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The old stand by a Ghost: Grab a old white sheet, cut out
the eyes. Be sure its is short enough not to trip you. Take scrap
piece of sheet, and sew up a simple treat bag.
OR
Why be the same old plain 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. Use something
besides just a white sheet to be a little more fancy.
Clown: Sweet clothes that are too large. Decorate by using
either fabric paint, or markers. For those who dare try tie-die.
Tack on some large pop-poms, add a cheap wig, hat, and make-up.
You may also stuff the extra space in clothing with tissue. However
this could be messy, if you need to make a "pit-stop".
Scarecrow: Over sized flannel shirt, faded blue jeans with
patches, rope for belt and to tie at the cuffs of his 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.
The American tourist: Guys loud Hawaii shirt, shorts (if
weather permits), Large straw hat. Gals bright loud dress, flats,
big sun hat, straw bag. Don't forget to have a camera, and maps
hanging out, and that look of being lost. Guys can use a tourist
bag, (like you get from travel agents, and gals can use the straw
bag for their treats.
1960s Hippy: This one is hard, after all its all back in
style! What is real, and what is costume? ;-) Tie die clothing,
long wig (in the old days we called a "fall", sandals,
headband, anything with fringe on it (vests, purse...) light colored
sun glasses.
Old man: Dark paints (cuffed), and jacket, most any dress
shirt, mans flannel hat, walking cane. Gray the hair, with any of
the commercial temporary colors, or dust with a little flour.
Old woman: Old style dress, just below knee, knee-hi stockings
rolled down a little, oxfords, large black purse.
Nerd: Your chance to be a real nerd. Slick back the hair,
grab some paints that are too short, white shirt, white socks, penny
loafers, or lace up oxfords, pocket protector, with lots of pens,
dark rim glasses (don't forget to tape the corner, or at least paper
clip it) briefcase, or backpack for treat bag.
Miss. America: Use a old bridesmaid dress of formal, add
a pair of gloves, a tiara, some oversized jewelry, and heals. For
the banner, a piece of wide ribbon, and write "Miss. America"
in glitter.
Static Cling: Wear anything a solid color is good all white
or all black. With safety pins pin anything to yourself i:e: socks,
underware, bounce sheets, etc. You can also spray your hair straight
up in the air.
1950’s “Sock-Hopper”: It’s quite simple,
just a round skirt, a white short-sleeved shirt, and some saddle
shoes. (If you don’t have saddle shoes, plain buckle shoes
are fine.) You could add some cat-eye glasses if you want. Tie their
hair in a ponytail, and wrap a scarf around it.
Mummy: Wrap yourself in white bandages (rolls of gauze)
Use splotches of green paint for "mold". Use white make-up
on face with "age lines" drawn on. The stiff-legged gait
works perfectly.
Quasimodo the Hunchback of Notre Dame: Build the "hunchback"
out of foam or cardboard. Find an old coat several sizes too large
to accomodate this. Old, ratty clothes are great! Wear a snaggly
wig and keep putting hand up to ear and muttering "eh?".
Pirate: Form a fake aooden leg by wrapping your bad one
in brown felt. Wear sailor pants or jeans with a striped top. Tie
a bandana around your head, wear an eye patch, carry an empty bottle
marked XXX (for the "rum") and mutter "aargh"
a lot. Ask for "Trick or treat, matey!"
Crash Test Dummy: After! There is a commercial costume for
this, but a good one can be made with sweats and tape to make the
markings on it like the crash test dummies. Use bandages and fake
blood to decorate. Fashion a seat belt out of webbing and an old
buckle and pin in place. (or go to a junk yard as ask for an old
seatbelt).
Train Engineer: A pair of blue jeans, a blue Jean jacket,
a red and black bandana. a blue and white engineer hat, a whistle,
and play lantern.
Mother Nature: Silk flowers and silk plant leaves in a variety
of shapes and colours an old skirt and vest, a face mask, and twigs
(collected from your nearby park or in your own backyard) to make
a nest. Get a foam bird that you can find at any craft store glue
gun and wire. Decorate the vest & skirt with the silk leaves
in a random pattern and glue into place. Decorate the skirt with
flowers growing out from the leaves already put in place.Use the
remaining leaves and small flowers to decorate the face mask. Gather
your twigs and secure with wire to make a nest. Place your bird
on the twigs and secure into place with the wire. You can add some
leaves and peat moss as a filler. The child can wear a dark coloured
turtleneck and leggings under the vest and skirt for the evening
walk to get treats.
Bunny: Pink, brown, or white, add a powder puff or large
pom-pom to the backside, and a set of ears make from constriction
paper and a plastic headband. Now just hop on out and enjoy.
Turtle: Green with a piece of poster board attached to the
back. Simple cut the poster board into a large oval, make random
marks like a turtle shell, and paint.
Puppy: Brown, tan or white, either paint, or pin paper spots
on. Make floppy ears and bobby pin to hair over your ears. The tale
can be most anything, depending on what type of doggie you wish
to be. Add a little make-up.
Kitten: Gold, brown, tan, white. Make ears from construction
paper, attach to head band or bobby pin in to hair. Sew a simple
round tale, and pin on.
Spider: Black, For the legs grab some cheap black hose,
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.
Lady Bug: Use a pair of black sweats and black sweat shirt
(and a pair of black shoes). Use a large piece of poster board or
cardboard and cut out a large oval. Paint it red with black dots.
Staple black elastic pieces (in a loop) onto the board to make arm
holes. For the antenna atatch craft pipe cleaners with black pom
poms on the ends to a headband.
Snowman: Last year my 3 year old was a snowman. It was the
easiest costume so far! I bought white sweats, christmas socks,
white keds tennis shoes, a cheap black hat, fake snow, mittens,
scarf and black pom poms for the coal!
I sprayed the hat to look like snow and added a cheap red bird
from the craft store. I bought a white mask and bought a cheap carrot
from the craft store and glued it onto the nose part of the mask.
I glued the pompoms on his sweatshirt and that was it. Cheap, simple
and he was adorable. Besides he was the only frosty we saw! He also
had to have white face makeup on!!
Cereal 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: Using green or pruple sweets, attach
balloons of the same color with safety pins. Ppaint face and hands
same color.
Black Bat: Using a black umbrella and tights, Rip the umbrella
in half. Discard the center and innards of the umbrella. If you
are fancy you can sew the edges of the umbrella to the back of the
body. If you don't have the time or patients to sew the umbrella
you can always safety pin it.
Butterfly: Put on black sweats and black shoes. Use a piece
of poster board and paint wanted color cut them out in an appropriate
wing shape. punch two holes toward the edges of the wings. put black
ribbon through them and tie around waist. attach pipe cleaners and
pompoms to a plastic head band.
Blooming Idiot! Get a green body suit and some green tights
and on your head wear a beanie hat. Glue fake flowers to the beanie
hat and maybe pin a few on your body suit. Also it's fun if you
paint some flowers on your face and arms. I found some cheap, fake
Ivy and wrapped it around my neck and arms and presto! Your a blooming
idiot!
Rubics Cube:
Using a large card board box and five different colors of contact
paper or construction paper (contact paper is easier to stick on)
enough to do 5 sides, black pants and long sleeve shirt. this was
done very inexpensively and we had a lot of fun with it.
Dice:
Grab a friend and take 2 cardboard boxes, paint them white. Cut
out several black circles (From construction paper) and glue them
in the appropriate places to make you and your friend a pair of
dice!
Lego Block:
Take a medium sized box (apple/orange boxes were a good size) cut
two round holes in the sides for the arms. Hot glue 6 cottage cheese
containers on the top of the box (the flat part) like a Lego piece.
Spray paint the whole thing whatever color lego you want to be.
(We chose our colors based on what color sweats and turtle necks
we had on hand) Take a smaller box that will fit on top of their
head snugly and hot glue one cottage cheese container and spray
paint it the same color. Just slip into the open part of the back
of the box and stick your arms through the holes.
Make Your Own Make-up: You will need:
2 tablespoons of soft shortening
4 tablespoons of cornstarch
Food coloring
Mix ingredients shortening and cornstarch. Separate the recipe
into different cups, add food coloring.
Wash your face and any area that you will be applying makeup to
and than dry thoroughly.
Apply a thin coat of cold cream to the entire face.
Using a cotton ball, gently pat cornstarch over cold cream. Keep
your eyes closed.
Apply make-up with fingers tips.
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