Life and family contributor Lee Woodruff offers tips on making costumes.
Halloween is just days away, and if you're still in search of a costume for your child, fear not!
"GMA" family and life contributor Lee Woodruff has tips from Parents magazine on how to make last-minute costumes on the cheap, from items you probably already have around your house. It just takes a little imagination to transform everyday household items into a fun Halloween disguise.
Each of these do-it-yourself Halloween costumes can be made in less than 30 minutes, costs less than $10 and uses only recycled materials.
Supplies:
Blue and silver craft paper to make raindrops and lightning-bolts
Scissors
Glue
Fishing line
Umbrella
Directions:
Cut out two matching raindrop shapes and two matching lightning-bolt shapes from blue craft foam or paper.
Glue like shapes together with one end of a 12-inch length of fishing line sandwiched in between.
Repeat to make additional shapes.
Tie fishing line to spokes of umbrella.
Before you toss your child's old tights and socks into the trash, think about ways you can reuse them for this adorable and budget-friendly costume. The editors at Parents gave old socks a new look by turning them into an adorable octopus's eight legs!
Supplies:
4 pairs mismatched kids' tights
Cotton batting
Felt furniture tabs
Hot-glue gun
Ribbon
Adhesive backed Velcro strips
Onesie
Hat
Directions:
Cut the legs off 3 pairs of tights and stuff each with batting.
Fold the raw edges inward and hot-glue shut.
Hot-glue felt tabs onto the underside of each leg (including the fourth pair of tights for baby to wear).
Cut a 24-inch length of ribbon and glue the sealed end of each leg to the middle section, leaving no space between the legs.
Attach adhesive-backed Velcro to ends of ribbon belt to use as closure.
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