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Home › Articles › Holiday: Halloween › Homemade Costumes

Homemade Costumes

An Inexpensive Tradition

By Jessica Williams

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The rest of the costume can be a leotard or sweat suit with matching stretchy gloves. And don't forget antennae! A head band with pipe cleaner (chenille stems) that is bent in wacky ways works great!

A Turtle: You can create a turtle costume using the same basic idea: Take a large piece of green fabric (a green sheet is perfect) and paint or draw round-edged squares in a brick pattern all over one side of the fabric. Use a dark color like black, brown or deep green. Wait until the paint dries, then flip the sheet over. Then, take stuffing or another sheet and place it in the center of the sheet. Gather the corners of the sheet and either sew them together or tie them together, leaving two long corners free. These long corners are what tie around your child's body, holding the turtle shell in place. Dress your child in green sweats and give him a matching green hat and gloves.

It doesn't take a master craftsman to create a homemade costume. And who knows – maybe making your child's costume will become a tradition!

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