| What happened to the " good ol' days" when a | | | | felt leaves attached. |
| Halloween costume was your Dad's old shirt and cap, | | | | Bag of Trash - Make two leg holes is a large sized |
| and a burnt cork beard? Kids costumes don't have to | | | | trash bag. Have child step into the bag, then add balls |
| complicated to be cute! | | | | of crumpled newspaper to hold a round shape. Make |
| Each of these quick and easy costumes starts with a | | | | two armholes in each side and secure around the |
| few simple materials like hooded sweatshirts, sweat | | | | neck . |
| pants, posterboard, craft foam, felt, face paint, and a | | | | Little Old Lady - An old house dress with torn |
| little imagination. | | | | stockings and slippers. Curlers in the hair or white wig. |
| Pirate - Black sweats, white shirt, red sash and | | | | Glasses, blacked out tooth, old fashioned pocketbook. |
| bandanna, cardboard sword covered in foil, parrot | | | | Tourist - Hawaiian shirt or other loud clothes, camera, |
| beanie baby, stubbly face made with burnt cork or | | | | hat with pins all over it, maps sticking out of pockets, |
| tobacco sprinkled on vaseline covered cheeks | | | | sunglasses. |
| Kid Hit by Lightning - Gray sweats with large yellow | | | | Crayon - Sweat suit in the chosen color of your |
| felt zigzag pinned to the back, blackened zigzag tears | | | | crayon. Design the crayon wrapper from poster board, |
| in here and there on suit, hair gelled to stand straight up, | | | | felt pieces or craft foam and baste or pin onto the |
| burns on cheeks | | | | sweat suit. Add a like-colored plant pot for a hat, or |
| Wrapped Present - Cover a large box with colorful | | | | use a large round of poster board, cut from edge to |
| wrapping paper. Make a hole in the bottom and invert | | | | center and make into a pointy hat. |
| over child's head. Add lots of matching ribbons in child's | | | | Secure under child's chin with a wide strip of elastic |
| hair. | | | | stapled to the hat. |
| Pair of Dice - Paint two large boxes white and add | | | | Static Cling - Start with sweat suit of your choice, pin |
| black dots on each side to represent a pair of dice. | | | | on small clothing items such as socks, hats, mittens, |
| Cut hole in bottom and invert over children's heads. | | | | and underwear along with a few dryer sheets. |
| You need a friend for this one! | | | | Cow, Pig, Kitty, Doggy - Hooded sweat suit in the |
| Box of Popcorn - Cover a large box with white | | | | appropriate color ( white cow, pink pig, brown dog). |
| butcher paper. Add wide red stripes with markers or | | | | Embellish with felt scraps to make spots, ears, tail, etc. |
| colored paper. Make a hole for child's head. Hot glue | | | | Backwards Costume - Put clothes and hat on |
| some popcorn to the top of the box. Wear red or | | | | backwards, sunglasses on back of head, say "Treat |
| white tights or sweat pants. | | | | or Trick!" |
| Placard Costumes - Another quick and easy idea for | | | | Mummy - Tear a white sheet into strips. Paint face |
| kid costumes is a "placard costume" in which the child | | | | white and spray hair with white paint. Smear black |
| wears a hooded sweatshirt and pulls front and back | | | | under the eyes. Wrap child dressed in white long |
| cardboard panels (theplacard) on over it. Shape the | | | | underwear with sheet strips, securing with clear |
| placard (poster board works fine) as needed for the | | | | medical tape, leaving eyes and mouth open. |
| costume desired, and design it with markers or felt | | | | Angel - White sweat suit with wings of tulle stretched |
| pieces. This type of costume can be adapted to many | | | | over shaped coat hangers. Glittery headband made |
| different themes, such as: | | | | from wire circle covered with foil and colorful curling |
| Ladybug | | | | ribbon. Wand made from thin dowel with cardboard |
| M & M (two kids of different heights can be | | | | star attached to one end, painted silver or gold with |
| "plain"and "peanut"!) | | | | glitter and curling ribbon added. |
| Soccerball, Basketball, or Baseball | | | | Clown - Sweat suit with colorful felt or fabric paint |
| Apple or Pumpkin | | | | polka dots.. Clown collar made from felt triangles |
| Deck of Cards | | | | attached together in a circle to go around child's neck. |
| Favorite Book | | | | Colorful clown wig, nose, and oversized glasses. |
| Sunflower - Yellow sweat suit. Staple craft foam | | | | Facepaint simple blue crosses over eyes, red cheeks, |
| flower petals end to end onto a wide ribbon and tie | | | | and large red mouth. |
| around child's face to make the flower. Paint the face | | | | Cook - White sweat suit, chef's hat, large wooden |
| reddish brown with black spots. Make a couple of | | | | spoon, cookbook under the arm, curly mustache |
| bright green leaves from craft foam and pin side by | | | | drawn in face paint. |
| side onto front of sweat suit. | | | | Nerd - Too small pants, shirt buttoned up wrong, |
| Bunch of Grapes - Start with a purple sweat suit. Blow | | | | pocket protector, hair slicked back, old pair of glasses |
| up several purple balloons to the same size and attach | | | | with tape, white socks, large textbook to carry under |
| to the sweat suit with small safety pins. Complete the | | | | the arm. |
| look with a green knit cap with a couple of large green | | | | |