My guys decided they wanted to be an astronaut and a space alien. Fitting really. I found a couple of examples in the book cute and easy Costumes for Kids , and though the heads did take some time to dry, the project itself was very simple.
For the astronaut, I used my son's karate gi. I used safety pins to attach a felt design I made onto the front of the gi. The air tanks were a big hit and were made by spray painting a couple of recycled pop bottles white. I used blue electrical tape and a bit of hot glue to hold them together. I picked up a piece of flexible tubing in the free box of a recent yard sale, and taped that to the bottom of one of the bottles. The helmet was made using paper mache over top of a large balloon. We painted it white and trimmed the openings with blue paint.
For the alien, I followed the instructions in the book and made a tube out of green fabric in my fabric box. I cute out some circles and glued them on. His head was made following the same techniques as the helmet but I cut out a mouth shape and added some paper teeth. For the eyes, I took a few plastic Easter eggs from my cupboard and hot glued a pompom on each. I insterted a twisted pipe cleaner into the bottom of the egg, and inserted the other end of the pipe cleaner into a slit cut in the top of the head. The eyes were a huge hit with neighbours and friends!
Everyone loved the costumes, and the kids enjoyed the process of making them. That is one of the things I most remember about Halloween as a child, making our costumes. We didn't have huge stores in those days where you could spend hours selecting a costume. We came up with ideas and used what we had to bring the idea to life. Sure it takes a bit of work. But the costumes were unique, free, and hopefully the boys will remember the time we spent together making them. That is better than candy any day!
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For the alien, I followed the instructions in the book and made a tube out of green fabric in my fabric box. I cute out some circles and glued them on. His head was made following the same techniques as the helmet but I cut out a mouth shape and added some paper teeth. For the eyes, I took a few plastic Easter eggs from my cupboard and hot glued a pompom on each. I insterted a twisted pipe cleaner into the bottom of the egg, and inserted the other end of the pipe cleaner into a slit cut in the top of the head. The eyes were a huge hit with neighbours and friends!
Everyone loved the costumes, and the kids enjoyed the process of making them. That is one of the things I most remember about Halloween as a child, making our costumes. We didn't have huge stores in those days where you could spend hours selecting a costume. We came up with ideas and used what we had to bring the idea to life. Sure it takes a bit of work. But the costumes were unique, free, and hopefully the boys will remember the time we spent together making them. That is better than candy any day!
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What fun costumes. They turned out great!
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ReplyDeletethose costumes are just tooo cute....
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