35+ Easy Homemade Halloween Costumes for Kids

Static Electricity

1. From the inside, use safety pins to attach 6 socks in fun colors, a few pairs of underwear, and 3 or 4 pieces of small clothing like baby T-shirts or tiny tank tops to a plain, solid-color outfit. Use your imagination! You could also attach the clothing with a hot-glue gun if you don't mind ruining the outfit.

2. With hair gel, spike hair to look static-y.

3. Use a small laundry basket as a treat bucket.

Gumball Machine

1. Paint a plastic soda cap with silver paint. With a hot-glue gun, glue to red hat.

2. Cut ¿5¿" out of black craft foam and glue to pants leg.

3. Cut hood and sleeves off a clear raincoat; put on backward (snaps in back). Use a 30-inch piece of elastic as a belt; blouse coat over it. (You can also use a clear bag.)

4. Blow up 20 multicolored balloons halfway. Put in through back of coat. Snap up coat; cut off excess, if any.

Flapper

1. With a hot-glue gun, glue 5 yards of 4-inch fringe on the front of a white ribbed tank top that's a few sizes too big (leave the back plain; otherwise, it'll be hard to get on). Begin at the bottom and work your way up, gluing in rows.

2. Glue a large feather to the middle of an 18-inch piece of 2-inch-wide ribbon. Fit around child's head, leaving enough to glue or tie in back, and cut off excess. Wear with feather boa.

Pig in a Blanket

1. Cut pig ears, small rectangle, and small circle out of two 8 by 11-inch sheets of pink craft foam.

2. With a hot-glue gun, glue ears to a pink headband.

3. Dot circle with glitter glue for nostrils. Fold rectangle around circle, gluing together to form snout. Glue one end of a 12-inch piece of elastic to each side, so that it can be worn over child's nose.

4. Wrap blanket over shoulders; pin with large safety pin.