Best do-it-yourself Halloween costumes for kids 15 Articles

by Lisa Fillers

Don't sew? Don't worry! Do you get tired of your child going as a monster, fairy, witch or Dracula every year? That's about all is available at the department stores in bought costumes for them. Here's a simple kid's c...read more

by Gail Kavanagh

You don't have to buy or hire expensive ready made Halloween costumes for your kids, you can have lots more fun coming up with cheap costume ideas from things you have around the house. Try these for size: Pebbles Flin...read more

by Dame Leo

Quick, I need a no-sew costume. Help. How will I ever get his/her Halloween costume finished in time for the school party? "I wanna be a fairy princess," she states proudly. "I want to be something scary." replied...read more

by Pamela Rodriguez

Halloween, ah my absolute favourite time of the year. For me as an adult who's children are now adults, Halloween signals more of the change of seasons then anything. I live in the Arizona desert and Halloween means coole...read more

by B.A.Morgan Howard

Paper Mache masks are easy to make and are great for Halloween. With a little imagination you can make a Paper Mache mask for the cost of a few cups of flour and items you have around the house. It's a good idea to rea...read more

by Guinevere Shepherd

So you've taken your child out for trick or treating for Halloween, and discovered that there are ten other children wearing exactly the same costume. What's a parent to do? Here are some unique homemade Halloween costumes...read more

by Angela Anderson

Make a creative, but simple-to-make origami nursing cap for your nursing costume this Halloween. Materials Needed : 1. 8.5 X 11 inch sheet of white paper 2. Red Construction Paper 3. Hole puncher 4. Scissors 5....read more

by Taylor Hubbard

There's a good chance that your kid would love to become a ninja this Halloween. But hey, don't march off to buy the latest Toys'R'Us ninja costume,- you can probably make one yourself. You won't need anything more that a ...read more

by Martin Quiroga

If the girl can disguise the classic witch, a pumpkin (which to my taste is a very nice and simple costume making, ghost could also wrap and easy, or any of morticia black with a long black wig. . diablita of tulle skirt w...read more

by Jennifer Ruiz

This is a really fun one for me. Halloween is my favorite holiday because it is fun to dress up and even more fun to see what people come up with. Here are some ideas that my son and I are dying to try. To bad Halloween on...read more

by Scott Hammond

My wifes creative juices This article is about my wife and her determination. This particular year was a bad one for us financially seeing as how we were both out of work and my wife had just had our second daughte...read more

by Kristy Tora

With Halloween coming up soon, and Christmas following so quickly after - it pays to save a little money when choosing your children's Halloween costume. Below are some ideas on some brilliant home-made costumes for littl...read more

by Wendy Loft

While I was growing up and Halloween costuming was all "do-it-yourself," with my dad or mom's help, one of we three children would become a "HOBO," or in this age, I guess we would label a hobo as a "gypsy", or perhaps a "...read more

by Craftypants

While there are several really cute ideas posted here for homemade halloween costumes, some were ones that we have all heard of before. Here are a couple ideas for homemade costumes that are slightly less common: Sheep...read more

by The Funky Olive

When I was a kid, there was little around for store bought costumes, other than a handful of those plastic type ones with the costume graphics printed on the front, and tied in the back. They came with one of those suffoc...read more