


It has to be homemade (no buying a full costume at the store for that amount).They have $20 to spend for all their supplies.The kids have to come up with their own costumes.And that’s probably why I’ve always stayed away from making your own Halloween Costumes.īut this year, I’m invoking three new rules for Halloween when it comes to costumes. I don’t know where they got the idea I was made of money because we’ve always found our costumes at a second hand store or pre-owned off the internet, but the requests this year were not reasonable, and not cheap. The price tag? Unreasonable and not in our budget. And no, not just any jumpsuit off Amazon was what she had in mind. My daughter said she wants to be a unicorn, and not just any unicorn.Ī full, head-to-toe fur covered unicorn with rainbow sparkling horn. I googled, ebayed, craiglisted, and shopped around but the cheapest I could find was $54.95 for all the pieces he envisioned. Not that he’s seen Top Gun, but this is basically who he’s trying to look like.

My son told me he wants to be a fighter jet pilot with a real jumpsuit, pilot jacket (you know the old-school leather kind with the fur) and helmet with mask just like Maverick and Goose from Top Gun. My kids came up with a big ask for Halloween this year. Easy halloween costumes your kids will love and you’ll love to show off. I couldn’t resist featuring it.45 easy homemade halloween costumes you can make at home, most without sewing or spending money. This Very Hungry Caterpillar newborn costume by Sweet Love Creates is not DIY, but so adorable. Toy Green Army Soldier costume via Instructables. I have run across some pretty creative costumes lately and thought I would share some of my favorites!Īdorable Train Costume by Cortney Ophoff. If you have a tiny cop, it’s even funnier. Stick some fake money on the outside and draw a big dollar sign on the bag. Just put nude hose on your head and stuff a pillow case with newspaper. This is about the easiest costume you can make. I thought she looked like a bank robber, thus our family costume! I got this idea because my daughter used to put all kinds of things on her head like a play butterfly net and tights. One of the funniest DIY costumes I made was when we were cops and robbers.

You’ll love these homemade Halloween costumes! Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year and I love to dress the family in costumes.
