Easy to Make Kids Halloween Costumes

on October 23, 2008 at 2:35 PM

Is that a expensive, high-tech, store-bought, planetary spacesuit prototype you're wearing?

Actually, it's homemade, fashioned with state-of-the-art egg cartons and Styrofoam cups.

MarthaStewart.com has some great ideas for homemade kids' costumes using materials you can find at the grocery store. There's a Cowboy, made out of brown paper grocery bags; Hula Dancers made from mop heads; a valiant Knight made from candy cups and pie tins; and more.

Are you making your kids' costumes this year?

About the author Kim Conte

has shoes that make people stop her on the street and ask "Where did you get those?" but it doesn't work for taxi cabs as she was hit by one ... and lived to tell the tale. She has more freckles than Lohan but way less attitude. And she's a fierce cook with tons of recipes to share -- and wishes she could share some with Bourdain.

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Comments (2)

rockerchic

on Oct 23, 2008 at 10:30 PM

What Cool ideas!

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smoothiequeen

on Nov 5, 2008 at 3:41 PM

made a costume for mike out of coat hanger covered with black material tied off evry 3-4 inches with black yarn hooked it to his wheelchair put a ski mask over his face and a cloak with spiders on it every time he moved his wheel chair it made the legs bounce up and down way cool he won first place with 100$ prize happy halloween