It's time to start thinking about Halloween costumes! Have your kids decided what they want to be, or will they still change their minds five or ten times before Halloween? If you like to DIY, and you want to get a head start on creating, check out my ultimate collection of DIY Halloween costumes for kids. Let your kids choose their favorites, and then get to work.
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Classic Halloween Costumes
Let's start with the classics. You know the type. Those costumes that never go out of style (and also work great as dress-up clothes!) These costumes go straight from Halloween to the dress-up box and get used all year long.
Easy DIY Knight Costume for Kids from Apple Green Cottage
No-Sew Knight Costume from Chicken Babies
Last-Minute Pirate Costume from Apple Green Cottage
Quick and Easy Pirate Vest and Eye Patch from Play Dough & Popsicles
Easy DIY Snow White Prince Costume from Desert Chica
DIY King Costume for Kids from Mama Smiles
15-Minute Princess Gown Tutorial from Mama Smiles
Super Hero Cape from Upcycled T-Shirt by You Brew My Tea
TV/Movie/Book Character Costumes
You know you can't go wrong with costumes that come from your kid's favorite books, movies and TV shows. My kids are leaning toward Star Wars costumes this year. I may just end up with three different versions of Rey! Check out these fun character costume ideas.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Jennifer Priest
Finding Dory Hank the Octopus Costume from Desert Chica
Peter Pan's Escaped Shadow Costume from Tikkido
Cindy Lou Who Costume from Life is Sweeter By Design
DIY Diamond Armor Minecraft Steve from Mommy Mafia
No-Sew Elmo Costume from Moms and Crafters
Pippi Longstocking DIY Kids Costume Idea from That One Mom
DIY Frankenstein Costume from Mommy's Bundle
BFG Costume from Desert Chica
How to Make a Cookie Monster Costume from Life is Sweeter by Design
Star Wars BB-8 Costume Idea from Desert Chica
Easy No-Sew Winnie the Pooh Costume from Moms and Crafters
No Sew Mr. Potato Head Costumes from Arts & Crackers
Inside Out "Anger" Costume Idea from Desert Chica
Last-Minute Lego Elves Costume from One Creative Mommy
Easy DIY Charlie Brown Costume by Jennifer Priest
DIY Lorax Costume from Desert Chica
Cool Animal Costumes
Are your kids interested in dressing as an animal (or bird, or insect)? Try these fun ideas!
Bat Wing Costume from Umbrella by Mother Natured
DIY Owl Costume for Kids from Mama Smiles
DIY Monarch Caterpillar Costume by Happy Deal Happy Day
No-Sew DIY Bird Costume from Fantastic Fun and Learning
DIY Bird Wings craft for kids from Parenting Chaos
Homemade Hoodie Unicorn Costume from Left Brain Craft Brain
Think Outside the Box with these Unique Costume Ideas
If your child wants to stand out and have a costume that's totally different and unique, try these cool ideas. The creators of these Halloween costumes were definitely thinking outside of the box (and sometimes they even put their kids in a box)!
No Sew Emoji Costumes from Jennifer Priest
Paper Bag "Where the Wild Things Are" Masks from Red Ted Art
Easy Halloween Cardboard Box Costumes (Rubix Cube and X-ray Machine) from Written Reality
Chinese Take-Out Box Halloween Costumes from A Turtle's Life for Me
No-Sew Carrot Costume for Toddlers from Moms and Crafters
Last-Minute Garden Gnome Halloween Costume Idea from Adventure in a Box
What do you think? Will your kids be able to come up with a favorite from those ideas? I hope so. Good luck!
Just in case you need a few ready-made ideas, here are a few popular options from Amazon that you can purchase with a click and no work.
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maggy, red ted art
Wowwee!! What an amazing resource. You have the best ideas here! Thank you for including our Wild Things Mask!! :-)
Heidi
Of course, Maggy! You always have the best ideas at Red Ted Art!
Jenn
These are amazingly awesome! I am so not crafty like this to come up with costumes for my kids I have always bought them. I might have to try a few of these this year though.
Heidi
Home made costumes are so much fun. They're even better when you can copy someone else's idea instead of trying to invent your own!
Ashley S
So fun! We already bought a costume from the store, but I'll have to bookmark this for next year!
Heidi
Definitely, Ashley. Homemade costumes are tons of fun for Halloween (but buying what's convenient and easy is great, too!)
Jacqui Odell
Lots of cute ideas! I need to make four this year! Not sure which ones I will do.
Heidi
Four? And I thought I had it hard with three costumes. Good luck!
Samantha
Cute ideas. I'm not much of a costume maker, more a buyer, haha.
Heidi
There's definitely nothing wrong with being a buyer, Samantha. Some years I have the time and energy to create, and other years I'm very grateful when the kids find the perfect costume at the store or in the dress up box! (The kids don't care either way.)
Ellen LaFleche-Christian
Wow so many cute ideas for Halloween. I really like the Cindy Lou one!
Heidi
I agree! There sure are some creative parents out there! The Cindy Lou costume is really cute.
Mitch
Oh man, I would have saved so much money with this amazing list of DIY costumes if it was here when my son was younger. This is a great collection for all to use! Thanks for posting!
Heidi
Thanks, Mitch. I love to save money and make the kids' costumes, but I do break down once and a while and buy some. It depends on how busy life is each year (and the craziness of the costume idea).
Annemarie LeBlanc
Wow. What a great collection of Halloween costume ideas. I will have to share this with my cousin who has three young daughters. They all dressed up as Elsa last year. I hope they have gotten over Frozen by now!
Heidi
Do kids ever get over Frozen? Frozen Fever lasted forever at our house!
Carrie
Thanks for the great list of DIY costumes! Here in Norway they don't have many choices so I will have to look through these with the kids to see which ones they would like.
Heidi
Thanks, Carrie. So fun to have a visitor all the way from Norway! Do they do something similar to Halloween there?
Rosey
So many cute stockings, and hurrah for Pippy Longstocking. It's been awhile since I heard of her, thats a fun costume to create.
Heidi
Thanks, Rosey. I used to love Pippy Longstocking when I was a little girl.
Daisy
Wow these costumes truly are creative! I love the bat wing costume, but like Samantha, I'm much more of a buyer.
Heidi
That bat wing costume is really cool. I'm tempted to buy costumes this year myself! (We'll see what kind of time I have. Not exactly sure I can DIY a Darth Vadar costume! I'm hoping I can talk my daughter out of that one!)
Rebekah Purnel
My baby has made me crazy to make a Halloween costume. But I have never tried it, following your ideas I have got an inspiration to make one. Already done one and he is so happy with it!
Rogers Roy
It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the information you have shared. Next Halloween I definitely try this for my kids. They are crazy about this costumes. Have a wonderful day.
Martha Edwards
Wow.....! What a great post You are submitted. These costumes truly are creative! I love the bat wing costume, but like Samantha, I’m much more of a buyer. I am trying to follow this costumes for my sons. Hopefully, he enjoyed it.
Melissa
Where can I find the instructions for the Native American costume?
Heidi
Hi, Melissa. I removed the post after getting multiple complaints about it being culturally inappropriate. I will figure out a way to open it up for you. I’ll let you k ow when I figure it out.