Any ideas for homemade Halloween costumes?

[hudsonam]

I love some of the ones on Babystyle and some of the other sites, but I keep feeling like I should try to make DS something. My mom used to sew my costumes, but I can't go that far (no sewing machine or sewing experience). But I was thinking maybe orange PJs and black felt for a tiger costume, or something like that. Has anyone made a costume for their child? What did you make and how did you make it?

TIA!
Anne Marie

[Melanie]

Ds is going to be a gnome. =) He's almost 5, though. I'll be using wool felt and embroidery thread to make/stitch a hat, then also cut out and make a vest that way. I think I'll try to do a rope for a belt, and he'll wear a plain button-down/casual top, over baggy pants and his winter boots. I'm also going to make a white beard, but I'm still figuring out how I will do that part.

[mapg]

I've done black cat costumes, blacl leggings and turleneck with the ears and drawn on whiskers, it is really cute. One year I saw a little boy who was a duplo block. The mom spray painted a small box, cut arm holes and a spot for his head and then made the top to go on his head. It was really cute. One of the parenting magazines will have ideas in the October issue.

[JTsMom]

http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfeature/halloween_ms_costumes/

HTH- I LOVE LOVE LOVE this magazine.

[hudsonam]

Thanks for the ideas! And that magazine has such cute ideas! I do get that, but I didn't notice if that was in the last issue we got.

[JTsMom]

It wasn't, but I remembered them having them last year, so I went to the site to see if they'd be there.