Cut and mold the other pieces so that they cover the nose and forehead. Keep four egg holders attached and cut out holes in the bottom of two for vision. Use those cardboard holders as a basis to make a mask. Every James Bond movie seems to have a masquerade ball scene. While you may recycle your cardboard egg cartons, they are a perfect resource for art projects. Or make large glasses with silver round eye pieces from cardboard. Your child will stand out in a crowd if she wears a yellow hoodie sweatshirt with overall jeans and safety goggles for glasses. Paint everything silver and put black Batman decals on the wings and bottles. You could also convert this into Batman if you child wears all black and you cut out Batman style wings to affix to the bottles. Attach to the silver bottles and glue to the cardboard. Out of red and orange construction paper cut flames. Take two used bottles of soda and paint silver. Find a piece of flat cardboard and attach two shoulder straps. Dress your child in a red sweatshirt and red pants. Voila, a piece of Lego.īecome rocket man or a rudimentary version of Ironman without a helmet. Collect used plastic containers of the same size, like ones for margarine, and paint in the same color. Take a cardboard box that can fit around your child. We can re-purpose items in our houses or in nature without being destructive and design some pretty cute, if not clever, costumes. The concept around making your own costume is to teach your child that we must stop being a throw-away nation. It might end up costing you more, especially if you have to buy supplies. The idea of making a homemade costume from items around the house isn’t to save money. Your child can become a lovely pumpkin by re-purposing a cardboard box, painting it orange and designing a face on its front. The fun of Halloween is being creative and using your imagination in designing your own costume.Įlsa can be achieved if your daughter has a long blue party dress, and you make a crown out of tinfoil.
The boys admire Captain America or Batman and insist on a store-bought outfit.ĭon’t give in.
Everyone wants to be Elsa, the ice queen from Disney’s hit movie Frozen. Sometimes it’s hard to convince your children to make their own Halloween costumes.
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