| You can find a large variety of Halloween costumes | | | | grocery bags and leave a little straw hanging out of |
| available at stores in your neighborhood. However, | | | | the shirt and jeans. A little makeup will complete your |
| when you consider the cost and lack of originality, | | | | scarecrow costume. |
| homemade costumes are a more fun and oftentimes | | | | Hippy: You can become a hippy from the 1960s with a |
| more cost-effective option. Plus, if you involve your | | | | tie-dye shirt and faded jeans with holes in the knees. |
| children in creating the homemade costumes, the | | | | Combine this with a headband, a ponytail wig, and a |
| results will be worth more than any store-bought | | | | jacket or vest covered in fringe and you will have the |
| costume in any store. | | | | most authentic looking hippy costume of all time. |
| Here are some inexpensive, quick and easy | | | | Nerd: Halloween is the time to dress like something |
| homemade Halloween costume ideas that will cost little | | | | completely out of character. You can dress your child |
| money and show lots of imagination. | | | | as a typical nerd, complete with white shirt, pocket |
| Ghost: Ghosts are an old stand-by that never goes | | | | protectors, pants that are too short, horn-rimmed |
| out of style. Use an old white sheet with holes cut for | | | | glasses, while socks and black dress shoes. Don't |
| the eyes and sew a simple treat bag out of a scrap | | | | forget to tape one corner of the glasses for a true |
| of material or a worn out pillow case. You can dress | | | | nerd appearance. Make sure you use plenty of hair gel |
| your ghost up a bit by making lips out of red lipstick | | | | to slick back the hair and a few overly large fake |
| and a few false eyelashes. Or you could color a beard | | | | teeth will be a great addition. |
| and moustache with markers. You may want to | | | | Soda Can: Find an inexpensive plastic barrel and cut a |
| create a colorful ghost by using a sheet covered with | | | | hole in the bottom. Paint the entire barrel the colors and |
| polka dots or one that is brightly colored. | | | | design of your favorite brand of soda in a can. With |
| Clown: You can create a great clown with sweat | | | | holes for arms and your head, a simple barrel can |
| clothes that are a bit to large decorated with fabric | | | | transform your child into a soda can. |
| paint or markers. Sew on some pom poms, use an | | | | Your child can be the hit of your block or at the |
| inexpensive wig with a large, colorful hat, and you could | | | | neighborhood Halloween party if you use a little |
| even stuff the clothing with tissue (although the tissue | | | | imagination and create special costumes out of |
| will be a problem if the need for a restroom break | | | | inexpensive, household items. It's quick. It's easy. And, |
| arises). | | | | it's fun. |
| Scarecrow: An over-sized flannel shirt, some straw, | | | | Like the commercials say "The memory of your child |
| and faded jeans with patches will make a great | | | | in a costume you made together" ... priceless. |
| scarecrow. Stuff the jeans and shirt with plastic | | | | |