Jungle Themed Costumes for Babies

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When it's time to start thinking about Halloween costumes (for you or your kids), you have two options: Head to a costume store and pick up a bagged costume, or create a DIY Halloween costume. Contrary to popular belief, not all DIY costumes require weeks or preparation—there are plenty of easy, last-minute Halloween costumes out there. Certain costumes do require a bit of time and effort, though, especially if you plan to show them off at the school Halloween party or in a costume parade.

If you're looking for ideas for DIY Halloween costumes for people of all ages—from kids, toddlers, and infants to adults—look no further. We used models of all ages for our DIY costume ideas, but the beauty of a DIY Halloween costume is that you can make it work for people of any size by using the right supplies: Anyone can be Little Miss Sunshine or Raining Cats and Dogs with a little elbow grease.

These creative ideas are doable, even if you're not that crafty, and they look adorable. Some of them don't even take too much attention, so you can work on them in between spouting off Halloween quotes and watching Halloween movies on Netflix.

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If you are planning a DIY Halloween costume this year, now's the time to get started, especially if your home isn't well stocked with ready-to-use crafting supplies. If you're working under a tough deadline, you may even be better off picking a costume that puts items you already have around the house to use. You may have to explain some of the Halloween puns behind these costumes, but you can rest assured that they'll look great for every spooky class photo and trick-or-treating pic.

Click through these smart DIY costume ideas (and their how-to guides) for inspiration and instructions. Once you find one that fits your needs, it's time to start finding the right accompanying clothes and supplies—you might be surprised by how quickly your crafty costume comes together.

Shark Mask

DIY Halloween costumes - Shark Mask

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This Halloween, you can put all your crafting focus on a mask: With the right DIY Halloween mask, the rest of your costume is a breeze. This DIY uses a carefully made shark mask. With this on your head, all you have to wear is gray clothing for a top-notch costume.

What You'll Need:

• Large piece of cardboard
  Primer spray paint
  Gray paint
  Pink permanent marker
  Black permanent marker
  Thin elastic string
  Craft knife
  Magna Tac glue
  Gray clothes

How-to:

1. Cover the cardboard with primer spray paint and let dry completely. Without primer, the cardboard will absorb the paint and require several coats, plus a lot of dry time in between to achieve a saturated color.
2. Cut out the shark face with teeth, two pectoral (side) fins, and one dorsal (top) fin from the cardboard.
3. Paint the shark face (except for the mouth area) and fins gray. Paint the mouth area white and line the bottom of the teeth in pink marker to create the "gums." Draw eyes and eyebrows with black marker.
4. Pierce a small hole in each of the side fins, thread a string of elastic through the two holes, and knot the ends to secure. This will serve as the mask band.
5. Glue the pectoral fins to the right and left side of the shark face. Then glue the dorsal fin to the top of the face.
6. Dress in all gray.

Craft developed by Morgan Levine

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Lamb

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Lamb costume

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This snuggly DIY costume is both comfortable and cozy, perfect for a chilly Halloween night. You'll need a long sleeve shirt, leggings, and plenty of cotton balls to complete the disguise.

What You'll Need:

• White crewneck sweatshirt and pants
• White long sleeve shirt
• Cotton balls
• Black tape
• Black beanie
• Black felt

How-to:

1. Cut the arms off the sweatshirt.
2. Glue cotton balls to the sweatshirt.
3. Tape the wrist of the undershirt and ankles of the pants with thick black tape.
4. For the ears, cut ears from black felt and glue to beanie cap.

Shark

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Shark costume

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Only a few supplies are needed to create this shark's tough skin, including a hooded sweatshirt and felt. If you're looking for a group costume idea, get your whole family to be fish, mermaids, and scuba divers for an under-the-sea theme.

What You'll Need:

• Grey hooded sweatshirt and pants
• White felt
• Black buttons
• Grey felt
• Hot glue gun
• Scissors
• Round cardboard cake base
• Red felt

How-to:

1. Cut and glue white felt to the front of the grey hoodie.
2. Using the white felt, cut a zigzag pattern for the teeth. Attach with glue around the inside edge of the hood.
3. To make the fin, cut the round cardboard cake base into shark fin shape.
4. Cover the cardboard with grey felt.
5. Attach with glue to the back of the grey hoodie.

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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

DIY Halloween costumes - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Costume

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Inspired by the book by Laura Numeroff, this literary DIY costume is immediately recognizable—and a great pick for any Halloween dresser-upper, especially one who has always loved readingIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie.

What You'll Need:

• Cardboard
• Brown fabric
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Polyester fiber fill
• Brown pom-poms
• Grey and pink felt
• Headband
• White shirt
• Blue jean overalls

How-to:

1. Cut the cardboard into a 14-inch circle. If you'd like, snip a zig-zag bite into one side. Cut the fabric into a 20-inch circle. Start wrapping the fabric around the edge of the cardboard and tape it to the back of the board to secure in place. Stop about three-quarters of the way around the circle and fill the pocket between the felt and cardboard with stuffing, then tape the last portion closed. Glue on pom-poms for chocolate chips.
2. Cut two mouse ear shapes out of gray felt, then cut two smaller ear shapes out of pink felt. Glue the pink pieces onto the gray pieces to form ears, and adhere them to a headband.

Small Fry/French Fries

DIY Halloween costumes - Small Fry/French Friest Costume

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Perfect for babies and adults alike, this French fry DIY costume is too-cute—and anyone can make it at home, thanks to our how-to guide.

What You'll Need:

• Yellow shirt and pants
• Red foam core board
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Red electrical tape
• Yellow pool noodle
• Yellow ribbon

How-to:

1. To create the French fry box, cut the foam core into four rectangles: one 13" x 8", one 13" x 9", and two 6" x 8". (Note: You can adjust the size of the box as needed to fit your child; double or triple dimensions for an adult costume.) Hot glue the four pieces together to form a box shape that's open on the top and bottom, then reinforce the inner corners with red electrical tape. Cut a curve along the top of the front piece.
2. Using scissors, cut the pool noodle into French fry strips, then glue them to the inside of the box, making sure to leave enough room for you to fit comfortably inside the costume. Cut two pieces of ribbon for shoulder straps and glue them to the front and back inside of the box.
3. Slip the box over your head, with the ribbon straps over your shoulders. Check that you have enough room to move comfortably. If needed, remove some of the fries or adjust the shoulder straps.

Aviator

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Aviator costume

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Take to the skies (even in your imagination) in this simple DIY Halloween costume, which takes minimal crafting but still looked well-done. If you already have a leather jacket, you're halfway there: Just find goggles and a white scarf and you're ready for takeoff. If you don't have all these essentials, they're easy enough to make—read on for the DIY instructions.

What You'll Need:

• Brown winter hat with earflaps
• White t-shirt
• Khaki pants
• Brown crewneck sweatshirt (if you don't have a leather jacket)
• Brown tape
• White scarf
• Furry felt fabric
• Goggles

How-to:

1. Cut the front center of the brown sweatshirt vertically from the bottom to the collar.
2. Cut furry felt in the shape of a collar and cuffs and glue to the sweatshirt.
3. Using the tape, create a trim around the sweatshirt with the furry.
4. Tape the bottom edge and center of the sweatshirt too.

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Avocado Toast

DIY Halloween costumes - Avocado Toast idea for pregnant women

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The most popular brunch item can also be the best DIY costume. Keep it simple with a basic avocado motif, and no one will be wondering what you're dressed as this Halloween.

What You'll Need:

• White paper
• ½-inch-thick foam cushion
• Dark green fabric
• Light green fabric
• Brown dress
• Light and dark brown felt

How-to:

1. On the paper, draw a simple avocado shape large enough to cover your stomach. Trace the shape onto foam and cut out, then trace the shape onto the dark green fabric and cut out. Cut a hole in both pieces for the pit of the avocado. Glue the fabric onto the foam. Cut a slightly smaller avocado shape from the light green fabric, cut a hole for the pit, and adhere on top.
2. Cut out brown felt to form the corners of a toast slice. Attach the avocado to the stomach of the dress, then adhere the toast corners around the avocado.

Pig in a Blanket

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Pig in a Blanket

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Hands down, the hit of the Halloween party season. Start by decking out your little one or yourself in pink, head to toe. Add felt ears and a bottle cap/button nose. Wrap up in a favorite blanket, and you've got one little piggy way too adorable to stay home.

What You'll Need:

• Paper
• Pencil
• 4 pieces of pink felt (we like E-Z felt, which is stiff and easier to work with)
• Pink headband
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun
• Large bottle cap (we used a Gatorade cap)
• Pink ribbon
• Pink button
• Newspaper
• Pink acrylic paint (water-based)
• Paintbrush

How-to:

1. Create a template by drawing one ear on a piece of paper and cutting it out.
2. Place template on the felt as your guide. Cut out 4 ear-shaped pieces of pink felt.
3. Glue around the edges of two pieces of felt. Stick each piece to the felt pieces without glue. (You'll need two pieces of felt per ear so they are stable and won't flop over.)
4. Glue the ears to the pink headband.
5. For the pig nose, lay bottle cap on a piece of newspaper and paint it pink. Set it aside to dry overnight.
6. Once dry, glue the button to the center of the bottle cap.
7. Glue the ends of the ribbon to the inside of the cap. Tie around head to secure.

Little Miss Sunshine

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Little Miss Sunshine

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The ballots are in: This ray of sunshine wins the crown. Dress your shining star in all yellow and then make the sash and crown from a few everyday staples.

What You'll Need:

• Yellow dress and tights
• Yellow party hats
• Yellow headband
• Ribbon (two colors, one thin and one thick)
• Glue
• 6 sheets of yellow adhesive felt
• Letters with adhesive backs

How-to:

1. Cut five round pieces of yellow felt in different sizes.
2. Snip the tops off of six party hats. Glue these tops along the edges of the round piece of felt. Layer 2-3 round pieces of yellow felt on top of the party hats to make the center of the sun.
3. Glue the new sun slightly off center on child's dress.
4. Glue the thinner ribbon on top of the thicker ribbon. Using adhesive letters, spell "Little Miss."
5. For the hat, cut felt into shapes that resemble the sun's rays. Glue along the rim of the headband.

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Raining Cats and Dogs

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Raining Cats and Dogs

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Uh-oh: Watch out for poodles! Pull out a rain slicker and Wellies and a few stuffed furry friends for a clever conceptual costume. All you need is an old umbrella and a hot glue gun to attach the toys, then just wait for the compliments for this DIY Halloween costume idea to rain down.

What You'll Need:

• Umbrella
• Stuffed animals
• Hot glue gun

How-to:

1. Open up the umbrella and hot glue one animal at a time on the outside. Let them rest in place to dry overnight.

Strawberry

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Strawberry costume

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Think strawberry season is long gone? Think again. This unique costume is just perfect for Halloween and is one of the easiest DIY costumes to make.

What You'll Need:

• Red long sleeve shirt and pants, or red dress and tights
• Scissors
• Paper and pencil
• Glue
• Green beanie
• Green felt
• Green pipe cleaner
• Ochre yellow craft paint

How-to:

1. Using paper and pencil, create teardrop shapes. Cut out. (This will be your stencil for the seeds.) Trace and fill in with paint all over the shirt and pants (or dress and tights for a more adult look).
2. Create leaf pattern on green felt. Cut out. Glue green pipe cleaners to the underside of the green felt. You'll use the leftover leaves for the cap.
3. Glue leaves to collar of the red shirt or dress.
4. To make the hat, wrap pipe cleaners around tip of the beanie cap.
5. Glue leaves to the beanie cap.

Queen Peacock

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Queen peacock costume

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This may be the most vivid, eye-catching DIY costume yet. It may look intricate, but beside the feathered skirt, you'll just need to dress in a blue leotard or bodysuit and tights, or a long-sleeved shirt and leggings.

What You'll Need:

• Turquoise leotard, long tutu, tights (or shirt and leggings)
• Turquoise straws
• Turquoise tissue paper
• Gold, turquoise, and blue cupcake liners
• Headband
• Pipe cleaners
• Blue mini pompoms
• Turquoise ribbon (about 1 yard)

How-to:

1. Wrap headband in blue ribbon and glue to secure on each end.
2. Cut blue pipe cleaners 2-3 inches in length and glue to headband.
3. Glue blue small pompoms to the top of the pipe cleaners.
4. To make the feathers, flatten and cut gold and turquoise cupcake liners into teardrop shapes. Glue turquoise to center bottom of gold liner.
5. Flatten and cut a small pie slice shape from the dark blue mini cupcake liner. Glue it to the turquoise liner.
6. Cut tissue paper in a rectangle (the length of a straw).
7. Fringe cut the rectangle tissue.
8. Glue one sheet of cut tissue paper to either side of a straw. Then glue cupcake liner portion to the top of the straw tissue paper.
9. Cut tutu in the front center from bottom to the waist (do not cut the waistband). Glue feathers to the tutu with cupcakes facing down in a zigzag pattern.

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The Giving Tree

DIY Halloween Costumes- The Giving Tree Costume

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Inspired by the book by Shel Silverstein, this DIY costume will let anyone relive the beautiful tale of the Giving Tree. Kids can certainly wear this costume, but we love it for adults, too—no one is more giving than a parent, after all.

What You'll Need:

• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Green T-shirt and pants
• Artificial leaves
• Artificial apple

How-to:

1. Glue the leaves to the arms and shoulders of the T-shirt.

Pharaoh

DIY Halloween costumes - Pharaoh mask

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Rule the Halloween party (or family photoshoot) with this clever mask, which looks impressive but won't actually take all day to make. Make it a full DIY costume with a dramatic black or white dress or simple shirt.

What You'll Need:

• Gold half mask
  Gold contact paper
  Solid colored washi tape
  Black permanent marker
  Magna Tac glue

How-To:

1. Trace the eyes of the gold mask in black permanent marker.
2. Cut out the pharaoh hat's top and two side pieces from gold contact paper. The top piece is shaped like a trapezoid (with a curved bottom) and the two side pieces are shaped like oblong triangles
3. Add stripes to the gold paper using the washi tape. Glue the pieces to the mask.
4. Cut out a snake shape from the contact paper and glue to the top part of the hat. Add eyes with black marker.
5. Dress in a solid-colored black or white top. For even more impact, wear a long white dress.

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Duck

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Yellow Duck

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A bunch of faux feathers and a pair of orange boots will have you ready to waddle around the block. The hat with eyeballs and a bill are made from a baseball cap, feathers, and a ping pong ball—DIY costumes don't get much easier.

What You'll Need:

• Yellow sweatshirt and sweatpants
• Yellow baseball cap
• Orange rain boots
• Yellow feather boa
• Ping Pong ball
• Black marker
• Scissors
• Glue

How-to:

1. Snip feathers from the boa. Glue bunches to the sleeves of the shirt and to the chest area.
2. To make the hat, cut ping pong ball in half and color with black sharpie. Glue to the sides of the baseball cap.
3. Glue a few feathers to the baseball cap.

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Skeleton

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Skeleton costume

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This is a sweet DIY twist on a classic costume that requires a few frilly strands of ribbon to make those funny bones at home. This costume works for just about any age group: You'll just need a black long sleeve shirt and pants and white pleated ribbon.

What You'll Need:

• Black long sleeve shirt and pants
• White hat
• Glue
• Scissors
• White pleated ribbon (about 2 to 3 yards)

How-to:

1. Cut and glue ribbon to the shirt and pants. Cut and glue strips of ribbon for the spine, ribs, arm, and leg bones.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

DIY Halloween costumes - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Costume

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Take the literal route this Halloween with this literary DIY costume inspired by the book by C.S. Lewis. As a combination of the three titular features of the book, you're sure to get a laugh from everyone who gets the costume.

What You'll Need:

• Orange marabou feather trim (found at the crafts supply store)
• Orange shirt or dress
• Party hat
• Black felt
• Headband
• Brown craft foam
• Dark brown marker

How-to:

1. The lion: Cut the marabou trim and glue it around the collar of the shirt or dress.
2. The witch: Cover the party hat with black felt. Cut a circle that's wider than the base of the party hat and glue it to the bottom of the hat. Glue the entire hat to a headband.
3. The wardrobe: Print the wardrobe template—it's sized to print on an 8½ x 11" piece of paper, but you can scale up or down as desired when printing. Cut out the template, trace it onto the foam and cut out. Use the marker to add drawers to the wardrobe, then adhere it to the front of the shirt or dress.

Spelling Bee

Spelling bee costume

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Wondering what all the buzz is about? Cue the cutest bee on the block. This DIY costume starts with a basic black leotard or bodysuit and matching opaque tights. Dress up the leotard with yellow tape and adhesive letters. For the wings, you'll need to hit the recycling bin and your closet.

What You'll Need:

• Black leotard
• Black tights
• Black pipe cleaners
• 2 hangers
• Clear recycling bags
• Velcro
• Yellow tape
• Adhesive letters

How-to:

1. Using yellow tape, make three large stripes on the black leotard, both front and back.
2. Stick adhesive letters on the leotard (in any fun and random order).
3. For the wings, take two hangers and mold into the shape of wings. Cover the wings with the plastic bags. Secure around the edges with glue.
4. For the antennae, glue two pipe cleaners to the headband. Place adhesive letters on the pipe cleaners.

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Astronaut

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Astronaut

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Prepare to blast off into the streets! Dress as a high-flying adventure seeker in all white and use duct tape to add bands around the arms and stripes down the legs. For this DIY costume idea to really take off, you'll need a super cool power pack, which you can make from empty tubes of Pringles, two party hats, and some streamers.

What You'll Need:

• White pants and shirt
• 2 empty Pringles canisters
• 2 wine corks
• Duct tape
• Glue
• Party hats
• Streamers in red, orange, and yellow
• Silver spray paint

How-to:

1. Cut strips of duct tape and adhere around the shirt sleeves and along the pant legs.
2. For the power pack, glue party hats to the bottom of each empty canister.
3. Attach the canisters together by gluing wine corks between both. Set aside to dry.
4. On newspaper in a well-ventilated area, spray paint the entire pack silver.
5. Cut streamers into 12-inch long pieces and layer about five pieces on top of one another.
6. Tape one stack to the bottom of each of the canisters.

Hula Person

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Hula skirt

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For the person who lives for the luau, make sure they're dressed for island hopping this Halloween. This Hawaiian-inspired get-up starts with a brown paper bag (or butcher paper for adults) and is properly accessorized with clusters of colorful cupcake liners.

What You'll Need:

• Hawaiian shirt
• Bike or running shorts
• Flip flops
• Brown paper bag (or butcher paper for a DIY costume for adults)
• Cupcake liners
• Double-sided tape
• Glue
• Ribbon
• Stapler

How-to:

1. Cut open the paper bag and lay it flat. If using butcher paper, spread out a long sheet.
2. Using scissors, make 1-inch wide strips from one end of the bag to the other, stopping 2 to 3 inches from the top. Repeat all around until skirt is completely frayed.
3. Glue a longer piece of ribbon to the top of the paper (along the uncut portion) and leave it long enough to tie behind like an apron.
4. For the lei, open up five cupcake liners and staple them together in their centers. Crease them together so that they resemble a flower and glue to a long piece of ribbon.
   2. Repeat this until you completely cover the ribbon with these clusters. Tie the ribbon as a long necklace.

Superhero

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Superhero

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's more like a super-easy-to-pull-together DIY costume that calls for a brave (and adorable) hero. Make this costume in a flash with supplies from the junk drawer and linen closet. Turn this into a group Halloween costume by making every member of the group a superhero for the night.

What You'll Need:

• Pants and a shirt (or a jumpsuit) in the same color
• Bath towel (or trash bag)
• Duct tape (in assorted colors)
• Adhesive felt sheets

How-to:

1. Cut out letter of your child's first or last name from felt. Stick to the shirt.
2. Tape towel to the shirt (around shoulders) to make the cape.

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Detective

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Detective

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Pulling together this simple super sleuth's disguise will seem elementary. This aspiring Sherlock Holmes is dressed in black from head to toe, topped with a cape, and accessorized with adjusted headgear. Unless you have a magnifying glass at home, a canning jar lid and a sponge brush complete the private eye's look.

What You'll Need:

• Black shirt
• Black pants
• Cape (preferably in a dark color)
• 2 beige baseball caps
• Black ribbon
• Canning jar lid
• Sponge brush handle
• Black spray paint

How-to:

1. Remove the center of a canning jar.
2. Glue a sponge brush handle to the canning jar lid.
3. On a piece of newspaper in a well-ventilated area, paint the handle black.
4. For the cap, take two hats and glue one inside the other with the bills facing the opposite directions.
5. Glue black ribbon on top of the hat. Make a bow.

Grammar Police

Grammar Police costume

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Encourage everyone to practice better grammar with this playful DIY costume: Use an all-black clothing base and some basic crafting to make it happen. For a pairs or group costume, recruit more people and give everyone a grammar rule to enforce on their hat or shirt.

What You'll Need:

• Adhesive letters
• Black shirt
• Baseball cap
• Gold paper
• Belt
• Plastic handcuffs
• Notepad
• Sunglasses

How-to:

1. Write "Grammar Police" with adhesive letters on the front of the shirt.
2. Attach "they're, their, there" on the baseball cap.
3. Cut paper into the shape of a sheriff's badge and tape it to the belt.
4. Accessorize with the handcuffs, sunglasses, and a notepad to jot down the names of grammar rule breakers.

Genie

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Genie costume

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If you're dreaming of a magical disguise, then watch how quickly this one comes together. Start with a blue jumper or jumpsuit and add a little embellishment for an ornate—but easy—DIY Halloween costume.

What You'll Need:

• Blue jumper or jumpsuit
• White or blue long sleeve shirt
• Scarves in various colors
• Gold party hat
• Gold jacket fasteners
• Gold round dot stickers
• Gold tape
• String
• Rug or doormat

How-to:

1. Cut the bottom half of the shirt off. (It should look like half a shirt.)
2. Make a slit down the center of the shirt, going from top to bottom.
3. Decorate with gold dot stickers, gold tape, and gold jacket fasteners.
4. Attach dot stickers to string and tape to the inside of the jacket so they dangle in the front.
5. Using the gold tape and gold dot stickers, embellish the waist of the jumper, bottom of legs, and top of the jumper.
6. Cut the top portion of the gold party hat leaving just the bottom (about 2-3 inches from the bottom).
7. Tape two scarves to the inside of the party hat, letting the scarves dangle down from the back of the party hat.
8. If you have them, tie more scarves around your waist.

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Smart Cookie

DIY Halloween costumes - Smart Cookie Costume

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Dress sharply, hang a cookie around your neck, and memorize some fun facts: Now you're the smartest cookie on the block, thanks to this DIY Halloween costume.

What You'll Need:

• Cardboard
• Graduation cap
• Khaki pants and a sweater, a suit, or another smart outfit
• Brown fabric
• Tape
• Polyester fiber fill
• Brown pom-poms
• Black ribbon

How-to:

1. Cut cardboard into a circle large enough to cover your chest. Trace a circle several inches larger than the cardboard shape onto the fabric and cut out. Start wrapping the fabric around the edge of the cardboard and tape to the back of the board to secure in place. Stop about three-quarters of the way around the circle and fill the pocket between the felt and cardboard with stuffing, then tape the last portion closed. Glue on pom-poms for chocolate chips. Attach strips of wide ribbon to the top of the cookie and tie them behind your neck.

Owl Mask

DIY Halloween costumes - Owl mask

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Sport this mask on Halloween, and no one will be wondering what you are, even if your clothes are pretty basic. (Honestly, all you need are brown clothes or a simple brown dress to pull this DIY costume off.)

What You'll Need:

• Plain half mask
  Feathers of various sizes and shapes
  Yellow cardstock
  Magna Tac glue
• Brown clothes

How-to:

1. Glue feathers on the half mask, making sure to define the spaces around the eyes, on the forehead, and above the nose.
2. Fold cardstock in half and cut out a beak shape (it will look something like half a heart). Unfold and then glue to the nose part of the mask.
3. Dress in a brown shirt or dress.

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Pot of Gold Under the Rainbow

DIY Halloween costume ideas: Pot of Gold Under the Rainbow for pregnant women

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Feeling lucky? This DIY Halloween costume has a tongue-in-cheek twist. It's designed for pregnant women, but anyone can pull off this cheerful, funny look.

What You'll Need:

• Blue dress or oversized t-shirt
• Blue tights, leggings, or pants
• Black felt
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Tulle in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple
• Toy coins
• Headband

How-to:

1. Cut a cauldron shape from the black felt and glue it to the belly of the dress, leaving the top of the cauldron open.
2. Cut three 4-foot-long strips of red tulle and knot them together at both ends. Repeat with the other colors. Glue one knot to the inner edge of the cauldron, wrap the tulle around the shoulder of the dress, and glue the knot at the other end of the tulle to the back of the dress. Repeat with all of the colors to create a rainbow.
3. Glue the coins to the top of the cauldron and to a headband.

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Rainbow Fish

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Rainbow Fish costume

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One fish, two fish, red fish, rainbow fish! This colorful DIY costume is so easy to make. (The scales on the disguise are just flattened cupcake liners in a variety of colors glued to a sweatshirt.) Start with a red base layer—a sweatshirt and either pants or leggings—and add a rainbow of shades.

What You'll Need:

• Red crewneck sweatshirt and pants or leggings
• Red hat
• Hot glue gun
• Scissors
• Black marker
• Cupcake liners in assorted colors (red, orange, yellow, blue, green, blue, purple)
• Ping Pong ball

How-to:

1. Open and flatten cupcake liners.
2. Starting from the bottom, glue cupcake liners to the sweatshirt. Begin with a row of purple, then work your way through the rainbow.
3. For the fish face, cut ping pong ball in half and add eyes with the black marker. Make sure to leave a little white on the ends.
4. Glue eyes to red cap; set aside to dry.
5. Fold four red cupcake liners in half and glue a pair next to each ball.

The Little Prince

DIY Halloween costumes - The Little Prince Costume

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Inspired by the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, this adorable DIY costume is a must-try for kids and nostalgic adults like.

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What You'll Need:

• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Yellow buttons
• Green shirt
• Yellow webbing
• Velcro
• Green pants
• Yellow scarf
• Artificial red rose

How-to:

1. Glue yellow buttons down the front of the shirt.
2. To make the belt, cut the yellow webbing to size around your waist and secure it in place with Velcro strips.

Cat Out of the Bag

DIY Halloween costumes - Cat Out of the Bag Costume

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Get idiomatic this Halloween with a clever play on words. Dressing up as a cat is always fun, so even if you decide to ditch the bag halfway through your celebration, you'll still have a great costume.

What You'll Need:

• Orange marabou feather trim (found at crafts supply stores)
• White shirt
• White felt
• Headband
• 2 foam core boards
• Brown craft paper
• Spray adhesive
• Brown tape
• Brown ribbon

How-to:

1. Glue marabou trim around the cuffs, collar, and arms of a white shirt. Cut triangular ears out of the white felt and attach orange marabou trim. Glue the ears onto a headband.
2. To make the box, cut the foam boards into two same-size rectangles large enough to cover your chest. Using spray adhesive, attach brown craft paper to the boards. Cut strips of paper for the sides of the bag and use brown tape to attach them to the boards. To make shoulder straps, cut two lengths of ribbon a few inches longer than the desired strap length. Adhere the pieces to the tops of the boards and let dry completely.

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Safari Guide

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Safari person

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Lions, tigers, giraffes, oh, my! This adventurer's outfit begins with basic khaki shorts, white tee, and sneakers (or boots). If you have them, a green or khaki vest and binoculars finish the look. If not, make it a DIY costume by making the vest and binoculars from a paper grocery bag and empty toilet paper tubes. Grab a stuffed animal to bring with you, and your on-safari look is complete.

What You'll Need:

• Khaki shorts
• White t-shirt
• Sneakers or boots
• Brown grocery bag
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Kraft mini envelopes (in natural)
• Buttons
• Glue stick
• Toilet paper rolls (2)
• Felt pads
• Twine or string
• Glue

How-to:

1. Measure the paper bag against the wearer's chest. Mark holes for the arms and head; cut these out.
2. Glue envelopes on the front of the vest to create pockets. Glue buttons on the envelopes. Let dry overnight.
3. For the binoculars, take 2 toilet paper rolls and glue 4-5 felt pads between the two tubes in order to keep them together.
4. On the exterior of each roll, make a small hole for stringing the twine through and creating a strap.

Ice Cream Sundae

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Ice Cream Sundae

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For the person who has a major sweet tooth, this homemade costume calls for the works: vanilla ice cream, strawberry syrup, chocolate fudge, and a cherry on top. Stick with our DIY instructions, or swap in different colors for your own favorite flavors.

What You'll Need:

• Brown capelet
• Brown tutu
• Velcro
• Scissors
• Fabric glue
• 2 pink tank tops
• Brown leggings
• Fishnet fabric (available at fabric stores)
• Headband
• Brown ribbon (about a yard)
• Brown felt
• Pipe cleaners (various colors)
• Styrofoam ball (medium sized)
• Glitter glue

How-to:

1. Add velcro to the ends of the capelet for a closure. Cut 1" pieces of pipe cleaner in alternating colors and glue them to the capelet with fabric glue.
2. Create a sauce-like dripping by cutting the bottom of a pink tank top.
3. For the marshmallow sauce, glue 1" lengths of cut pipe cleaner to the brown tutu with fabric glue
4. For the cone bottom, cut a piece of elastic fishnet that hang from waist to the ankle. Glue the fishnet to the leggings waistband to secure.
5. Cut a piece of brown felt into a 5" circle and make the edges wavy like sauce. Add a piece of brown pleated trim around the edge, securing with fabric glue.
6. For the whipped cream, glue a small mound of quilt batting to the center and cover with 3/4" lengths of pipe cleaner in varying colors, securing with fabric glue.
7. Cover the styrofoam ball with glitter and stick a red pipe cleaner in the top for the stem. Glue the cherry to the center of the "whipped cream" with hot glue. Glue the entire thing (along the base of the brown felt) to the headband.

Spice Girls

DIY Halloween costumes - Spice Girls Costume

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Dress up as theotherspice girls with this hilarious DIY costume. Making the costume is easy—all you need is a good-humored buddy to get in on the joke with you. You can also turn this into a group costume by adding as many spices as you can think of.

What You'll Need:

• Yellow foam sheet
• Red apron
• Adhesive letters
• Red plastic party hat

How-to:

1. Cut the foam into a slanted strip, about 7 inches wide and the length of the width of the apron. Glue the strip to the front of the apron. Use letters to spell out the spice name. Top off the look with a red plastic hat.

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Solar System

DIY Halloween costumes - Solar System for pregnant woman

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Be the center of the universe on October 31 with this clever, simple DIY. Designed for pregnant women, this costume emphasizes baby bumps of all sizes, but also works for non-pregnant people with an astronomical leaning.

What You'll Need:

• Yellow fabric
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Black dress
• Yellow craft foam
• 2-inch and 1.5-inch styrofoam half balls
• Markers
• Silver confetti stars (found at party supply stores)
• Headband

How-to:

1. Cut a 6-inch circle from the yellow fabric and glue to the belly of the dress. Cut several same-size triangles from the yellow foam and adhere around the yellow circle to create the sun.
2. Using markers, decorate several styrofoam half balls to look like planets, then let dry before gluing them onto the dress. Glue stars onto the dress.
3. Color a styrofoam half ball yellow and let dry. Cut triangles from the yellow foam to create sun bursts and glue them to the bottom of the styrofoam. Glue the sun to the headband and let dry.

Social (Media) Butterfly Costume

DIY Halloween costumes - Social (Media) Butterfly Costume

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Show off your great sense of humor with this funny DIY Halloween costume. Use popular social media logos—or make up some of your own—and challenge everyone you meet to guess what you are: Whoever gets it on the first try deserves a congratulatory post.

What You'll Need:

• Large sheet of cardstock
• Pink plastic tablecloth
• Spray adhesive
• Pink felt
• Iron-on fabric transfer paper
• Dress
• Butterflies, such as these from Michaels
• Headband
• Optional: selfie stick

How-to:

1. Cut the paper into a set of wings. Trace the wings onto the tablecloth twice and cut out, then attach the tablecloth pieces to both sides of the wings with spray adhesive. Cut decorative wing details from the felt and glue onto the wings.
2. Print social media symbols onto fabric transfer sheets (remember to reverse text or images before printing), then iron them onto the dress. Glue butterflies onto the dress and headband. Optional: Hold a selfie stick.

Love Bug

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Love Bug costume

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To make this heartfelt DIY costume, you'll need to cut hearts out of red, pink, and black felt and glue to a long-sleeved shirt and tutu. Don't forget to add wings by fashioning them out of tights and a wire hanger. Pair the outfit with fun tights and a headband attached with even more hearts.

What You'll Need:

• Red, pink, and black felt
• Scissors
• Fabric glue
• Pipe cleaners
• Tutu
• Tights
• Long-sleeved shirt
• Wire hanger
• Headband
• Ribbon
• Red paper stock

How-to:

1. Cut felt hearts out and glue them to shirt and tutu with fabric glue.
2. Make wings out of wire hangers and tights: Shape hangers into a wing shape and then stretch tights over the hanger. Glue felt hearts to these wings.
3. Cut hearts out of glittered or plain red paper. Glue hearts to pipe cleaners and wrap the pipe cleaner around the headband.

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Unicorn

DIY Halloween costumes - Unicorn Costume

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Who hasn't dreamed of being a unicorn one Halloween? Save money on expensive store-bought options with this homemade unicorn costume: To make it adult-sized, simply buy extra supplies.

What You'll Need:

• Party hat
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Polyester fiber fill
• 4 sheets of purple and 2 sheets of pink felt
• Pink elastic cord or ribbon
• Purple hoodie
• Purple pants or leggings

How-to:

1. To make the horn: cut the party hat from point to base and roll it tighter, creating a smaller cone shape, and glue in place. Fill the cone with stuffing, then wrap the outside with purple felt. Wrap the pink cord around the cone in a spiral, gluing in place as you go. Let dry, then glue the horn to the top of the hood.
2. Cut two ear shapes from the purple felt and glue them onto the hood, on either side of the horn.
3. To make fringe for the mane and tail: glue 2 sheets of pink and 2 sheets of purple felt together, applying glue along just one edge of each sheet of felt, similar to a book. Let dry, then cut ½-inch-wide strips of fringe, starting at the open side of the felt and stopping before the glued edge so the fringe remains attached along one edge. Hot glue some of the fringe along the center of the hood for a mane and adhere some to the bottom of the hoodie for a tail.

Lightning Cloud

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Lightning Cloud or Storm costume

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When Halloween strikes, have this DIY costume ready to go by dressing up a basic sweatshirt as a cloud and adding lightning bolts to pants.

What You'll Need:

• White crewneck sweatshirt
• Grey sweatpants
• Scissors
• White cap
• Aluminum silver tape
• Polyester Fiber

How-to:

1. Glue Polyester fiber to the front of the white sweatshirt.
2. Glue Polyester fiber to the front of the cap.
3. Cut aluminum tape in the shape of lightning bolts.
4. Glue lightning bolts to pants.

Flower

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Flower costume

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Dress in green leggings and a long-sleeved tee. For the main part, the petal collar, you'll need yellow and pink felt (you can also opt for your favorite colors) and green pipe cleaners. Cut out petal shapes from the felt and glue pipe cleaners to the underside of the petals. Add in some accessories like a watering can (which can also double as a Halloween treat bag).

What You'll Need:

• Green long sleeve shirt and pants
• Yellow hat
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun
• Yellow and pink felt
• Green pipe cleaners

How-to:

1. Cut pink felt in the shape of flower petals.
2. Cut and glue green pipe cleaners to the underside of each petal.
3. Glue petals to the collar of the shirt.
4. Cut yellow felt into small petals (this will become the center of a flower).
5. Glue small yellow petals to pink petals. Then glue these to the tip of the hat creating the center of the flower.

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Princess Peacock

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Princess Peacock costume

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This alternative to our other peacock DIY costume has a shorter skirt—and no troublesome train—for a little extra mobility. Dress in deep blue—we recommend a leotard and tights or a shirt and leggings—and dress up a matching tutu with homemade feathers.

What You'll Need:

• Dark blue leotard, short tutu, tights (or a shirt and leggings)
• Blue tissue paper
• Gold, turquoise, blue cupcake liners
• Blue straws
• Headband
• Pipe cleaners
• Blue mini pompoms

How-to:

1. Cut blue pipe cleaners 2-3 inches in length and glue to headband.
2. Glue blue small pompoms to the top of the pipe cleaners.
3. For the feathers, flatten and cut gold and turquoise cupcake liners into teardrop shapes.
4. Glue turquoise liner to center bottom of gold liner.
5. Flatten and cut a small pie slice shape from the dark blue mini cupcake liner. Glue it to the turquoise liner.
6. Cut tissue paper in a rectangle the length of a straw.
7. Fringe cut the rectangle tissue.
8. Glue one sheet of cut tissue paper to either side of a straw.
9. Glue cupcake liner part to the top of the straw tissue paper. Then glue feathers to the tutu in a fan pattern.

Under the Weather

DIY Halloween costumes - Under the Weather Costume

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What You'll Need:

• Small white balloons
• Bathrobe and pajama pants or leggings
• Wooden dowel
• Blue and yellow cardstock
• String
• Ice pack
• Headband

How-to:

1. Blow up approximately 7 small balloons. Arrange 3 balloons around one end of the dowel and glue in place. Adhere the other balloons onto the base balloons to form a cloud shape.
2. Cut a lightning bolt from the yellow cardstock and glue to the dowel, just below the cloud.
3. Cut the blue cardstock into teardrop shapes and glue onto several lengths of string, spacing them out to form the raindrops. Glue the strings to the underside of the balloon cloud.
4. Complete the look by attaching the ice pack to the headband.

Flapper

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Flapper costume

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Make it the Roaring Twenties—again—by dressing up as the iconic Flapper Girl this Halloween. If you can't find the perfect dress, make your own—we used sticky notes for the perfect fringe.

What You'll Need:

• White dress
• Pink sticky notes
• Scissors or fringe scissors
• Red metallic tape
• Stapler
• Gold dot sticker
• Mini cupcake liners
• Headband

How-to:

1. Cut slits in sticky notes (every 3-4 inches) using fringe scissors or regular scissors.
2. Tape a row of fringed Post-its horizontally to the dress with red metallic tape.
3. Open 2 mini cupcake liners and staple in the center. Cover the staple with a gold dot sticker. Glue to the top of the dress as decoration.
4. For the headband, glue 1 fringed sticky note and flattened mini cupcake liner to the headband.

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Fairy Godmother Costume

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Fairy Godmother

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For those who love fairy tales but want to do something different than the usual princess costume, look no further than this easy and enchanted DIY costume. Find a tutu, star-shaped stickers, a headband, and silver garland, work a little crafting magic, and you'll have a great costume in no time.

What You'll Need:

• White leotard or bodysuit with tutu
• Coffee filters
• Glue
• Scissors
• Round cake cardboard base
• Chopsticks
• Aluminum tape
• Silver garland
• White headband
• Star stickers

How-to:

1. Cut the round cake cardboard base into two wing shapes.
2. Fold coffee filters in half and glue to cardboard wings, making layers. Glue to both sides of each wing.
3. Glue wings to the back of the leotard at an angle. Then glue ribbon in the center where both wings come together for decoration.
4. Decorate wings and leotard with star stickers.
5. To make the wand, cover 1 chopstick with aluminum tape.
6. Glue silver Christmas garland to the top.
7. For the crown, glue silver Christmas garland to white headband.

Anne of Green Gables

DIY Halloween costumes - Anne of Green Gables Costume

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Few costumes are as charming as this one, inspired by the books by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Young and grown-up Anne fans alike can dress up as her, thanks to this easy DIY.

What You'll Need:

• Green ribbon
• Straw hat
• Leather belt
• Books
• Button-down shirt
• White apron
• Long skirt

How-to:

1. Tie the ribbon around the hat. If you can, style hair into braided pigtails.
2. Wrap a leather belt around a small stack of books.

Magic 8-Ball

Magic 8-Ball costume

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This DIY costume may have been developed for a pregnant person, but anyone can dress up as a Magic 8-Ball this year with this simple guide.

What You'll Need:

• Black maternity dress (or a regular black dress if you're not pregnant)
• White fabric paint
• Adhesive felt
• Purple cardstock
• Adhesive letters
• Black laundry bag

How-to:

1. Paint a white circle onto the stomach of the dress and let dry. Cut an "8" from the felt and attach to the white circle.
2. Cut a triangle from the cardstock, write out "I see diapers in your future" in adhesive letters, and glue it to the front of the dress. (For a non-pregnant alternative, write another prediction: "Better luck next time" or "Ask again later" are great options.)
3. To make a cape, cut the laundry bag in half widthwise, remove the drawstring from the top, and replace it with a red ribbon.

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Junior Mint

DIY Halloween costumes - Junior Mint Costume

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Sure, this DIY costume is absolutely adorable on a tyke, but adults—especially Junior Mint fans—can still get in on the fun: Simply adjust the directions here to suit adult (or bigger kid) dimensions.

What You'll Need:

• Green felt
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Green pipe cleaners
• Green T-shirt
• Green baseball cap
• Adhesive letters ("J" and "R")

How-to:

1. Print and cut out the mint leaf template. Trace the shape onto green felt to create as many leaves as you'd like, then cut them out. Glue the pipe cleaners to the leaves to create veins, then glue the leaves to the front of the T-shirt.
2. Attach the letters "J" and "R" to the baseball cap.

Sea Monster

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Sea Monster costume

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Show off your wild side in this clever and colorful costume. This outfit comes together with streamers, cupcake liners, felt, Ping Pong balls, and matching hooded sweatshirt and pants.

What You'll Need:

• Matching hooded sweatshirt and pants
• Green streamers
• Scissors
• Ping Pong balls
• Orange and white felt
• Cupcake liners
• Fabric glue
• Scissors
• Black marker

How-to:

1. Create fringe by cutting strips on the ends of the streamers.
2. Attach streamers to the cuffs of the pants and top. Fold the cupcake liners in half and glue cupcake liners along the sweatshirt sleeves in a line.
3. Cut circles from the orange felt and glue to the sweatshirt torso.
4. Cut triangles from the white felt and attach along the hood.
5. Color one side of the Ping Pong balls black with the marker. Glue to the sweatshirt hood for eyes.

Movie Director

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Movie Director

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This classic filmmaker get-up (black pants, cardigan, bow tie, beret) is easy enough for any behind-the-scenes movie-maker to pull off. Just wear the clothes, or take your DIY Halloween costume to the next level with some simple crafting.

What You'll Need:

• Black pants
• Cardigan
• Bow tie
• Beret
• Pastry bag
• Drawer pull
• Small chalk board
• Black duct tape
• Styrofoam cone
• Spray paint in black and red
• White tape

How-to:

1. Cut white tape into ¼-inch thick strips and make an arrow shape. Attach to the plain black chalkboard. Repeat to complete a line of arrows across the top. Write your film's name in chalk.
2. For the megaphone, turn a pastry bag inside out. On newspaper in a well-ventilated area, paint it red. Let dry.
3. Insert a styrofoam cone inside the bag to give it structure.
4. To make a handle, glue a drawer pull to the side of the bag.

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Bookworm

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Bookworm

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A novel idea for the person who always has their nose in the books, the bookworm DIY costume is both silly and adorable at the same time. Pull the disguise together with felt, Styrofoam balls, a sweatshirt, sweatpants, and plastic glasses. When it's time for trick-or-treating, take a favorite book or two along to complete the costume.

What You'll Need:

• Pants and pullover hooded sweatshirt in green
• Scissors
• Styrofoam ball
• Green felt
• Fabric glue
• Green pipe cleaners
• Bow tie
• Green string

How-to:

1. Cover a small styrofoam ball in green felt. Then attach it on the end of the pipe cleaner.
2. Glue 4 tabs of felt (about 2" long) to the bottom of each antennae and use these to secure the antennae to the hood by gluing them on with fabric glue.
3. Glue a bow tie to the neck area of the hoodie with fabric glue.
4. Glue green strings with fabric glue along the outside of the hoodie to create the worm's furrows.

Owl

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Owl

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Whooo needs a last-minute costume idea? The night owl's getup starts with brown leggings and shirt and calls for cupcake liners, faux feathers, a headband, and ribbon.

What You'll Need:

• Brown long sleeve shirt and pants or brown dress (tights optional)
• Fabric cape
• Glue gun
• Cupcake liners (in brown and gold)
• Feathers
• Glasses
• Headband (in brown or black)
• Wire
• Ribbon

How-to:

1. Fold cupcake liners in half (or cut them in half). Starting from the bottom of the shirt or dress and working your way up, glue them to the shirt, layering them length-wise.
2. For the cape, apply liners in the same fashion, starting at the bottom edge of the cape and layering them length-wise as you make your way around the cape.
3. Hot glue feathers to the top of glasses for that sharp wise owl look.
4. For the headband, bundle feathers together and wrap them with wire, followed by ribbon. Attach ribbon at the base of the headband, securing with hot glue. Wrap the wire securely around the headband.

Mad Scientist

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Mad Scientist

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Mixing potions, whipping up weird experiments, and dreaming up another great invention: This DIY costume idea can turn anyone into the next great creator. To make this scientist's lab attire, start with everyday basics, which includes khakis, a plaid shirt, and a bow tie. Finish it off with goggles, a lab coat, and the right gummy concoction. If you happen to have goggles and a lab coat, your costume is ready to go. If not, try this DIY guide to make your own.

What You'll Need:

• Khaki pants
• Plaid shirt
• Bow tie
• White dress shirt (the larger the better)
• CD sleeves
• Glue
• Carpenter's goggles

How-to:

1. Cut the bottom of the shirt straight across the bottom.
2. Glue CD envelopes to the front of the shirt to create pockets.

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Mother of Pearl

DIY Halloween costumes - Mother of Pearl idea for pregnant woman

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Own your baby bump this Halloween with this subtle, playful costume idea. Your belly does most of the work, so you can show it off with just a little crafting know-how.

What You'll Need:

• White fabric
• Dress
• Iridescent fabric
• White printer paper
• Pink felt
• White pom-poms
• Headband

How-to:

1. Cut a 6-inch circle from the white fabric and glue to the belly of the dress. Cut a second 6-inch circle from the iridescent fabric and glue on top of the first circle.
2. Accordion-fold two sheets of white paper, trim as needed, then adhere them above and below the fabric pearl to form the clam shell.
3. Cut two 5-by-6-inch ovals from the pink felt and adhere to the inside of both halves of the shell.

Monarch Butterfly

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Monarch Butterfly

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This DIY Halloween costume starts easily enough: Dress in all black. To create the wings, you'll need hangers, black trash bags, and colorful tape. And for the royal duds, it's simple to pull together this crown with some felt and everyday office supplies.

What You'll Need:

• Black leggings and shirt
• 4 Hangers
• Black trash bags
• Double-sided tape
• Black adhesive felt
• Scissors
• Elmer's glue
• Clear packing tape
• Office dots (in white and gold)
• Orange felt
• Velcro
• Black headband

How-to:

1. Shape hangers to resemble butterfly wings and stick together with clear tape. Cover edges of hangers with black adhesive felt.
2. Cover both sides of wings with black trash bags. Attach with double-sided tape.
3. Cut patterns out of the orange felt. Adhere the orange pieces to both sides of the trash bag covered wings. Decorate the wings with gold and white office stickers.
4. Attach one strip of Velcro to the shirt and the other on the wings. Secure and adjust.
5. For the crown, decorate a plain black headband with the orange felt and stickers.

Saturn

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Saturn

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A DIY costume idea that's—c'mon, we have to say it—out-of-this-world. This getup revolves around black pants and shirt (or black sweats) sprinkled with a constellation of shining star stickers. Layer on a bright sweatshirt that you've painted with Saturn-like bands. Then add a pillow for stuffing and top it all off with as many "rings" as you can twirl.

What You'll Need:

• Black shirt and pants
• Hula hoops
• Star stickers
• Oversized gold sweatshirt
• Scissors
• Newspaper
• Orange acrylic paint (water-based)
• Paint brush
• Fabric glue

How-to:

1. Place the black outfit on a flat surface. Adhere "stars" all over, specifically covering the legs and arms, the areas not covered by the gold vest.
2. Cut the arms off the old sweatshirt. To create a polished look and to remove frayed edges, hem the arm holes with fabric glue.
3. Place the sweatshirt on a sheet of newspaper on a flat surface. Paint diagonal stripes using your paint and brush. Let dry overnight.

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Flower Child

DIY Halloween costumes - Flower Child

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Be a flower child in the literal sense with this flower-focused costume: All it takes is a dress that you probably already have and some quick DIY magic.

What You'll Need:

• Brown felt
• Green dress
• Yellow felt
• Artificial sunflowers
• Headband

How-to:

1. Cut a 6-inch circle from the brown felt and glue to the belly of the dress.
2. Print and cut out the petal templates. Trace the largest petal onto yellow felt several times and cut out. Glue the petals around the felt circle, cutting out more petals as needed. Then trace and cut out medium-size petals from the felt and glue them on top of the large petals, closer to the center. Repeat with the smallest size petals.
3. Glue artificial sunflowers to the headband.

Scuba Diver

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Scuba Diver

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Take the plunge with a DIY costume ensemble you can assemble from your summer wardrobe: board shorts, a rash guard, and water shoes (walking in flippers will definitely cut into trick-or-treat time). The protective goggles come straight from the toolbox, and the oxygen tank is made from spray-painted water bottles.

What You'll Need:

• 2 one-liter bottles
• Black spray paint
• Yellow utility tape
• Black shoelaces
• Hot glue gun
• Black cord covers
• Pacifier
• Board shorts
• Rash guard
• Water shoes
• Protective goggles

How-to:

1. Make sure the bottles are empty and dry. Spray paint one bottle at a time. Let dry overnight.
2. Take the now black bottles and wrap rings around the bottoms and the tops of each bottle with the yellow tape.
3. Glue the shoelaces to the tops and bottoms of each bottle. Secure around the wearer's shoulders.
4. For the mouth device, cover one end of the cord with yellow tape.
5. Glue pacifier to the other end of the cord cover. Let dry overnight.

Race Car Driver

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Racecar Driver costume

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If they're obsessed with cars and trucks, they'll want to wear this one even past October 31. Go from zero to race-ready in a jiffy by decorating an everyday tracksuit with a few strips of tape. Don't forget to add the accessories like a matching hat, trophy, and checkered flag. (Race car and pit crew optional.)

What You'll Need:

• Track suit
• Checkered duct tape
• Black masking tape
• Baseball cap
• Race car–themed stickers
• Iron-on patch
• Scissors
• Glue
• White ribbon (about 2 yards)
• Black ribbon (about 2 yards)
• Dowel

How-to:

1. Using the checkered tape, add a stripe along the sides of each arm, from collar to wrist, on the track suit.
2. Take the black tape and make a horizontal stripe across the middle of the jacket.
3. Glue iron on patch to the top left front of the jacket.
4. On the track suit pants, starting from the waist and running down to the cuff, add a stripe with the checkered tape.
5. Decorate front of cap with checkered duct tape, black tape, and car stickers.
6. To make a flag, cut ribbon to desired length of flag.
7. Weave white & black ribbon together and glue at each end. Cut excess ribbon.
8. Cut dowel to desired length.
9. Glue ribbon to dowel.

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Drummer

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Drummer

Credit: Glenn Glasser; Styling: Kristine Trevino

Beat it, kid—a drum, that is. Whip up this uniform out of a shirt and pants you trim with red utility tape and spray-painted bottle caps; the hat is a paper-covered oatmeal container. Switch out the drum for a curtain rod and you're the leader of the local band (of trick-or-treaters).

What You'll Need:

• Bottle caps (from water or soda bottles)
• Newspaper
• Gold acrylic paint (water-based)
• Paintbrush
• Red utility tape
• Hot glue gun
• Oatmeal canister
• Scissors
• White construction paper
• Glue dots
• Hole punch
• White shoelaces
• White shirt
• Black pants
• Drum or curtain rod

How-to:

1. Place bottle caps on a piece of newspaper and paint them gold. Let dry overnight.
2. Make 3 to 4 lines on shirt using the red tape. Adhere each strip about 2 to 3 inches apart.
3. Glue painted bottle caps at the ends of each strip of red tape. Let stand to dry overnight.
4. For the drummer's hat, wrap paper around the container to fit to size. (You want to completely cover the oatmeal container.) Trim any excess paper off the top or bottom. Secure paper to the container with 2 or 3 glue dots.
5. Wrap a ring on the bottom of the canister with the red tape.
6. Position the hat on head and find the best spot for securing strap. Punch 2 holes and string shoelaces through the holes.

Mermaid

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Mermaid

Credit: Nicole Hill Gerulat; Styling: Elizabeth MacLennan

Make a splash out of water with this easy-to-create disguise that requires streamers, cupcake liners, ribbon, a headband, and seashells. Find a fake starfish at the craft store or toy store and fashion a little necklace out of it for a little extra pizzazz.

What You'll Need:

• Blue or green dress or shirt and skirt with matching leggings
• Crepe paper streamers
• Glue gun
• Cupcake liners (in assorted colors and sizes)
• Headband
• Teal ribbon (about two yards)
• Starfish
• Gold cord

How-to:

1. Glue lengths of crepe paper streamers in alternating colors around the waistline of a child's dress or skirt.
2. Fold cupcake liners in half.
3. Working from bottom to top, glue to the bodice of a dress or shirt. Layer the liners length-wise, alternating colors.
4. Fold cupcake liners in half and layer them length wise along the bottoms of leggings (if desired), layering lengthwise and alternating colors. (You'll need about two rows.)
5. Fold cupcake liners in half and glue the largest cupcake liner in the middle of the headband and the smaller liners on either side. Hot glue starfish to each of the liners.
6. For the necklace, hot glue a starfish to a length of golden cord.

Fisher

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Fisherman costume

Credit: Glenn Glasser; Styling: Kristine Trevino

There's no catch to how easy this DIY Halloween costume is to make—but there are a few household items required. The only thing you'll need to make is the fishing pole. For the raincoat and pants, just add a strip of silver tape to the arms, legs, and torso portion of the jacket and pants.

What You'll Need:

• Raincoat and pants
• Silver tape
• Rain boots
• Glue
• Tape
• Dowel
• Ceiling hook (available at hardware stores)
• Ribbon
• Plastic fish
• Toilet paper roll
• 2 bottle caps
• Grey paint

How-to:

1. Cut hole in center of toilet paper roll and stick dowel through the hole.
2. Glue two bottle caps to each side of the toilet paper roll.
3. Paint the entire dowel, toilet paper rolls, and bottle caps grey. Set aside to dry.
4. Glue ribbon to the top center of the dowel (leave extra ribbon hanging like a fishing pole). Wrap the remaining ribbon around the toilet paper roll and tape it down.
5. Attach a ceiling hook to the end of the ribbon with glue to create the fishing hook.
6. Attach a toy fish to the end of the hook.
7. Tape lines around the arms, torso, and legs of the rain jacket and pants.

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Angel

DIY Halloween costumes ideas - Angel

Credit: Glenn Glasser; Styling: Kristine Trevino

This DIY angel costume that comes together practically on the fly. Dress all in white—a favorite dress or over-sized shirt, tights, and comfy shoes. For the halo and wings, you'll need pipe cleaners, cardboard, and coffee filters.

What You'll Need:

• Gold pipe cleaners
• Pencil
• Hole punch
• Coffee filters
• White cardboard
• White shoelaces
• Tape or glue dots
• White clothes and shoes

How-to:

1. Make a halo shape by twisting the gold pipe cleaners into proper form.
2. Draw the shape of two angel wings on cardboard; cut them out.
3. Decide on the most comfortable spot to wear the wings, then punch 4 holes in the cardboard. String shoelaces through them to tie around your shoulders.
4. Fold coffee filters in half and adhere them with tape or glue to the cardboard to resemble feathers.

LEGO Person

Lego Mask

Credit: Philip Friedman

This might be the most recognizable pop culture DIY costume out there. Because you can focus on making the perfect Halloween mask, your crafting is sure to be a success—and when it's time to dress up, you can throw on almost anything to polish off the costume.

What You'll Need:

• Yellow felt
• Black felt
• Elastic string
• Magna Tac glue

How-to:

1. Cut out a Lego-shaped head from yellow felt. Measure on your face to find out where to cut circles for eyes.
2. Make eyebrows and a mouth by cutting strips of black felt. Glue to the face.
3. Trim a piece of elastic string and glue the ends to the sides of the face for the mask band. To make more secure, you can also glue a small piece of felt on top of the ends of the string.
4. Dress in solid, primary colors.

Craft developed by Morgan Levine

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