Making Easy Halloween Costumes for Kids
Putting Together Simple Dress Up Ideas for Children
Oct 13, 2009
Store bought costumes are convenient, but they do not always offer young children the ability to see clearly, walk or eat easily, or dress warmly while trick or treating. Putting together simple dress up ideas, to make easy Halloween costumes with a few store bought pieces, often works better allowing a child to enjoy Halloween events more. Making the costume a craft project for children and parents will add to the Halloween fun.
Ghost Costume for a Child
- Drape a white sheet over child and even out
- Draw dots around collar area for cutting out small holes
- Weave sewing elastic through and tie loosely to hold head in place
- Try on and draw outline of eyes and mouth - cut out extra large for easy visibility and eating
- Cut the sheet ragged and short enough to prevent tripping
- Decorate with sparkly glue, felts or fabric paint
Spider Web Costume for a Child
- Place a white sheet over head and even out
- Cut hole for head to go through - costume will fit from neck down
- Draw black lines from the hole as a starting point to the outside of the sheet
- Make a small hole in the sheet to attach a ribbon to an oversize plastic or stuffed spider
- Draw a spider on cheek with face paint
Mad Scientist Costume for a child
- Use a lab coat or large white long sleeved shirt
- Wear silly glasses
- Wear a white wig or comb hair crazy
- Attach things like rubber spiders and eyeball erasers or gumballs to coat
- Have things sticking out of pockets like rubber mice, plastic test tube bottles, slime
Detective Costume for a Child
- Buy a fedora hat or similar looking man's hat from a party, department, or thrift store
- Use a coat or rain jacket with a belt tied around it to look like a trench coat
- Put a pad of paper and over sized pencil in pocket
- Carry a Magnifying glass or have sticking out of pocket
Cowboy Costume for a Child
- Wear a cowboy hat - can be found at dollar stores and party stores
- Wear a plaid or striped long sleeve shirt
- Wear blue jeans
- Carry or attach to belt loop a piece of rope tied up that cowboys would use for roping
- Tie a bandana loosely around the neck
Farmer Costume for a Child
- Wear a pair of overalls or jeans, shirt and suspenders
- Wear a baseball cap - tape a picture of a tractor on it
- Carry a plastic pith fork
- Wear a pair of work gloves
- Have straw hanging out of pocket
- Have a stuffed cow, chicken or pig in front pocket
Dracula Costume for a Child
- Wear a white long sleeve shirt with a collar or large white t-shirt over a jacket
- Wear a black cape
- Use a bit of white face paint to look pale
- Use red face paint for little drops of blood on edges of mouth
- Wear a set of plastic teeth, fangs
- Attach a bat for decoration
Magician Costume for a Child
- Purchase a top hat or make one out of heavy black construction paper or poster board
- Wear a cape
- Carry a Wand
- Attach to the costume plastic flowers or have brightly colored scarves coming out of sleeves
- Have a white stuffed rabbit sticking out of a pocket
Whether needing a Halloween costume for a school party, outdoor event or trick or treating, it is important that a young child be able to see clearly and to move and eat at ease without tripping or feeling constricted. These choices of making a child's Halloween costume a ghost, spider web, mad scientist, detective, cowboy, farmer, Dracula or a magician allow for comfort, safety, adding layers of warmth, and an easy dress up idea.
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