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Halloween Costume Ideas

A Headless Man
(Best to prepare this outfit the night before so all the goo can dry in!)
Use a large old white shirt and splash with some red paint & ketchup. Take a large square of cotton wool (enough to cover top of child’s head) and cover generously with red paint and fake blood. Place stained cotton wool on child’s head (if cotton wool not dry make sure to put on swimming or shower hat first). Button the collar of the shirt around child’s forehead with cotton wool tucked in. Button rest of shirt leaving button open near eye holes. Put cheap gruesome Halloween mask on front of balloon and carry under child’s arm.

A Ghost:
Use an old white sheet, cut out the eyes and a slit for the mouth. Be sure its is short enough not to trip your child up. Take scrap piece of sheet, and sew up a simple treat bag.

A Party Ghost
A ghost going out in public might like to get dressed up a little! Use the same old white sheet, cut out holes for the eyes and a small slit for the mouth. Then dress it up a little. Put eye shadow and lashes around the eyes. Lipstick for the mouth. Put a little color on the cheeks. How about earrings and a necklace ? You could color in a beard or mustache

Scarecrow:
Use an over sized flannel shirt, faded jeans - sew on patches, rope for belt and to tie at the cuffs of jeans and sleeves. Stuff the shirt and jeans with plastic grocery, or paper, a little bit of straw to hang out of jeans and shirt. Add a little bit of make-up.




Mummy
Wrap child in white bandages (rolls of gauze or even toiletpaper) – make sure to leave arms & legs free to move. Use splotches of green paint for "mold". Use white make-up on face with "age lines" drawn on or a cheap mask. The stiff-legged gait works perfectly

Spider
Black, For the legs grab some cheap black tights. Stuff with any thing dark and light weight. Either sew, or staple to keep stuffing from falling out. Pin to clothing, add a little make-up

Cereal (Serial) Killer
Attach little cereal boxes to a shirt, cut a slit in the boxes, glue in plastic knives into the holes, drip red paint running down from the knife hole in the box

A Bunch of Grapes
Dress child in purple, green or brown clothes (leotard & tights works well)
Use 12 purple or 12 green balloons and a green felt hat. Balloons are pinned (by the tied off end to the fabric in a triangle shape, 3 on top, 2 in middle and 1 at bottom (on front and back).

Bag of Jelly Beans
Use lots of different colored balloons and a large clear plastic bag (I got mine from the grocery store - the BIG bags that they put all the recycled cans in) , colorful ribbon, two safety pins and two pieces of white cardboard. Blow up all the balloons. Cut two leg holes in the bottom of the bag and two arm holes near the middle. Have your child stand in the bag and fill with blown up balloons. Write on each piece of cardboard "JELLY BEANS 2 CENTS EACH". Safety pins signs to front and back of bag. LOOSELY tie around shoulders with a colorful ribbon. Cut off excess bag around face

Ragdoll
Use an old all-in-one dressing gown/sleep suit (the ones with arms & legs & zip up fronts) and cut out the feet. Sew patches in various places over the sleeper suit. Sew wide cuffs at wrist and ankles. For the head use an old stocking cap and sewed strips of fabric from old clothes to the stocking cap. Then gave them red cheeks and freckles.


Dice
Great costume for 2 kids. Take 2 cardboard boxes, paint them white. Cut out several black circles and glue them in the appropriate places to make a pair of dice. Either use large box with cut out hole for head and arms or hand box from shoulders using belts from dressing gown.

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