Friday, September 28, 2012

Halloween Costume ideas for kids


Frankenstein & The Bride of FrankenStein
Thrift store - 2 white twin sheets, a small dude jacket, purple shirt & black pants
Halloween Shop - white, green & black makeup and 2 cans of black hair spray
Random:
Embroidery floss - to make the "stitchery" along their collars
Wire - to create the "bolts" around frank's neck




The Joker
Thrift Store - small dude light colored jacket and pants - dyed them purple, ladies yellow collar shirt
orange fabric, to make bow and a vest
Halloween Shop - white, red and purple make-up, green hairspray & trick lapel flower


Vampire Princess
Thrift Store - any little black dress, tiara
Halloween Shop - blood, cape & fake eyelashes



Jack & Sallie
This one took a bit more work, time and money but oh so good!
Thrift Store - little dude black suit & white shirt, light blue turtle neck, black gloves
Fabric Store - fabric to match the sallie dress colors, black fabric for bat tie
Craft Store - white puffy paint to "pin stripe" jacks suit & make "boney hands" on his black gloves, black puffy paint to put the fabric designs on sallie's dress
Halloween Store - sallie wig, blue, white & black makeup
Random:
Sharpie black - to make stitches on sallies turtle neck & tights
Wire Coat hanger to form tie, glue gun black fabric onto
Light blue tights
-- cut the front of jacks jacket and attach to back to make "tails"




 Yoda & The Spider Princess
Thrift Store - Yoda - White hooded sweatshirt (cut down the middle in front to make a jacket) white large sweat shirt, white medium sweat pants - dye brown
Fabric Store - yoda looking green velvety fabric to make feet, hands & ears
Halloween Store - green and brown make up, bald skull cap
Random:
Wire hanger to form feet & headband ears, cover with velvety fabric with glue gun
Sew simple 2 fingered gloves










Queen of Hearts & 
The Mad Hadder
Crazy fun putting this one together....
Thrift store - black long sleeve dress with puffy shoulders, giant collar white button down shirt, (to cut and glue/stitch together top part of Queen's dress) long plaid jacket, boys pants, eighties metal belt

Fabric Store- red shiny fabric, black shiny fabric, patterned shiny fabric (to assemble lower part of the Queen's dress) patterned fabric for mad hadder tie

Halloween Store- white, blue & red make up, 2 cans red hair spray, mad hadder hat & wig, plastic tiara paint gold

Craft Store- gold spray paint, popsicle sticks

Random: drumstick and wire for Queen's staff
ikea magnet container full of metal parts as mad hadder's clock 



Day of the Dead 
Thrift Store - black dress, little dude black jacket & pants, women's white pretty collar shirt, little black dress, black gloves
Halloween Store - black & white make-up, top hat, long black gloves, white hairspray
Fabric Store - purple & white organza for veil
Random: black roses, black headband, stripe scarf, dead flowers