33 Do-It-Yourself Costume Ideas
October 9, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Doing it Yourself, Halloween, Seasonal Savings, holidays, saving money
For the first time ever, I have three kids this Halloween. If you’re like me, you don’t have $30-50 per kid to spend on a costume. I’ve been searching around the internet and have found some do-it-yourself ideas. Hopefully there will something that you like.
Parents has some cute costume ideas. You probably have many of the items needed already at home.
- Scuba Diver – uses 2 liter soda bottles, tubing, and goggles
- Beauty Queen
- Basketball Player
- Artist
- Mad Scientist
- Rock Star
- Magician
- Doctor
- Chef
- Zoo Keeper
- Construction Worker
Handmade Costumes – Most of these costume ideas are for smaller children.
- Little Lamb – This one is my favorite. It’s so adorable!
- Dalmation Puppy
- Crazy Caterpillar
- Rooster
- Goldfish
From Better Homes & Gardens
- Mac and Cheese Costume
- Chinese Take Out
- Milky Milk Shake
- Sweet Skunk (so cute!)
- Owl/Wise Guy
- Man at Work
- Woodland Sprite/fairy
- Rock Star
- Swatted Fly
- Spooky Spider
- Spooky Spider
- Cute Bat
- Magic Tree
- Silly Clown
- Grandpa Gus
Were there any costumes that you liked?
image from sxc.hu
Your costume ideas are great! That picture of the sheep costume is really cute. I agree that parents do not always have $30-50 to spend on halloween costumes for each child. Another tip would be to go to a used clothing store, like Value Village to see what costume ideas you can find there.