it looks like lady bug spots. To | | | | the safety pins. |
| make antennae, purchase a black headband, 2 | | | | Black Spider - You will need: black jeans, black |
| round 3" diameter Styrofoam balls, 2 pencils, black | | | | sweatshirt, 2 pairs of black little girls tights, 1 bag |
| acrylic paint and gorilla glue. Paint the Styrofoam | | | | of fiberfill stuffing, black thread. You need to cut |
| balls and pencils black and let dry. Glue pencils to | | | | the panty portion off of the tights and just use |
| the center of the Styrofoam balls, let dry and | | | | the legs. Stuff each leg firmly with fiberfill and |
| then glue the pencils to the top of the head band. | | | | then sew the end shut with thread. Do this for a |
| Note: You could use the same concept above and | | | | total of 4 spider legs. You will want to hand sew |
| do a bumble bee and substitute the red clothing | | | | (or machine sew) the stuffed legs onto the sides |
| items with yellow clothing items and make black | | | | of the black sweatshirt about 4-5" below the |
| felt bee-style stripes. | | | | sweatshirt arm. If desired, you can paint the |
| Construction Worker - You will need: denim blue | | | | child's face black or lime green with face paints. |
| jeans, white T-shirt, flannel shirt and a yellow | | | | Crayon - You will need: your choice of colored |
| plastic hard hat found at a discount toy store. You | | | | clothing, we selected orange to fit with the |
| can borrow a man's tool belt or purchase a | | | | Halloween theme, along with several sheets of |
| canvas-style apron with pockets at a local craft | | | | black felt, fabric glue and a black fabric paint. Grab |
| store for a few dollars. If desired, visit your local | | | | one of your child's crayons and use it as an |
| dollar discount store and purchase a plastic tool | | | | example on how you should cut out designs from |
| set to stick into the pockets of the tool belt. | | | | your black felt. Attach those designs onto the |
| Golfer - You will need: khaki colored pants, | | | | clothing items so that it resembles a crayon. You |
| polo-style shirt and a plaid golfers cap. You can | | | | can use the black fabric paint to paint on the |
| purchase plastic golf clubs and balls at your local | | | | crayon-makers name on the front of the shirt. To |
| dollar discount store. We made our own golf bag | | | | further fit with our theme, we machine sewn a |
| by emptying out a large round cardboard tube | | | | triangular hat out of matching orange felt, so that |
| and painting it with acrylic paints. Punch a hole in | | | | 'our' little crayon had a pointy crayon top. |