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How about becoming an accordion?
Simply fan-fold a piece of poster board, folding along the short
side. Color one side piece to look like the keyboard side. Paint
the other side with some small buttons. Attach the side pieces
with glue. Dress in plaid pants and shirt that don't match. Carry
a mini-cassette player and play polka music all night. Or dress
as an angel --using a white nightgown,
white halo and wings as well as a harp.
Animaniacs- Black cotton cap for
hair, use pipe cleaners and felt for forming ears which can be
glued to hat. Use a small slinky (stretched and wrapped in black
felt for the tail. Black pants & shirt, white gloves for hands.
Use lip stick for nose, white face paint for face, black face
paint for neck. (For Dot, add a red polka-dot skirt and yellow
silk flower on hat) (For Wacko, Use a baseball cap turned around
(ears will be glued to it) with Blue sweat shirt with the sleeves
cut 1/4 length) and (for Yacko, Wear whit pants).
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B- Dress up like
a baby for Halloween. Fold a large
piece of white fabric into a triangle. Pin onto your child to
make a diaper. Add a white T-shirt, oversized slippers and frilly
baby-style hat. Take a pacifier and a baby bottle along to complete
the look.
Bam-Bam- Using leopard skin material,
cut out a diaper size piece of cloth for the waist. Cut a ragged
edge and then use the same material to make a sash for the shoulder.
Use a dog's rubber bone for the back. Use hot glue to attach at
the rear. Cut a card board circle and glue on a circle of material.
Use bobby-pins to attach to the hair.
Betty Rubble- Wear a black wig done
"Betty" style, take a blue halter dress and cut the
length with a pair of scissors so that the ends are jagged. Wear
a bow in your hair. Glue a small rock to the top of the halter
dress.
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C- Clowns are always
fun. Glue-colored circles of felt or pom poms onto a T-shirt or
sweat suit. Add a clown nose, a colorfully painted face and some
pom- poms on her shoes. You can also dress like a comet. To any
color sweat suit (but black might work best), add a colorful piece
of cardboard in the shape of a comet that has been painted gray
or silver. While the paint is still wet, add multicolored glitter.
Attach the comet piece to your sweat suit. Add a star wand and
hair band.
Cereal Killer- take a white T-shirt
or sweatshirt and attach small snack size cereal boxes to the
front. Stick a plastic knife in each box. You are now a "cereal"
killer.
Cowboy/Cowgirl- Jeans, western shirt,
boots, western hat, neckerchief and bandanna
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D- Doctors and nurses
are always popular. Either can dress in an all-white outfit. Add
a play stethoscope and thermometer in the pocket. Nurses can add
a nurse's hat made out of white poster board.
Dilbert- Wear round wire frame glasses..
Wear a white shirt and black dress slacks. Take a red and black
stripe tie and using pipe cleaners glue them to the underside
of the tie so that it will form the upward bend that Dilbert wears.
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E- Elephants are
always popular with kids and the costume is easily made. Start
with a gray sweat suit and add some stuffing to the top and pants.
Make a long tube from gray felt or spray paint some flexible dryer
tubing gray. Attach with elastic around his head. Make large ears
out of gray felt and attach with glue to a headband.
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F- Become a
flower. Using several pieces of colorful crepe or tissue
paper, make a flower-lay all the pieces out on top of each other,
poke down in the middle and crimp the middles together. Use a
pipe cleaner or twist tie to hold it together. Glue a bright pom
pom in the middle. Attach it onto a hair band or use bobby pins
to keep in place. Wear a colorful outfit or add mini-flowers to
a sweat suit.
Football Player- Those who have an
older brother or father who played football in high school or
college can use their uniform. Use foam inside the helmet to make
it fit properly, use the teams sweatshirt underneath. (Suggestion
from an e-mail response). Use black tape under the eyes for that
touch of the real game.
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G- Be truly international
and be a globe for Halloween. Color
a large white trash bag with colored markers-color in the continents
and the oceans. Cut holes in the bag for his head and arms. Stuff
the globe with newspaper or polyfil. Add white sweat pants and
decorate with stickers of different country flags or mini-globes.
Ghosts- Sheets - make sure to cut
big holes for eyes.
Grape Vine- Use a brown body suit
and shoes. Cover your body with double sided sticky tape. Then
fill up purple balloons and attach the balloons to the double
sided tape. You may use a garbage bag tie to attach the balloon
to the double sided tape. This is preferred if you are going outside
in the wind.
Gypsy- Get a scarf for your hair,
a shawl and a puffy blouse with a flowing long flower print skirt.
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H- Have you thought
of being a giant hat? Make a giant black tube of cardboard or
fabric that goes down over your child's head to cover the upper
chest (cut holes for his hands and eyes). Add a black rim at the
bottom. Paint a "face" on your child's tummy. Make fake
hands to cover his shoes. This is a fun look for kids-but be sure
to have someone go with him, since visibility may be a problem.
Hippie- Bell-bottom jeans, long jeans,
or peasant dress, love beads, long necklace, bead band, peace
button and pink-tinted glasses. Tie-dyed shirt optional.)
Hobo- Large men's pants, large dark
sports coat, shirt with patches and a stick with a bandanna. Adults
can burn a cork and when charred blow out the cork and then use
this charred area for a scruffy look.
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I- An Indian
is a traditional costume. Start with brown pants and add a strip
on each leg (cut some brown felt like fringe). Paint a T-shirt
with Indian designs. Add moccasins and a headband made from leather
or decorated with small beads.
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J- Jet planes are
easy to make. Cut a long piece of cardboard for the wing. Spray
paint it silver and add propellers or jet engines and some airplane
markings. Attach the wing to your child's back with silver ribbon.
The rest of the outfit can be silver or gray.
Bag of Jelly Beans- You'll need a
clear plastic bag. Step into it making holes for the legs and
arms out the side. Fill the bag with different color balloons
and use a flashy scarf to tie around the top of the bag. You may
want to place a sign that says Jelly Beans 5¢ in front of
the bag. For the clothing underneath just about any color leotard
will work.
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K- For a kangaroo
costume, simply use a tan colored sweat suit. Tuck the sweatshirt
into the pants. Put a mini stuffed kangaroo into the top of the
pants. Add a long tail of tan felt and a flag of Australia.
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L- A
ladybug is a cute costume for a little one. Put black spots
onto the back of a red sweat suit top. The bottom should be black
sweat suit pants or leggings. Make a couple of extra legs from
black felt and attach to the tummy. Add black antenna to a hair
band for a "buggy" look.
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M- Monsters are one
of the most popular costumes for Halloween. This costume can vary
greatly. Just wear some tattered clothes, add fake blood and a
stiff walk for a Frankenstein look. Dracula dresses all in black
with a cape, vampire teeth and blood dripping from his mouth.
A swamp monster (with a green complexion) would be dressed in
tattered green clothes and have some vines (sea grass) hanging
from his shoulders.
Magician- Wear a black tux jacket,
black pants, white dress shirt, Top hat and stuffed bunny for
your tricks.
Mr. Potato Head- Fill a burlap bag
with old shirts or rags. Using felt, cut out the eyes, nose and
mouth. Attach Velcro to the backs of these items. Use fiber- fill
to stuff the parts. Then attach the Velcro backs to the suit.
Use black sweat pants or leotard for legs.
Mummy- Take white sheets, tear up
into long strips and wrap them around the body.
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N- Go neon
this Halloween. Decorate a brightly colored sweat suit with some
glow-in-the-dark paints. Carry several glow-in-the-dark necklaces
and glow sticks and do your face in glow-in-the-dark paints.
Nerd- High-water pants (FLOODS),
white shirt, bow tie, white socks, black shoes and dark-frame
glasses with masking tape around the nose piece. For that extra
touch, use a pocket protector.
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O- Kids love to be
in uniform. This Halloween, they can be an officer
-military or police. The most important part is to have firmly
pressed blue pants and shirts. Add some decals, patches or badges-buy
some in a military supply store or just have your child make his
own. Add an official hat and have your child salute at every stop.
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P- Be a human pancake.
Stack and glue together several pieces of round cardboard. Paint
them tan and be sure to add some light brown "syrup"
on the top. Paint a square piece of cardboard yellow to add a
pat of butter on top. A pumpkin is always a popular choice. Decorate
a large orange trash bag with a black marker to look like a pumpkin.
Cut a hole in the bag for the head and arms. Stuff the top and
tie at the bottom. Add a green leaf on his head to finish the
look.
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Q- If you have an
artist in the family, let him paint a giant quarter
on a large piece of cardboard. Paint the front on one piece and
the back on another. Staple or glue a piece of ribbon near the
shoulders of both sides and attach by tying it over the shoulder.
A queen, complete with crown, scepter and royal-looking robes
is another option.
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R- Go trick-or-treating
as a rainbow. Cut out two arch-shaped
pieces of cardboard. Let your child paint a rainbow on each. Attach
elastic or ribbons over the shoulder to hold it on. Paint a rainbow
on her face. Complete the look by adding some rainbow and sunshine
stickers onto her clothes.
Rapper- Large jeans, large shirt.
Baseball cap worn sideways or backwards.
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S- Sharks are very
popular with little boys. Make a costume by adding a cardboard
fin to the back of a blue, black or gray sweatshirt. Attach it
with glue or sew it on with heavy thread. Cover a baseball hat
with matching felt. Make white teeth from felt or poster board
and glue them onto the brim of the felt-covered hat. A tail fin
made out of felt can be attached to the rear of the suit. Or become
a sports star by wearing your own sports uniform and carry along
your sports equipment of choice-football, baseball glove, soccer
ball, etc.
Sherlock Holmes- Get a brown cape,
a vest, white slacks and a magnifying glass, the sleuth hat
Scare Crow- Add patches to jeans
and flannel shirts, add straw to cuffs of pants and shirt (duct
tape will allow you to attach straw to under side of pants and
shirt).
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T- Become a tree.
Dress all in brown. Make a "trunk" from cardboard-have
it extend from under your chin to your knees. Get a clown wig
and spray paint it green. Add a few artificial or real leaves
to your wig (and maybe even some plastic apples or other fruit).
For the finishing touch, use face paints to color your face green.
Or go as a tourist-wear plaid shorts, a Hawaiian shirt, white
socks and tennis shoes. Add a camera around your neck and a road
map hanging out of a pocket.
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U- How about being
Uncle Sam for Halloween? Make a tall
stove pipe-type hat from red or blue poster board. Add a few white
stars to the hat. Dress in red, white and blue clothes. Bring
along a flag for a fun look.
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V- Girls can't resist
being a giant, lacy Valentine. Dress
her in a red or white sweat suit. Make a giant heart from red
poster board. Glue on wide white lace to the edges and paint a
big "Be Mine" on the heart with glitter paint. Glue
a few more hearts to the pants.
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W- Witches and warlocks
are naturals for Halloween. These can both be made with basic
black clothes. Add a black cape and a black pointed hat (can be
made from poster board). A magic baton and a plastic bat complete
the look.
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X- Be a walking X-ray.
Paint two pieces of cardboard to look like your insides-add ribs,
bones and even a heart. Use ribbon to attach them over the shoulders
and carry a neon green glow stick.
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Y- Make a quick yellow
jacket by buying an oversized yellow sweatshirt or T-shirt.
Using a black marker or black felt, make several stripes. Have
your child wear black tights, and stuff the top with polyfil (if
you stuff with newspaper have your child wear a shirt between
the newspaper and his body) and cinch the bottom together with
ribbon. Attach wings made of cardboard or stretch black nylons
over two coat hangers bent into circles. Glue or sew the wings
onto the striped T-shirt. Add antenna to a headband.
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Z- A zebra
is an easy costume. Use a black marker to make the stripes on
a white sweat suit. Or cut out wide strips of black felt and glue
on. Add felt ears glued onto a hair band and black and white gloves
to complete the look. These same supplies can make a cow costume-just
make black spots instead of stripes.
Zorro- Black clothing, black hat,
mask (for the cape - dye an old sheet black) and a red scarf wrapped
around the waist
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