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A Dozen Easy DIY Halloween Costumes

October 19, 2017 By Christine Field

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Is your Pinterest board already filled with easy DIY Halloween costumes?

Yes, it’s that time of year again.  Has it caught you unprepared?

There are three kinds of Halloween moms:

  1. Those who buy the lastest movie or culture themed costumes.  Money is no object!
  2. Those who are talented with the sewing machine who can whip up wonders.
  3. The rest of us who don’t really sew, but we CAN cut, glue and tape.

 

I scoured the Internet and found a dozen cute costume ideas for the minimally creative mom.  That’s me at number three!  How about you?

 

This little lamb from Parent.com is maybe the cutest thing I have ever seen!

 

DIY Halloween little lamb

From Crystalandcomp.com, this easy peacock would make any little girl strut with pride.

DIY Peacock

5minutesformom.com offers the ever-popular easy cat costume.

DIY cat costume

Chickenbabies.com has this no sew knights costume. Really, no no no sew!

no sew knights costime

 

Has your child gone through an octopus phase?  When my son went through this, he wanted me to buy huge lengths of dryer venting to make his tentacles.  This No-Sew Octopus from Instructables.com looks so much more do-able!

 

no-sew octopus costume

 

 

Easy, easy DIY zombie from shortcutsaver.com.

 

DIY zombie costume

This easy pumpkin from crystalandcomp.com would work for a broad span of ages – boy or girl!

pumpkin costume

Here’s the classic cat costume from 5minutesformom.com.  You won’t believe what she used to make the furry parts!

DIY cat costume

This lovely ladybug from bloomsnbugs.blogspot.com requires a little sewing but o so cute!

ladybug costume

Simplykellydesigns.com shows how to make this simple scarecrow costume.

DIY scarecrow

Ahoy! Artsymomma.com has a no-sew pirate costume that will stay in the dress-up closet all year.

no sew pirate costume

For something different, check out this tic-tac-toe costume from playtivities.com.

tic tac toe costume

You really can fix anything with duct tape, even an astronaut costume!  Great idea from mylifeoftravelsandadventure.com.

astronaut costume

What will you tackle this year? Let’s see your photos!

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