5 Last minute, easy and inexpensive costume ideas

Sep 21, 2011 11:12 AM by Jennifer Coe

Posted in Holidays & Seasons / Halloween / Halloween Crafts & Activities

Last Minute DIY Costume Ideas

Making your own Halloween costumes doesn't need to be expensive or time consuming to be fun! Try one of these last minute dress-up ideas if you are short on time OR cash (or both!) this fall.

Jellyfish

Supplies:

An old umbrella
A length of pink knit fabric
Pink leggings
Pink top
Hot glue/glue gun/ scissors

Directions:

To create, cut out jagged strips of fabric and glue around the perimeter of the umbrella to recreate jellyfish tentacles. Cover the entire top of the umbrella with the pink fabric, trimming as needed and glue. Wear your pink clothes to blend into the bottom of the jellyfish.

Cloudy with a chance for rain

Supplies:

Grey or blue pants
Grey or blue top
White cotton or white felt
Hot glue/glue gun/scissors
Water bottle

Directions:

Carefully affix cotton or cloud shapes cut from the felt all over both your pants and shirt. If someone asks what you are, spritz them with water.

'Swat' Team member

Supplies:

Plain black t-shirt
Black pants
Fly swatter
Paint
Freezer paper
Craft knife
Yellow latex craft paint/paint brush

Directions:

Create a stencil of a fly and the word S.W.A.T. silhouette using freezer paper and cut out. Iron into the t-shirt and then paint. Let dry completely and then remove stencil and discard. Tie fly swatter to waist band, where a gun would be.

Mummy

Supplies:

White t-shirt
White pants
White knit fabric
Hot glue/glue gun/scissors

Directions:

Cut the white knit fabric into 2 inch strips. Carefully glue the strips loosely around your mummy, while they are wearing their white pants and shirt, with a low temperature glue gun. (***You can still be burned, even with a low temp gun, so use extreme care to avoid this and don't attempt on a small child.***) Make sure you don't glue the top to the bottom so your little mummy can still use the restroom.

Butterfly

Supplies:

2 wire hangers
A pair of white knee-high style pantyhose
Paint/paintbrush
Hot glue/glue gun
Elastic
Black pants
Black shirt

Directions:

Shape each of the wire hangers into a wing shape and straighten out the hook of the hanger. Join the hangers at that straightened hook piece, wrap with felt and glue together. Carefully cover each wing with a knee-high, trimming off the excess and gluing the ends together. Cover with another piece of felt. Glue on loops of elastic that will serve as straps for your arms to wear the wings on your back. Paint a design on the wings if desired.