Creating Halloween costumes shouldn’t be scary. It’s easy for the kids to decide on their spooky, fun, or creative costume, but sometimes it isn’t as easy to create these costumes, until now. Here are a few easy DIY Halloween Costumes that I have made over the years. I always made my kiddos costumes too, pre cell phone photos and of course this was pre social media. So some of the pictures aren’t great, but they are still very easy to make. 

Creating Costumes For Adults

Any of these costumes could be made into adult costumes as well. Bigger t-shirts, more tulle, and a little more time is all you will need.

Wizard Of Oz Costumes

These were such easy and fun costumes to make, creating them made me want to watch the movie all over again. These costumes also hold a special place in my heart. The Wizard of Oz is my mom’s favorite movie, and this was the last easy DIY Halloween Costume TV segment I got to do with these kiddos. It’s funny, when the kiddos go to school, asking to take them out for a TV segment doesn’t always settle well with the teachers, haha.

How To Make the DIY Wizard of Oz Costumes 

End Table Costume

Box costumes are so easy to make, and definitely a budget saver. I’ve made quite a few costumes out of boxes, including this cute bedroom end table. 

Items Needed

• Large Box That Your Kid Can Fit In
• Deco Art Paint – Brown
• Paint Marker – White
• Duct Tape – Brown
• Wood Knobs
• Small Lamp Shade
• Brown T-shirt
• Head Band
• Small Box For Alarm Clock
• Fake Pumpkin Or Other Halloween Decoration
• Sponge Brush
• Got Glue Gun
• Scissors
• Xacto Knife

Directions

1. Paint the whole box brown.
2. Cut a circle out of the top of the box where your kids head and shoulders can fit out of.
3. Place duct tape around the circle for comfort.
4. Cut 3 horizontal squares out of the front of the box for the drawers, keep the part you cut out.
5. Create handles out of the duct tape to place on the side of the box so your kid can carry it.
6. Duct tape the outside of the horizontal squares that were cut out for the drawers to make them slightly bigger.
7. Using the hot glue gun, glue the bigger drawer facings to the outside of the box.
8. Glue the wood knobs to the front of the drawers, you can paint them if you would like to first.
9. Create the alarm clock by paint the small box black, let it dry, and draw numbers to look like an alarm clock.
10. Hot glue the pumpkin and the alarm clock to the top of the end table.
11. Have your kid wear the brown t-shirt.
12. Place the end table over your kiddo.
13. Glue the lamp shade to a headband to place on your kids head.

Lego Costume

Another great box costume. Lego’s were my son’s favorite toy when he was little, he had a whole collection of Lego characters that he would carry everywhere with him. This was a really fun costume to make, and only cost the price of the paint and duct tape.

Items Needed

• Large Box To Fit Your Kid
• Deco Art Paint – White, Red, Yellow
• Duct Tape – White and Yellow
• Card Stock
• Scissors
• Xacto Knife
• Styrofoam circle

Directions

1. Cut a circle in the top of the large box for your kids head to fit in, and circles on the side for their arms.
2. Paint the box white.
3. Duct tape around the circle for comfort.
4. Paint a red tie on the front of the box.
5. Create the head of the Lego Man by measuring the card stock around your kids head and cutting it to the size you need.
6. Tape the card stock in the circle pattern.
7. Cut a circle to fit the top of the head.
8. Use the yellow duct tape to tape around the whole cardboard head. 
9. Create the top of the head circle with a Styrofoam circle that is smaller then the head and cover it in yellow duct tape.
10. Hot glue the Styrofoam circle to the top of the head.
11. Cut eyes, a mouth, and cheeks out of the head.
12. Place the costume on your kid like the picture above.

Rubik’s Cube Costume

This costume was one of my favorite costumes to make, and it brought back a lot of memories. It is fairly cheap, you are only paying for the paint and electric tape.

Items Needed

• Large Box To Fit Your Kid
• Deco Art Acrylic Paint – Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Green
• Electrical Tape
• Sponge Brush
• Measuring Tape

Directions

1. Cut a square out of the top of the box to fit your kids head, and squares out of the side to fit your kids arms.
2. Paint each side a different color.
3. Measure the box into 9 squares on each side.
4. Create the Rubik’s Cube squares with the electrical tape.

 

Hot Air Balloon Costume

This was such a fun box costume, it did take a little longer to create, and had a higher cost, mainly for the big balloon. My friends little girl looked so adorable in it.

Items Needed

• Large Square Box
• Twine
• Large Balloon, I Found It At Party City
• Helium For The Balloon, Or Have Party City Blow It Up
• Black And White Clock From The Dollar Store
• Burlap Or Brown Craft Paper
• Hot Glue Gun

Directions

1. Cut the top and the bottom of the box off.
2. Hot glue the burlap or brown paper to the outside of the box, keep it loose.
3. Create fake knots to glue to the upper side of the box.
4. Hot glue the 3 long pieces of twine to the inside of the box, measure it to your kids height so the balloon is at least a foot over their head.
5. Tie the other end of the twine to the bottom of the balloon.
6. Either tie or hot glue the clock to the outside of the box.

iPhone Costume

Time To Get Creative. The iPhone costume was one of my most favorite costumes I have ever made, but it was also my most time consuming costume ever. Take your time with this one, but remember to have fun with it.

Items Needed

• A Lot Of Felt Sheets, In All Colors
• Large Black Felt Squares, They Are Sold In 3×3 Squares At The Craft Store
• Hot Glue Gun
• Chalk
• Pen
• Good Scissors

Directions

1. Well, like I said, get creative. 
2. I didn’t have a pattern, I just copied what was on the front of my own iPhone screen to create the apps.
3. Fold the large black felt square in half and hot glue the sides and top together.
4. Cut a hole in the top big enough for your kids head to fit through.
5. Draw out the apps on the felt sheets until you have enough to fill the front of the iPhone.
6. Hot glue the felt apps to the front of the iPhone.

Kid’s Character Costumes

Charlie Brown is very easy to make. The 3 girl costumes were easy to make, but definitely took some time.

Items Needed

• Yellow T-Shirt
• Black Fabric Paint
• Red Hat
• Hot Glue Gun
• Pen or Pencil

Directions

1. Draw the zig zag pattern on the shirt, like in the picture.
2. Paint the inside of the zig zag pattern.