Great Kids Costumes For Halloween And Beyond
Executive Summary about Kids Costumes By Phil Sikes and Patricia Jensen
What is it that makes a good kids costume? Practically, it's a costume that's both safe and appropriate for the child's age. But from the child's point of view, it's usually the latest popular movie character, famous celebrity or some other part of the "pop" culture.
When you're choosing a Halloween costume for your kids, it's always best to include them in the process. One of the great things about being a kid is the fact that you can enjoy playing the part of whatever costume you choose. Kids imaginations are active and let them get fully into character.
And kids costumes aren't just for Halloween - they don't need a special event as an excuse. Theme parties can be particularly fun, with all the guests dressing in costumes based around a certain theme. You can even use costumes for educational purposes (just don't tell the kids that!). If they're learning about a certain era or culture, getting into period costumes can help make it a lot more meaningful for them.
Quick and Easy Kids Costumes
Kids costumes don't have to complicated to be cute!
Pirate - Black sweats, white shirt, red sash and bandanna, cardboard sword covered in foil, parrot beanie baby, stubbly face made with burnt cork or tobacco sprinkled on vaseline covered cheeks
Kid Hit by Lightning - Gray sweats with large yellow felt zigzag pinned to the back, blackened zigzag tears in here and there on suit, hair gelled to stand straight up, burns on cheeks
Wrapped Present - Cover a large box with colorful wrapping paper. Add lots of matching ribbons in child's hair.
Pair of Dice - Paint two large boxes white and add black dots on each side to represent a pair of dice. Cut hole in bottom and invert over children's heads.
Box of Popcorn - Cover a large box with white butcher paper. Make a hole for child's head. Wear red or white tights or sweat pants.
Placard Costumes - Another quick and easy idea for kid costumes is a "placard costume" in which the child wears a hooded sweatshirt and pulls front and back cardboard panels (the placard) on over it. Shape the placard (poster board works fine) as needed for the costume desired, and design it with markers or felt pieces.
Sunflower - Yellow sweat suit. Staple craft foam flower petals end to end onto a wide ribbon and tie around child's face to make the flower. Paint the face reddish brown with black spots. Make a couple of bright green leaves from craft foam and pin side by side onto front of sweat suit.
Bunch of Grapes - Start with a purple sweat suit. Complete the look with a green knit cap with a couple of large green felt leaves attached.
Bag of Trash - Make two leg holes is a large sized trash bag.
Little Old Lady - An old house dress with torn stockings and slippers. Curlers in the hair or white wig. Glasses, blacked out tooth, old fashioned pocketbook.
Crayon - Sweat suit in the chosen color of your crayon. Design the crayon wrapper from poster board, felt pieces or craft foam and baste or pin onto the sweat suit.
Secure under child's chin with a wide strip of elastic stapled to the hat.
Static Cling - Start with sweat suit of your choice, pin on small clothing items such as socks, hats, mittens, and underwear along with a few dryer sheets.
Cow, Pig, Kitty, Doggy - Hooded sweat suit in the appropriate color ( white cow, pink pig, brown dog).
Backwards Costume - Put clothes and hat on backwards, sunglasses on back of head, say "Treat or Trick!"
Mummy - Tear a white sheet into strips. Paint face white and spray hair with white paint. Wrap child dressed in white long underwear with sheet strips, securing with clear medical tape, leaving eyes and mouth open.
Angel - White sweat suit with wings of tulle stretched over shaped coat hangers. Glittery headband made from wire circle covered with foil and colorful curling ribbon.
Clown - Sweat suit with colorful felt or fabric paint polka dots.. Clown collar made from felt triangles attached together in a circle to go around child's neck. Colorful clown wig, nose, and oversized glasses. Facepaint simple blue crosses over eyes, red cheeks, and large red mouth.
Cook - White sweat suit, chef's hat, large wooden spoon, cookbook under the arm, curly mustache drawn in face paint.
Nerd - Too small pants, shirt buttoned up wrong, pocket protector, hair slicked back, old pair of glasses with tape, white socks, large textbook to carry under the arm.
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