Easy, Cheap DIY Baby and Toddler Halloween Costumes
Ready-made baby and toddler Halloween costumes are adorable, but very expensive. You can get immense looking DIY costumes easily for your little ones with these helpful tips. Dip into your recycle bin, hand-me-down bin or second-hand store for supplies to make cute costumes for infants, babies and toddlers. These costumes will cost you next to nothing and they will be snug and warm for those crisp chilly October evenings. Ready? Let’s inaugurate.
First, decide what your child will go as for Halloween and trick-or-treat. The easiest costume ideas for babies and toddlers are animal or food costumes. You can even employ this pattern to make Webkinz pet costumes. You will need:
–an ragged blanket sleeper (zippered pajamas with covered feet). Use an old sleeper, pick up on second hand or purchase a new blanket sleeper and reuse it for sleep when Halloween is over. Choose the sleeper color based on the type of character it will be used for:
-green: frog,dinosaur, gecko lizard, dragon, caterpillar, parrot
-yellow or tan: baby chick, tiger, leopard, lion
-red: ladybug, bird, tomato, apple, strawberry
-pink: piece of gum
-black, brown, white or gray: cat, dog, donkey, horse, cow, squirrel, raccoon, guinea pig, hamster, rabbit, penguin
-blue or purple: bird, fish
—knit hat in matching color
—several former socks or mittens in matching colors if possible
—pieces of recycled cardboard from cereal boxes or packaging
permanent marker
eyebrow pencil
lipstick
hot glue gun
assorted fabric scraps, pom-poms, feathers, faux gems, ribbon, gems (optional)
Procedure:
Draw execute details with permanent marker on sleeper: lines, circles, stripes, spots wings etc.
Using the socks or mittens, draw several black lines on the destroy to simulate paws or claws. Draw circles on the palm to look like paw pads.
Using hot glue gun, add details to sleeper. Sequins or faux gems are great for fish scales or birds. Glue faux feathers on for bird wings. Glue ribbon on for stripes. Pom-poms can be fish scales, curly-haired puppies.
Stuff one sock with recycled rags for a tail. Sew it to the back of the sleep or hot glue it on. You can also glue a large pom pom on the back for a fuzzy tail.
Draw a simple face of whiskers making three lines on each side of the face. To make animal noses on babies or toddlers, just put a dab of orange face paint or makeup on the nose for a beak. Red or pink makes a nice mammal’s nose.
Create two ears for the costume using socks and a knit hat. Stuff the socks halfway full of scrap fabric. Cut two puny holes in the hat for ears. Push the open ends of the socks through the holes and tie off the ends in a knot that won’t slip through hole.
Baby will be toasty warm and cute as a bug!
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