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Homemade Halloween Costumes
There is a plenty of different costumes you can buy for your child but it's much more interesting to make it by yourself. You will have so pleasant minutes with your child while making an original costume for him. Indeed there is no need to buy much; you can use just usual materials and things to make a wonderful and unique costume.
To make homemade and harmless make-up for your toddle use cornstarch and shortening. Food-coloring will help you to create different colors.
If you have no idea to begin with, here are some variants of homemade costumes. Try one of them – it's a good opportunity to expand your child creativity and imagination.
Ladybug – wear black clothing (sweatshirts and pants). To make ladybug wings take a red poster or sledding saucer and paint black circles on the back. Attach loops for the child's arms using rope or Velcro to attach wings to the back of the shirt.
Rock Star – a colorful wig (buy it or make out of paper or yarn), colorful clothing and make-up will make your child a rock star.
Bumble Bee – what you need is only a yellow raincoat. Add stripes of black electrical tape to it and black pipe cleaners to a headband for antenna.
Mummy: Use white clothing and wrap a few pieces of gauze or white cloth around the child's body.
Skunk – do you think it's difficult? Just paint a white stripe down the back of a black shirt.
Spider – to make legs of the spider use dark pantyhose. Fill hose with lightweight material and pin to dark clothing.
Clown – colored clothes, red chicks and balloons will make you child a clown. Use oversized bright colored clothing. Paint face to white, and make red circles on the child's cheeks. Carry balloons, juggling balls or similar clown items.
Pumpkin – traditional image of the Halloween. Use big orange sweatshirt and dark colored pants. Draw pumpkin face on the shirt and add a green cap to child's head.
A bunch of grapes: wear green or black shirt for this costume. To create a bunch of grapes attach purple balloons to the costume with tape.
Angel: white colored clothing and white pipe cleaners fashioned into a circle to a headband for halo will make you baby a real angel.
Bunny: Dress the baby in a sleeper and make ears of some matching fabric. Few whiskers on baby's cheeks – here is a pretty bunny.
Flower: Paint a green stripe down the center of sleeper. Make flower petals of material and pin them around the cap.
You see – this is very simple to make a homemade costume that will be a nice present for your baby. Look around and you will find a lot of ideas!
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