Simple DIY Halloween Costumes for Kids

Save some money this Halloween and make your child's costume instead of overpaying for something that may only get worn once. (unless your child is into playing dress-up like my daughters are.)

These quick and simple Halloween costumes make the perfect outfits for your little trick-or-treaters this year! They're all absolutely adorable and can be created while using a small amount of time and money! From Elsa to Pinocchio.

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DIY Stick Man Costume

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DIY Girl Scarecrow Costume

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Pinocchio Costume

The clothes needed this adorable Pinocchio costume should be easily found in thrift stores and possibly even in your sons closest. What you need is a pair of RED shorts, a YELLOW shirt, a RED bow tie or RED fabric to create one. You can either use actual RED suspenders or use strips of red fabric, attach them with buttons, Velcro or by sewing, to the back and front of shorts. If you use fabric, make sure you cut the straps long enough to be comfortable but short enough to not fall down throughout the night.


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Little Dino

Here’s a simple Halloween costume for a child that you can make in just a few minutes for less than $2. Simply take an infants one piece, a matching cap, and some coordinating sponges. Cut the sponges into triangles and attach to the outfit using fabric or craft glue. Experiment with alternating colored sponges for a different look.

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Sock Monkey

This is an easy project for someone with minimal sewing skills. And it's super cute and cozy for chilly trick or treating!

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Circus Acrobat Costume

This flashy circus girl costume is made easily from a pair of satin pajama pants, a leotard with filmy sleeves, and sparkly embellishments.

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Lucky Duck Costume

 This happy-go-ducky Halloween outfit is so simple your kids can help make it. Hot-glue or hand-stitch yellow feather boa pieces onto the sleeves

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Garden Nymph Costume

Get a woodsy look by gluing silk flowers to a green leotard paired with brown or tan tights. For the skirt, cut a waistband from thick ribbon, then hot-glue lengths of ribbon to the band; back the ribbon skirt with a layer of green tulle. Cut wing shapes from sheer fabric, then wrap and glue the edges around green chenille stems. Attach the wings to the leotard with hook-and-loop fasteners. Use more ribbons and flowers to dress up a plain headband, dowel-rod wand, gift bag, and green tennis shoes.

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Elsa Costume 1.  w/  Yarn Hair

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Dress-Up is not all glitter & glam... Boys can dress-up too!

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Dress-Up:
NOT Just for Girls...
Boys Play Dress-Up too!
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When your hear a parent talking about their kids playing dress-up, most people automatically think they are talking about their daughters. Dress-up has always been known for being more of a girls activity but that's not always so. When my step-son is over at the house and his sisters are playing dress-up, he wants to play too. Of course he don't want any faerie wings or dresses to wear but a couple years ago he started asking me if I would find him some boy dress-up clothes so he could play with his sisters, So I agreed. I started at the best place I could think of to find dress-up clothes... Thrift Stores! They are always full of all kinds of different types of clothes for cheap. When looking for dress-up clothes for boys or girls, it's always easier to start with Halloween Costumes. Most of the work is done for you, personal touches is all that's needed.  Once the trick-or-treating is over, instead of boxing up the costumes, toss them in the dress up corner to be worn many more then just the 1 night! A lot of old Halloween costumes wind up at thrift shops once they're no longer needed. It's easy picking as long as you find the right sizes, a size or two bigger then normal is not a loss! This is the time to let all of your creative entertain out to play, use anything and everything that'll make your vision a reality! There's no wrong answer and mistakes are easy to fix. Just be sure to have fun and remember that anything goes!

Costume Ideas:

• To make a Cowboy Costume you could use a wore out pair of jeans, a flannel shirt, a brown vest, cowboy boots and hat and maybe a belt. (You can find cow-boy belts with plastic guns at The Dollar Tree)
• For a Mad Scientist you can use a pair of white cloth pants, an over sized button up white shirt (maybe a chefs coat). Add some black framed glasses and a few glass or plastic vases as the potion beakers.
• The options are endless!!

You may not find what your looking for on the first shopping trip, check back another day. Each shop you visit will be different then the rest and it's your job to find the diamond in the ruff!
Don't forget the flea markets!
Anything is possible when you get creative!

• If you like the Halloween Costume idea for dress-up clothes, wait until early November to buy the costumes. That's when the stores start their Halloween Sales to get rid of all the extra Halloween costumes and decorations so they can start getting ready for Thanksgiving. You can get costumes for just a few dollars! I like to buy a few of them when they're on sale and put a couple up for Christmas presents. 

My step-son now has his very own dress-up collection without a single girlie touch! We found a cape, things for a fireman, an army man, and a ninja  - just to name s few. He's happy and that's dll the matters! My kids play for hours, running around in their new dress-up clothes.
Watching that boy enjoy every ounce of playing dress-up with his sisters is why I whole-heartily believe that everyone dreams of s different life and playing dress-up is the perfect way to help dreams come true!
 “Dress-up being for Girls Only" is nothing but huge myth.

Boys pretend too!

You can also find lots of retailers on & offline that sale a variety clothing designs to insure each creative idea with the prefect outfit for play!     Make-believe is for everyone....
Boys and Girls, no matter the age!

The local costume store is an obviously great choice to find perfect add-on items to complete the look!
Get creative and use that fabulous brain of yours!!
Anyone up for a dress-up session?