Halloween Costumes
Easy homemade halloween costumes ideas.
Homemade Robot Costume
Use a cardboard box with holes for arms and a smaller cardboard box for the head.
Pie plates can be glued to the front of the small box. Cut holes in the pie plates so the child can see.
Use light sticks or sliver pipe cleaners for the antennas.
Cover the child's arms and legs with aluminum foil. Keep the foil in place by using a few small safety pins
Cover the boxes with aluminum foil or paint them using silver paint
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Self-Inflicted Mummy Costume
Put gel on hair and pull away from face, wrap strips of musin around head. Secure strips with clear or white medical tape
Use white makeup on face with black makeup smeared under the.
Apply a coating of baby powder over the white makeup and use white lipstick to hide the color of the lips.
Wrap strips of muslin around and around the body. Have the child wear white clothes underneath.
Use white makeup on any places where the skin is showing through.
Sleepy Housewife
Wear a robe over your regular clothes.
Smear orange makeup on your face so it resembles a facial mask.
Using black makeup, smudge in dark circles under your eyes.
Put your hair up in curlers or wrap a towel around your head.
Wear slippers with ankle socks.
White Trash:
Wear torn, ratty clothes. Old, dirty, beat up runners adds a nice touch.
Smear black or dark brown makeup on your face, neck and arms so it appears you haven't washed in a long time.
Cut holes in a trash bag to allow your head and arms to poke through.
Tape a bunch of different garbage onto the garbage bag: candy wrappers, small plastic bags filled with different colored, scrunched-up papers, orange peels, soda cans (attach cans with a long strip of masking tape folded so it's sticky on both sides).
Use a clean trash can lid as at a hat (if you like you can use string to hang different pieces of garbage from the lid).
Skeleton
Where black leotard and tights.
Use white medical tape or chalk for the ribs and bones.
Use white makeup on face with black makeup circling the eyes.
Paint a thick black outline around the mouth and then fill in the mouth with white makeup. Using black makeup divide the mouth into a set of teeth.
Tourist
Wear a colourful shirt.
Wear shorts with white socks and sandals.
Have several cameras strung around your neck.
Wear a pair of sunglasses on string around your neck.
Wear a colorful hat
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Carrot
Wear an orange body suit.
Put green mousse in your hair and paint your face green.
Attach green pipecleaners to orange cap for top.
Witch
Wear an old, long, black dress, black leotards, and use a piece of black fabric for a cloak.
Paint your face white.
Scrunch up your face to emphasize the wrinkle patterns around eyes and mouth; draw in the wrinkles with a black pencil.
Draw in a few big black moles on your face.
Black out a tooth
Wear long fake fingernails and paint them black.
Wear bright red or black lipstick
Buy a cheap black wig and streak it with flour or baking powder.
Finish off the costume with a witches hat.and a broomstick.
You can carry a black pot for treats (if you can find one).
Wolfman
Find an old pair of pants that are way too short. Cut some holes and rips in the fabric. Do the same with an old shirt.
Get some brown fur and cut it up and glue it on the head, neck, hands and legs.
Paint the face with brown face paint
Get a pair of red wax teeth to use as fangs.
Glue on long, fake fingernails and paint them brown.
Scarecrow
Wear a flannel shirt and baggy pants (stuff the front of the shirt, the arms, and the bottom of the pants with straw.
Add a straw hat with straw hanging from the sides.
Halloween Costume Tips
Check the local thrift shops that sell used clothes, you'd be surprized at the neat stuff you can find there. Old fashioned clothes make great Halloween costumes
Not too handy with the needle and thread? Use Elmer's glue and staples instead.
Most important, use your imagination, have fun creating, and have a great Halloween.
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