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Quick & Easy Kids Halloween Costume Ideas for Kids

  • April 20, 2010 7:21 pm
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You can find a large variety of Halloween costumes available at stores in your neighborhood. However, when you consider the cost and lack of originality, homemade costumes are a more fun and oftentimes more cost-effective option. Plus, if you involve your children in creating the homemade costumes, the results will be worth more than any store-bought costume in any store.

Here are some inexpensive, quick and easy homemade Halloween costume ideas that will cost little money and show lots of imagination.

Ghost: Ghosts are an old stand-by that never goes out of style. Use an old white sheet with holes cut for the eyes and sew a simple treat bag out of a scrap of material or a worn out pillow case. You can dress your ghost up a bit by making lips out of red lipstick and a few false eyelashes. Or you could color a beard and moustache with markers. You may want to create a colorful ghost by using a sheet covered with polka dots or one that is brightly colored.

Clown: You can create a great clown with sweat clothes that are a bit to large decorated with fabric paint or markers. Sew on some pom poms, use an inexpensive wig with a large, colorful hat, and you could even stuff the clothing with tissue (although the tissue will be a problem if the need for a restroom break arises).

Scarecrow: An over-sized flannel shirt, some straw, and faded jeans with patches will make a great scarecrow. Stuff the jeans and shirt with plastic grocery bags and leave a little straw hanging out of the shirt and jeans. A little makeup will complete your scarecrow costume.

Hippy: You can become a hippy from the 1960s with a tie-dye shirt and faded jeans with holes in the knees. Combine this with a headband, a ponytail wig, and a jacket or vest covered in fringe and you will have the most authentic looking hippy costume of all time.

Nerd: Halloween is the time to dress like something completely out of character. You can dress your child as a typical nerd, complete with white shirt, pocket protectors, pants that are too short, horn-rimmed glasses, while socks and black dress shoes. Don’t forget to tape one corner of the glasses for a true nerd appearance. Make sure you use plenty of hair gel to slick back the hair and a few overly large fake teeth will be a great addition.

Soda Can: Find an inexpensive plastic barrel and cut a hole in the bottom. Paint the entire barrel the colors and design of your favorite brand of soda in a can. With holes for arms and your head, a simple barrel can transform your child into a soda can.

Your child can be the hit of your block or at the neighborhood Halloween party if you use a little imagination and create special costumes out of inexpensive, household items. It’s quick. It’s easy. And, it’s fun.

Like the commercials say “The memory of your child in a costume you made together” … priceless.

Quick & Easy Kids Halloween Costume Ideas for Kids

Sweet and Sexy Last Minute Halloween Costumes For Ladies

  • April 10, 2010 3:21 pm

If the last week in October has crept up and you don’t have a fabulous Halloween costume hanging in the closet to wear on your date, it’s time to put it in gear and get moving. Before you take another step, repeat after me, “I will never wait till the last minute to come up with an idea for a Halloween costume.”

We can’t roll back the clock to the first of September but we refuse to settle for anything less than fabulous. At this stage of the game, you might think that the main objective is a decent outfit that is not laughable and didn’t come off of the shelf at the local discount store. Don’t give up, here are some ideas for costumes that are sexy and that won’t look cheesy like cheap store bought outfits. You might have to do some shopping for some of the elements of your costume, but I would go as the New Year’s Baby before I’d buy a costume off the rack.

Here are some creative ideas for last minute Halloween costumes for ladies that are quick and easy to put together. You can take some of our ideas and add lots of sex appeal, but how many sexy details you want to add is entirely up to you.

Do you have a friend that’s a nurse that might let you borrow one of her uniforms? Not a set of scrubs, (although they would do in an extreme pinch) what we are looking for is a traditional white nurse’s uniform with a stiff starched nurse’s cap. Stethoscopes, thermometers and tongue depressors tucked into the pockets would add to the look. If you have permission to hem the uniform and convert it into a mini-skirt, thigh high stockings and heels as high as you can stand them are a nice touch.

A quick and easy Halloween costume made up of a pair of old cowboy boots, a hat, a flannel shirt and jeans will get you in the door of any party. If you can come up with a pair of spurs, chaps and a bullwhip, more the better. Crack that whip and get ready to ride, cowgirl!

DO YOU WANT TO BUY SOME COOKIES?

Pull your Girl Scout sash with all your hard earned badges out of the drawer along with your beanie hat. Go buy a brown or green uniform style dress, sensible shoes and grab a box of cookies on your way out the door.

PIROUETTE YOUR WAY INTO THE PARTY

Dash out and buy a leotard, some tights, and ballet slippers and make a tutu out of some sheer net and a length of elastic. Pull your hair into a tight knot circled with some flowers. Nobody will know that it was a last minute Halloween costume thrown together for a few bucks.

QUICK and EASY CRUELLA DeVILLE

The little black dress never looked so evil as on wicked Cruella DeVille and we want a piece of that action! Pick up a black and white wig and granny’s vintage fur stole (if you can find a ratty white one, paint some Dalmatian like spots on it) that comes just to the top of dramatic opera length gloves. Twitch on a pair of black hose and high heels and put a cigarette in a long cigarette holder and you’re on your way!

There are many ways to take everyday clothing, uniforms and props and turn them into fabulous last minute costumes. Dig in the closet, the armoire and the trunk in the attic and don’t settle for anything less than fantastic.

Sweet and Sexy Last Minute Halloween Costumes For Ladies