15 Creative DIY Halloween Costumes for Kids
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Every year I struggle to come up with a good idea for a Halloween costume. My mother always made my costumes and did my make up. She was great at it! Sadly, the talent for making DIY Halloween costumes isn’t something I inherited.
I knocked around a few ideas, and since he is obsessed with school buses, I looked for ideas to help me accomplish some kind of school bus costume. In the process, I found some great, creative costumes for various skill levels.
Now I’m more undecided than ever, but some incredibly creative and talented people are making fantastic DIY Halloween costumes for kids.
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DIY Halloween Costumes for Kids
I hope some of these creative DIY Halloween costumes inspired you. Making your own costumes can be as elaborate or simple as your talent allows.
The shadow costume is ours (with some inspiration from a similar costume I saw on Pinterest), and we also did the Clark Kent costume when Dub was smaller.
Both costumes were easy and inexpensive to create, and we got comments and compliments everywhere we went. A costume doesn’t have to be hard or expensive to make an impact.
I like tutu scarecrow, her costume really suites her.
I love the Sushi, Alice, and Clark Kent. I may have to try making the sushi roll for next year! They are all so good, thank you for posting .
I will be on my third year of making my daughter a Halloween costume. First year was Little Red Riding Hood, second was The Very Hungry Caterpillar- Butterfly. I loved making last years, I hand painted the wings on fabric I had sewn into wings. This year she is starting to get an opinion and right now it’s looking like Cinderella.
oh my goodness these are so cute. I remember growing up my mom helped us make all of our Halloween costumes
We’re doing semi-homemade again. Most of these are too ‘hard’ to do in a carseat. Wouldn’t work for us since we’re so far out and have to get in and out of vehicles repeatedly.