Happy with All Halloween Costumes
Halloween costumes are fun to create. Many items to use with your Halloween costume can be found in your own home or at your area thrift store. Creating costumes can be inexpensive and lots of fun to make and to wear. You'll find some of these will even work as last itsybitsy Halloween costume ideas.
Here are 25 costume ideas to help inspire you to make your own costume this year. It can be pretty easy to put a costume together and after you rule on one, browse the online Halloween retailer's websites for your costume. You may get a few more ideas. Use your imagination and creativity when manufacture a costume, as this makes the costume unique and truly yours.
Dracula: For this scary costume you will need a pair of black pants, a long sleeve white shirt, a black jacket and a white vest. Wear a black cape with a collar and a gold necklace. Slick your hair back with hair gel. Wear pale face make-up, dark eyes and bloody lips with blood also dripping from the mouth and of course, vampire teeth.
A Witch: You will need a long black dress with long sleeves, a witch's hat, black shoes and a broom. Wear green and gray face make-up and dark gray lipstick. A fake wart on your nose would help too. Blacken out some of your teeth for a indeed ugly effect.
Tom Sawyer: Wear overalls that look worn, a dull plaid shirt and be sure to go bare footed. Place a straw hat on your head and chew on a piece of straw that is somewhat long. You can also add freckles to your checks and make your feet look dirty.
A Genie: You will need a pair of loose-fitting pants that fit tight colse to the ankles and a halter top or vest to match. Use a brightly colored scarf as a belt tied colse to the waist. Wear wide bracelets on your arms and large loop earrings. Go barefoot. Make a turban out of fabric and add a large plastic jewel on the front of the turban with fabric glue. If you can't find the pants this outfit calls for, then use a pair of loose-fitting pants and, tie the pants down to your ankles with colorful ribbon and make the pants look puffy.
Instead of a turban, you could pull your hair up into a pony tail on top of your head. Add some bling in your hair. Drape a thin scarf across the bottom part of your face.
Peter Pan: Using dark green fabric, make a tunic that hits above the knee and has a jagged hem and jagged sleeves. Wear opaque black or green tights, a black belt and black shoes. Make a hat using the green fabric and add a feather to the hat. Place a dagger under your belt and you're Peter Pan.
Igor: For this costume you will need a very large lab coat or white long sleeve shirt. Place stuffing into a pillowcase and sew it into the inside of the shirt for the hump. (You could also just use Velcro to keep it in place). Wear a pair of raggedy pants with holes in the knee areas. For a belt, use a rope and tie it in the front. An old and dull finding t-shirt that is ripped at the collar, sleeve and hem looks great. Carry a jar of brown colored water (use food dye) with a chunk of cauliflower in it for the brain. Shave your head and walk hunched over... Shaving your head is optional.
Jack and the Beanstalk: For this costume, wear all green and wrap wired silk ivy all over yourself from head to toe. Using a straw hat, glue cotton balls on the hat for a cloud effect. A sprig of ivy should come out of the top of the hat. Make a tunic for a Ken doll and Ken becomes Jack, and you are the beanstalk. Carry a bag of beans to hand out.
Octomom: This is a indeed fun one. Wear long dark hair and big very red lips. Attach eight baby dolls all over yourself and you are ready to go.
Indiana Jones: For this costume you will need a brown hat with a brim. Use a rope for the whip and attach a cope - or use a jump rope, pull off one of the handles and spray paint the rope and handle. Wear brown paints, a tan shirt and brown boots. Wear a leather jacket. Use a rough sponge and brown makeup to create beard stubble. Add a few lines of dirt colse to your cheekbones, temples and under the jaw line.
A Sorcerer: For a sorcerer, use a long black or dark colored robe with long drooping sleeves and a robe belt (use a drapery tieback for the belt). Hang mystical items from the belt such as a pouch, herbs, crystals, and carry a staff.
Mrs. Claus: For this cute outfit glue cotton balls on a shower cap for the hair. Wear a white button down shirt, long white skirt, a red apron, red and white striped stockings and wire rim glasses on the tip of your nose. Add rosy red cheeks and you're ready.
A Hunter: This one is indeed easy. Wear camouflage clothing, a hunter's vest with lots of pockets, a camouflage hat, gloves and rubber boots. Carry binoculars, a canteen and a fake rifle.
A Devil: Wear red tights and a red turtleneck shirt. Make pointed ears out of red felt. Make the horns out of red felt with wire inserted or foam painted red and attach them to a headband. Make the tail out of felt with an arrow shape at the end and insert wire into the felt. Cover all the exposed skin with red body paint. Take a black brow pencil and draw your eyebrows at a sharp outward angle. Color your lips red or black.
Cat Burglar: This guy wears all black. Wear black leggings, a black turtleneck, black stocking cap, black socks and shoes, black eye mask and black gloves. Hang some tools from a belt and wear colse to your waist. Carry a sack over your shoulder.
Tinkerbell: Cut the hem of a short green dress into a jagged pattern. Put your hair in a bun and wear very itsybitsy makeup (mainly, a itsybitsy blush, lip gloss and mascara). Wear green flats with pompoms on top. Wear itsybitsy fairy wings and carry a wand and a big smile.
The Easter Bunny:To be the Easter Bunny wear white sweatpants and a white hooded sweatshirt. Using wire and white and pink felt, make the bunny ears and attach them to the hood of the sweatshirt. Cut an oval shape out of the pink felt for the bunny's chest and attach it to the front of the sweatshirt. create a bunny nose and whiskers using makeup and wear white gloves. Carry a basket filled with colorful plastic eggs.
A Soldier: Wear forces clothing such as: fatigues, hat or helmet, black boots, dog tags, utility belt with canteen and a fake grenade. Camouflage your face and carry a fake gun.
Teen Wolf: Wear a basketball costume and headband. Buy some fake fur from a craft store and using spirit gum attach it to any exposed skin. Wear rubber fingernails and high top tennis shoes.
A Rapper: For this hip guy you will wear baggy jeans that sag down your hips, a t-shirt and hoodie, a baseball cap tilted on your head, gold chain, big watch, a grill on your teeth (silver gum wrapper will work for the grill) and cool tennis.
Black Eyed P: This costume is super quick and easy. Wear a white t-shirt and with a black marker draw the letter P on it (be sure it is a large P). Using black face make-up, give yourself one black eye. Now you are a black eyed P.
Circus Clown: Wear coveralls over a brightly colored long sleeve shirt, converse tennis shoes (the older the better) and a clown wig or color your own hair with colored spray. Paint your face white and create a clown look that you like. Carry a noise maker and spray silly string.
School Crossing Guard: This one is quick and easy. You will need to wear dark colored clothes (slacks and button down shirt), a whistle colse to the neck and carry a stop sign.
Rock 'n Roll Star: All you need to be a rock star is a pair of leather pants, leather jacket or vest, spiked dog collar, fake tattoos, long haired wig or spiked hair, and sunglasses. Be sure and carry a toy guitar.
A Used Car Salesman: Slick your hair back using lots of hair cream. Wear a plaid polyester suit, a button down shirt and any neck chains. Hand out enterprise cards you made yourself and tell people you can get them a great deal.
Marge Simpson: Wear a Marge Simpson wig or make a wig out of blue yarn. Wear a green tube type dress with elastic colse to the top, orange flat shoes and a bead necklace. Use make up to color your skin yellow.
Halloween Costume Ideas - 25 Homemade Costumes to Make
Moms are busy and mine was no exception. When I was growing up, my mom always waited until the last little to get us outfits to wear for Halloween. Probably out of necessity, but that is when I discovered how much fun homemade Halloween costumes could be to make.
Leaving our costumes up to Mom regularly meant picking out some cheap plastic costume from the local drugstore and going with that. Though this was okay, it was not ideal. One year, my younger brother then in second grade, had to dress up for a school Halloween party.
My mom had authentically no time to help him with an outfit, as she had a newborn. So, I took over making our Halloween costumes from scratch and, I might add, with impressive results! Honestly, I think that is what launched my desire to invent costumes for movies.
These days having a boy dress up as a girl is probably a pretty tasteless idea for home made Halloween costumes. Still, it was not quite as tasteless when we were kids - especially in our small Texas town. Actually, it is kind of funny when I look back.
I took some of my old clothes and other things I could find in my room to make my sweet little brother into a very convincing finding girl. About the only thing I had a question with was his hair since I did not have a girl's wig for him to wear. I did have abundance of all else for his get-up. One look at him and every person cracked up with laughter.
If you want to make your own Halloween costumes, you can regularly find things colse to your home to start. You can fill in what you do not have straight through a range of uncostly sources. Check out these provocative creative costumes. Remember, you are beginning from scratch, so get started with that homemade Halloween costume now!
Homemade Halloween Costumes: Start From Scratch and Make Outrageously Funny Homemade Costumes
Designing your own Halloween costume can be easier than you might think. All it takes is a wee time and some imagination. Start by deciding exactly what you would like to be for Halloween. Once you have made this decision your next step would be to gain the considerable materials to construct the excellent costume. Be sure and allow yourself enough time to work on the costume, that way if you end up missing an leading item you still have time to go out and pick it up. Waiting for the last wee is not a good idea.
Angel - For an angel costume you would need some white material for the body of the outfit. You can buy some thin, easy to work with wire from most any craft group store. Use this to construct the halo that fits perfectly nearby your head. Also, pipe cleaners can be used for this. Dress it up by using lace or some type of silky material to sew nearby as a covering. Some white or gold color material would look excellent for the angel's wings. Sew some wire through the edges of the wings to help them stand out.
Witch - Have you all the time wanted to be a witch for Halloween? If so, you naturally start by purchasing the black material. Just sew a uncomplicated pull over dress then use a belt to pull it tight nearby your waist. You can whether buy a black belt or sew one from left over material. Cut the bottom in a zigzag to add a touch of flare, add some black boots, an old broom for a prop and of course, the pointed black hat. If you want to make the hat yourself you can do so by using cardboard to form the wide brim pointy construct and glue the black cloth to the outer covering of the cardboard.
Animal - maybe a cute wee animal such as a cat, dog or even an adorable wee bunny is more what you are finding for. Pipe cleaners sewed to a strap for withhold make spectacular, whiskers, or just use a makeup pencil to color them on. Ears can be made by sewing together material with just enough stuffing to give them shape and body. Sewing wire along the edges of the ears will allow them to be shaped into dissimilar positions. To make a tail for a cat or dog you naturally need to cut out and sew together a piece of material the literal, length. Next, add the stuffing to give it the depth it needs then sew it onto the rest of the costume. A big ball of cotton glued onto a bunny outfit makes a excellent Peter Cotton Tail.
How To found Your Own Halloween Costume
