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Clever and Easy Kids Halloween Costumes to MakeIf cash is short this year, you will be glad to know there are some clever and easy Halloween costumes you can make for your kids. Even better, these are very easy Halloween costumes to make even if you don't like sewing! Idea 1 -- An Easy Halloween Costume to Make for Girls: Girls generally love dressing up in lots of frills and ruffles and jewelry. So why not make a quick gypsy costume from items you have at home? She will need a long skirt and ideally a frilly top, but a t-shirt will do just fine. Drape a bright colored scarf or shawl around her shoulders and tie another scarf around her head. Now go to town on the accessories! Plenty of bangles and, if she has pierced ears, a big pair of hoop or dangly earrings will give her the gypsy look. Finally (and this is the bit most girls will love) you can make up her face with dark, smoky eyes and a little red lipstick. The long skirt means that she can wear sandals, shoes or boots to suit the weather. Gypsies love to make music and the perfect addition to this outfit is a Woodstock Percussion Musical Instrument Kid's Wood Tambourine Idea 2 -- A Clever Halloween Costume to Make for Boys: If you need easy Halloween costumes to make for boys who don't like dressing up, I've got a simple solution. Let them be cowboys! This way they can wear their favorite blue jeans and a denim or checked shirt. Again, the secret to this clever Halloween costume is all in the accessories. Once you have the basic look, add cowboy boots if you have them, and a suede, leather or imitation leather vest. The cowboy hat is essential! A leather belt with large buckle will give him some cowboy style. Finally, add a red bandana and maybe a Sheriff badge or toy gun. You can make your little cowboy feel like the real thing if you can find a piece of rope to make him a lasso -- a skipping rope is OK for this. Yee haw, he's ready to go! If you don't have these items around the house, the Cowboy Dress Up Set Idea 3 -- Easy Halloween Costumes to Make for all Kids: Girls and boys alike will love to be a spooky ghost at Halloween, and there couldn't really be an easier Halloween costume to make! Start with your white sheet and, while your kid is standing underneath it, very gently mark out the eye and mouth holes (don't skip the mouth, not only does it ease their fears of not being able to breathe under there, it also lets them eat and drink with ease!). Now trim around the base so that they don't trip while walking. Use safety pins to gather any excess folds and simply pin these at the back. Now you can take the sheet off your model and cut out the holes. If they are unhappy with the pink eye area showing through the eye-holes, use a little white face-paint to disguise it -- the Large 18ml Snazaroo Face Painting Compacts Colors: 1 BLACK and 1 WHITE Idea 4 -- Easy Halloween Costumes for Little Ones: A small child will want to join in the fun but needs a safe, comfortable costume that they can run about in. A pumpkin is very cute, but not the easiest costume to make yourself. Besides, if your little one doesn't like a lot of attention it might be better to go for something simple. A pirate is a quick Halloween costume to make for a boy if you have a pair of old shorts or pants that can be cut from the hem up to give a ragged look. A t shirt can be worn with this outfit, all he needs is a bandana around his head and an eye-patch if he will wear one. Tie another large scarf around his waist and draw on a fake moustache with black face paint or an eyeliner. A plastic sword or toy parrot is the perfect finishing touch -- get Ty Beanie Babies Jabber the Parrot Have fun this Halloween with these clever, easy to make Halloween costumes! About the author I'm a writer for a number of online information sites, including Squidoo where you can find even more of my Easy Halloween Costumes to Make ideas. I also have a range of cute Halloween ideas for personalized keepsakes available on Zazzle to customize with your child's name. |
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