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Ideas For Toddler Halloween Costumes
Halloween costumes can be difficult to choose, especially for
toddlers. Find some great ideas below...
By Jackie G. Maxwell
Depending on the age of your little ones, you may want to keep ideas for
toddler Halloween costumes on the simple side. Since most of the very
youngest trick or treaters are only going out to amuse the grandparents
and immediate neighbors, it needn't be terribly complicated to still
bring a lot of smiles.
For infants, and those who get tired of walking, animal costumes work
very well, can be done in minutes, and don't require great sewing
skills.
Turn your toddler into a cow, with a white hooded shirt, white sweat
pants, black wool and some black felt. Cut cow-type “splotches” out of
the felt, and either use double-sided tape or easily removed basting
stitches to attach to the shirt and pants. Remember to keep two
triangular pieces of felt to tack ears onto the hood. A dozen pieces of
wool, cut to about 18”, can be braided to make a tail for pinning to the
seat of their pants. If the toddler is slightly older, and not likely to
“bust your balloon”, buy one disposable glove at the drug store, tie off
the thumb so no air can get in it, then inflate the glove, tie it off at
the wrist, and pin to the belly of their shirt.
Cats and dogs are equally as simple, using the same matching shirt and
pants combo, with a few accessories. For the dog, you can buy
rubber/vinyl noses, or you can create your own hound dog face with a
little makeup to match the shirt, and then draw on a black nose, and a
black ring around one eye. Use felt to make a couple of oval-shaped
ears, cutting one round end off, and tacking them to the hood of the
shirt. The tail can be as easy as a piece of rope or cord, or you can
sew a tube of felt and stuff it with quilt batting or lint from the
dryer! For the finishing touch, cut down an old belt to create a
“collar” and glue on some rhinestones.
Black cats are not only easy, they are delightfully charming ideas for
toddler Halloween costumes. Get a matching black sweat pant and hooded
shirt, plus black felt for the ears. Make sure you have a little pink
felt as well, to glue to the inside of the black ear, to make it more
realistic. Use make-up to draw on the nose and whiskers, and give your
toddler black mittens, and black socks to wear over their shoes. You're
at the end of the job when you make a matching tail out of black felt,
or a length of black cord from the curtain shop. A narrow black dress
belt with rhinestones glued on, and a tiny bell, makes your kitten,
purrrrrfectly divine.
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