Need a last-minute Halloween costume? There's help from Amazon, Primary.com and the most clever crafters on the internet, (Photo: Moms & Crafters, Primary.com, @donohuea)
Well, dang.
It’s less than a week until Halloween and you don’t have a costume for your kid yet. It’s OK! No shaming here. Life is hectic.
Truth is there are many amazing costumes you can create with stuff lying around your house, or with a quick trip to the dollar store.
We scoured the internet to find the cutest, most adorable (did we mention easy?) DIY kids’ costumes.
So take a breath, it’s all going to be just fine. Here are last-minute Halloween costumes for kids.
Rosie the Riveter
Because we all know that girls can do it! All this costume requires is some sort of jean shirt or overalls and a red and white bandana. The end result? So fierce.
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Black cat
Easy. You just need an all-black outfit, ears and some face paint for the nose and whiskers—though I’m sure a black eyeliner could do the trick. No ears? No problem. Make some out of construction paper and glue them to an old headband.
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Pumpkin
Grab an orange shirt or sweater and use a permanent marker or construction paper to create the eyes, nose and mouth. Adorable!
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Ghost
The DIY classic. But this one takes it up a notch with cozy white fleece tied on each side. This last-minute costume will also keep your kiddo warm when a last-minute cold spell strikes.
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Cactus
Primary.com has loads of adorable DIY costume ideas. A cactus is pretty easy to pull off with an all-green outfit and little bits yellow or white to serve as the spikes.
Look at this cute little cactus! Easily make it for a last-minute Halloween costume. (Photo: Anne Donohue, @donohuea)
Chip and Joanna Gaines
Could the home renovation couple be any cuter? These two rock that farmhouse style with tools and T-shirts—Joanna’s reads #shiplap and Chip’s says #demoday. The famous HGTV duo was made famous from their show “Fixer Upper.”
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Spider
Perfect for the baby just learning to crawl! Dress him or her in all black and attach stuffing-filled black socks as the spider’s legs.
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Grapes
Balloons are a DIY gift when it comes to Halloween costumes: think bubbles for a bubble bath costume, gumballs for a gumball machine or, of course, grapes for a bundle of grapes. Attach balloons using safety pins.
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Three Blind Mice
You’ll need three things: three kids, mice ears and sunglasses. You know the nursery rhyme, right? Done, done and done.
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Gingerbread
So you’re one of those Amazon Prime kind of moms? Same. Put those boxes to use for Halloween. Clever Housewife has instructions for making this super cute gingerbread costume. Honestly, looks like this one is for a more advanced crafter, but you got this! Amazon collected more ideas for costumes using boxes.
Make a gingerbread costume out of Amazon boxes. (Photo: Clever Housewife)
Bob Ross
Curly-headed kid? That makes this costume easy. Just add jeans, a white shirt and a paint palette.
“Look around. Look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere—you only have to look to see it.”
– Bob Ross
Shot by @RNA7#HappyHalloween#halloweencostume#thejoyofpainting@[email protected]/S1CFdbvVC6
Emoji
For the tech-savvy kids, you can create all sorts of emojis out of a plain yellow shirt. Tongue-out emoji, heart eyes emoji, sunglasses emoji and, switch that yellow for brown for fan-favorite, smiling poop emoji.
Turn a yellow shirt into an emoji costume. (Photo: Primary.com)
Shark
Dun dunnn. Dun dunnnnn. What kid doesn’t want to be shark for Halloween? Instead of picking one up from the store, you can make one with an old Amazon box. Moms & Crafters shows you how.
Make a shark costume out of an old Amazon box. (Photo: Moms & Crafters, momsandcrafters.com)
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