tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310549977743467565.post8670923311228559823..comments2023-10-15T00:34:28.064-07:00Comments on The Village: Halloween Costumes for lessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310549977743467565.post-62867106487293529822010-08-28T00:09:21.325-07:002010-08-28T00:09:21.325-07:00My youngest is going as a Bumble Bee this year...u...My youngest is going as a Bumble Bee this year...unless he protests which I don't think he will. It is actually the same costume his older brother wore at a similar age and that at least two other cousins that I can remember wore at a similar age. It is sentimental and fun to have a costume make the rounds in a family. So that is an option.<br /><br />Check out Family Fun magazine and their website. They have a lot of costumes you can make from stuff you have. My oldest wants to go as as Lego robot...don't ask. We are going to use some ideas I have found from their books/magazines I found at the local library using plastic cups and recycled boxes...well that is the plan. You know how capricious 5 year olds can be. We could be on a totally different costume by next week. I hope not though. <br /><br />For girls a tutu is so so cheap and easy. Get a band of elastic that fits around their waist. Then get tulle from the fabric store or from Walmart...they have the cheapest stuff. I think if you buy 2 yards of tulle and a package of elastic ($1) you can complete the project with about $3. You need about 1 yard for a full tutu and maybe 1 1/2-2 yards for a really bouncy tutu. You can also play with the length. Cut into strips and luggage tag tie them all around the elastic. That is it. Think of those rag cloth scrunchies you may have made at girls camp in middle school. It is really similar to that. You can build many kinds of fairies, ballerinas, princesses {make tulle strips really long}, etc. around a tutu. You can also put warm tights underneath or pants for cold trick or treating nights.I seriously wish I had a girl partly for this reason...to make her a tutu. :)<br /><br />I hope that was helpful and not just been there done that. :)Deliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604718816962679886noreply@blogger.com