Monday, April 18, 2011

Making Your Own Halloween Costumes

Halloween is almost here and more than likely your children are already trying to come up with great costumes. Of course, you can go to the store and buy one, but often the costumes available are not very original, not to mention all the money you spend on something that your children wear only once. One great idea is to make your own Halloween costumes for your kids this year. Will ensure their children have a unique costume that no one else is wearing and you'll save a lot of money too. Maybe you think you have to be a master seamstress to accomplish this - it's not true. There are actually many simple ideas that you can find that will not require sewing skills. To help, here are some great ideas that you can easily do at home, and some great money-saving tips you can use this Halloween as well.


Great costume ideas you can do at home


The classic costumes in the costume, a character in costume, you'll see that you can easily make most of them myself. Here are some great costume ideas and instructions on how to do them. Follow the instructions, add a little creativity, and you'll be sure to create some great costumes for this Halloween.


Cowboy or Cowgirl Costume


A simple and classic costume idea is a cowboy or cowgirl costume. All you need is a western shirt, jeans, boots and brightly colored scarf. If you find one, a good cowboy hat will complete the costume.


Mummy Costume


Making a mummy costume is very simple. You will need white clothing underneath, and then strips of white linen or gauze can be used to wrap around your child. You May need some safety pins to hold straps in place. Make sure you leave enough room for their mouth, nose and eyes.


Scarecrow Costume


scarecrow is certainly appropriate in this time of year. You'll need to flannel shirts and jeans. Patches on the jeans make it even better. Use some sticky tape on the inside of the pants and sleeping attach a straw and sticks out. Add a straw hat. You can take the eyebrow pencil and use it to draw a triangle around each eye and a little smile on a child's face.


Soldier Costume


is easy to dress your child as a soldier. You will need some camouflage uniforms, camouflage makeup, and maybe the local compass, a canteen, and other accessories to make the character believable. 8


Elvis costume


Maybe you'd like to dress up your little boy as Elvis. If he already has dark hair, you will not need a wig, you'll just need to tease the hair that looks like Elvis. Otherwise you May need black wig to pull off this costume. Then add some glitter to black pants and a black shirt, with brightly colored Ascot. Do not forget the microphone (you can make yourself ).


Quasimodo Costume


Quasimodo, character send Notre Dame is an excellent choice for a Halloween costume. You can use cardboard or foam to hunch back. Then find a coat that is a pair of large size for your child, along with some old ragged clothes. Wear a hunch back under the coat and tousle the hair Quasimodo look.


Dice Costume


If you have some big cardboard boxes around the cube costume is easy to make. Paint the whole box white. Put the holes on top for head and holes on each side for arms. Paint a large black spot on each side and have an easy costume that did not cost a thing. If you happen to have twins, dressing up like them both cubes is a great idea.


Television Costume


Another fun costume can make a big box with a television costume. Again, you need a hole in the head and hands. Drawing on the front of the screen, and then draw the controls on the front page. Milk jug lids can be used to handle on television, as well. Consider drawing on the screen or a static scene from a favorite show. You can use metal hangers or pipe cleaners to dish for television.


Old man or woman


It's pretty easy to get to the old man or old lady costume. For the old man, you just need to button a shirt, jacket, dark trousers and a hat. Add a cane and limp to add an effect. Use a little flour in your hair to give it a gray appearance.


For an old lady costume, you'll need to dress in traditional style. Wear knee highs with dress and carry a big purse. Again, you can add the flour for the hair to make hair look gray.


playing cards


How to make a costume player card, you will need some poster board, markers or paint, some rope or clothes line, and a staple gun. Take two pieces of poster board and decorate them as playing cards. Punch holes in top of both your card and tie with rope or clothesline. Then only can slip dress over her head and settled on his shoulders.


Harry Potter costume


Harry Potter is a popular choice for costumes, and you can make at home with just a few items. You will need a black robe, such as graduation gown. You can make your own wizard hat and magic you want. Make or find some fake glasses as well.


MoneySaving Great Tips


Sometimes even making your own Halloween costumes can cost you. After all, you have to come up with material to make costumes. To make inexpensive costumes, here are some great tips MoneySaving you can use.


Tip # 1 - Make items from cardboard - There are many accessories that you can easily do yourself, instead paying a lot for them in the store. For example, it is easy to make weapons and many other types of equipment with the board. Use aluminum foil to cover them, or paint the items and have a simple and inexpensive accessory for your costume.


Tip # 2 - Shop at Goodwill for used items - If you need special clothes or even accessories for the costume, check out the local Goodwill or other thrift shop. Often you can find what you need without spending much money.


Tip # 3 - make sure you have - Before you go shopping for items, make sure you have at home. Go through closets and find old clothes that can be used for costumes. You'll be surprised at how you can reuse old clothes and other items make great costumes.


Tip # 4 - Do not be too complicated - These costumes need not be works of art. There is no need for the edge to the costumes to make them look perfect. They will be worn for one night, so long as you want them to look good, do not waste your time making it too complicated.


Tip # 5 - Use offline Makeup - Instead of buying special costume makeup, why not go looking through all the old make-up are not often used anyway. You'll probably find about everything you need to get the kids painted for Halloween and you will not have to spend lots of money.


Halloween can be a lot of fun without costing much money. Get your kids involved and make it fun. Let them help you come up with ideas, and make costumes. Use these ideas and costumes of this money saving tips and you and your children will have a wonderful time.

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