As the years have come and gone, parents and children have become more and more creative in selecting costumes, from the adorable to the unusual. Here are a few to choose from!
green or brown hooded sweatsuit 2 sheets yellow or white posterboard green felt 2 plastic headbands craft glue small stuffed bumble bee
From posterboard, cut out petals. From green felt, cut out long leaves. Glue petals to one headband and glue green felt leaves to the other headband. Put petal headband on head and leaf headband around neck. Glue a small stuffed bumble bee to sweatshirt. You can fashion one from felt or posterboard.
Fisherman
flannel shirt blue jeans lief jacket rubber boots fishing pole (real or made from a stick or branch) floppy fishing hat cardboard silver spray paint black marker 12" piece of yarn hole punch
Cut four fish out of cardboard. Spray paint silver on both sides, let dry. Use marker to draw an "X" in place of the fish's eyes. Punch hole near mouth of each fish and string from a piece of yarn. Carry fishing pole in hand and sling fish over shoulder.
Artist
red beret or other hat cardboard craft paint in several colors cape or smock paint brush
Have child wear hat tipped sideways. Draw on a black mustache with eyeliner or face paint. Cut out an artist's paint palette from cardboard. Paint five or six circles in different colors around palette. Hot glue paint brush onto palette or hold in hand.
Firefighter
Yellow or red raincoat rubber boots (yellow, red or basic black) toy fire hat cardboard aluminum foil stuffed Dalmatian toy
Make an axe out of cardboard and aluminum foil. Get dressed and carry puppy!
Farmer
flannel shirt overalls galoshes straw hat or baseball cap plastic pitchfork (or fashion from cardboard) stuffed pig or chicken
Very simple, just get dressed! Carry pitchfork and stuffed farm animal.
Tired Woman
well-worn nightgown well-worn terry bathrobe big fuzzy slippers curlers plastic coffee mug
Get dressed. Put curlers in child's hair. Have her carry a coffee mug and hang a sign around her neck that says "I'm Not a Morning Person!"
Pretzel
brown hooded sweatsuit dark brown tights cotton batting or old pillow stuffing hot glue white packing peanuts
Stuff tights with cotton batting or pillow stuffing. Fold into a pretzel shape and hot glue in place. Use white packing peanuts as salt and hot glue on.
Teletubbies
red, blue, yellow or green hooded sweatsuit 2 matching colored chenille sticks plastic headband thin cardboard silver spray paint
Twist chenille sticks onto headband for antennas. Paint child's face same color as s sweatsuit. Cut a tummy sized square of cardboard and spray one side with silver paint, let dry. Glue to tummy of sweatsuit.
Pizza Slice
2 sheets of red, yellow or orange poster board yellow, green, red, and brown construction paper OR craft paint
Cut the posterboard into 2 pie shapes (triangle). Then on one side of each piece, glue on red circles for pepperoni, brown splotches for sausage, green squares for green peppers, and yellow strips for cheese. You can use pieces of posterboard or construction paper, or you can paint them on. Then when you are done, use some more posterboard to connect the two slices, by cutting two long strips and attaching them to the wide end of the slice and draping them over the child's shoulders (imagine those signs that people where in the city streets, the walking billboards of yesteryear). Pizza!
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