![]() I put a kerchief in her hair and gave her the broom. Accio, costume!įor Cosette (or pre-ball Cinderella if that’s more your kid’s thing), I cut up a skirt to make it look ragged and layered it over a dress. He had a stick for a wand and some eyeliner on his forehead for the scar. The cape was a piece of black fabric I cut to size and safety-pinned together at the neck. ![]() I know ordering a Spiderman costume sounds a lot easier than making one, but it really isn’t! If you have just a little bit of free time the week of Halloween, you can make one for a whole lot cheaper (maybe even for free!) than you can buy it, and it will be so special to spend that time creating with your little Trick-or-Treater.Ĭheck out what we’ve done to make memorable (cheap!) and easy Halloweens!įor this Harry Potter baby, I printed a color photo of the Gryffindor House crest and hot-glued it onto his little cape. In fact, I’m pretty sure I never even turned on the sewing machine! In the past five years, we’ve done Harry Potter, Bob the Builder (inside a dump truck), a penguin, a firefighter, Cosette from Les Mis, a mountain rescue paramedic, and Daniel Tiger-and I swear not once did I papier mache. ![]() (No, wait! Don’t click off! I didn’t mean to scare you! I promise I’m not going to get all Pinterest-y on you!) At the beginning of October, I ask both my kids what they want to be for Halloween, and then we all have a month to work on the costumes. One of the most fun traditions I started with my kids back when my son was a baby is making their Halloween costumes. Aside from the scary, macabre aspect of Halloween, what’s not to love? Little kids all dressed up as their alter-egos and prancing through the neighborhood is just the best.
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