Simple Halloween Costumes

Posted on October 27, 2010 by LJ Earnest
Categories: Simplification

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Photo by vladeb

With Halloween right around the corner, I thought I would do a link post with some easy Halloween costumes for kids.

From Robin’s FYI: Homemade Halloween Costumes – easy and cheap!. This has great ideas for clothing-based costumes.
Costume Idea Zone has some fun box costume ideas at Think Inside the Box.
Really easy last-minute ideas can be found at Halloween.com’s Quick Halloween Costume Ideas for that Last Minute Costume
About.com has lots of costume ideas, including the ones on the Box list at Fast and Simple (Last-Minute) Costumes.
The Octopus costume at Octopus Hoodie is adorable!
Better Homes and Gardens has a few ideas at Easy -to-Make Kids ‘ Halloween Costumes.
Women’s Day has some cute ideas at Quick Costumes.

I’ll throw in one of my own: the Black Widow. Take 2 pairs of black tights and cut the legs off. Stuff them with filler and sew closed. Sew to the side seams of a black shirt. From the sleeves of the shirt, run a thread down through each of the “legs” so that when the child moves her arms, the spider legs move. Sew or paint a red hourglass on the back, and pair with black pants or leggings. Note: Since this is a black costume, make sure that the child has light sources on her when she goes out trick-or-treating.

Black widow, back view