I love Halloween because of the excuse to dress up, make rediculously cute treats and eat sugar (though I admit I’m laying off the sugar a little more than I did as a kid) dressing up never affects my health 😉. Here are my top 5 DIY for Halloween.
#1 Homemade Costumes
You may or may not be into dressing up, you may or may not like to make costumes yourself, but seeing the creativity of others never dulls. Here are some of my favorites over the years (stickers used to protect the innocent- not an actual part of the costume😊)
Star Wars! People will always know who you are and you may even get fan art. Princess Leia’s iconic hair stands out to even the youngest fans.
Oh the scandal! Obi Wan Kenobi and Princess Leia on a date…chaperoned by a little Yoda – so it’s all good.
A little tiger – if you know an awesome face painter, arrange for a cool addition to your costume through face paint.
A family of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with easy shells from the dollar store.
Harry Potter theme was fun (with Peter Pan and Wendy – I couldn’t get them to all agree–I really wanted one of them to be Doby… sigh) . No one actually wanted to be Harry.
The Neville costume was made from thrift store pillow cases and the ties from felt. I let them make their own ties so they are different. Hermione’ s cloak is just a big piece of felt fastened around the neck, we made their house emblems with paint on felt.
Hagrid’s costume was a heavy metal rockers wig and a rug for the beard.
Peter Pan ‘s costume was made from felt and green tights.
Wendy’s costume was a night gown from the thrift store that I took in on the sides and reconstructed the sleeves.
And last, but not least Tron. Simply wear all black and make a few strategic lines with neon tape. I loved it! Easy and fun.
#2 Cute Treats
Why else would I figure out how to make tiny edible candy pumpkins or bat and monster cupcakes than to make a hit at the Halloween party? It was totally worth it.
#3 Hallway Trick – or – Treat
Ok, this tops my list of happy memories. If you have a long hallway and little kids to entertain – you HAVE to try this 😊.
The adults stand in the doorway and the kids come get candy. Seeing everyone’s costumes – and dressing up is an absolute blast and everyone stays warm. I love these people!
#4 “Scary” Decorations
I wasn’t into “Scary” until I had kids. They practically beg for scary which I resist and do moderately scary 😳😊 – which they love. My four year old was crying that she didn’t want to go home, “but why,” I encouraged, “your room is so fancy!” (alluding to Fancy Nancy whom she adores). She cried, “my room IS fancy, but not our house.”
Sigh…
“What would we need to do to make our house fancy? ”
“We need spider webs and rats!”
… Ya, that is what fancy is to a four year old.
I did spider webs last year, they stuck to EVERYTHING! Not again!
This had taken its place. A window cut out is dramatic with no added electricity and minimal cleaning up afterwords.
It’s made from a large cardboard box. The very observant will notice the two pictures are different – that’s because I’ve done this with two houses now. I love it because it’s easy, it doesn’t take additional electricity and people love it. When the holiday is over I fold it up and store it behind our storage shelf in the garage.
#5 Glow in the dark Halloween party.
To start off get a black light. Just a black light bulb in a table lamp. Then we had teams turn people into mummies. The black light made everything glow. We also played balloon volleyball with a glow stick in the balloon and topped it off with pizza.
What is your favorite Halloween DIY?
These are great DIY costumes! Quick and easy to do!
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Thanks!
I love all of these ideas – and the Star Wars costumes!
This proves that you don’t need to spend a lot of money to have a great Halloween x
Truer words were never spoken. 🙂 The best Halloween for the least amount of money. ha ha. Have a great Halloween!
So true, and I honestly I feel homemade is even more fun, but I’m biased.
These are all such adorable ideas! I especially loved the cupcake with the Oreo bat on the top – genius! I’ll be trying that one – thanks for the inspo! 🙂
Anytime Rhianna, they are super easy. Post a pic of your finished cupcake if you have the time. And happy Halloween.
Oh I love the rocker wig and rug for Hagrid! 😂 You’ve got some really creative and easy to follow ideas here. I especially love the spooky lil’ window display. Great post!
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Thank you! <3
Thanks so much ❤️
Homemade costumes are the best. It brings your creativity out. Love the Christmas treats! The hallway trick or treating looks neat!
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Thanks Nancy, hallway trick-or-treating is a favorite for sure.
Thanks Nancy.
Your costumes look amazing! I love the baked treats as well. For some reason, they always seem more tempting when they have a theme? Haha I’m glad your kids like moderately scary x
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Thanks Sophie, I truly appreciate that. Do you also enjoy moderately scary? ha ha