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 Children's Costumes: A Quick Guide

Quality costumes do not come at a cheap price but the other true fact is that the best costumes do not always come from stores. A parent or guardian can create a great costume from their kids right at home by using things like cup cake liners, bread bags and other basic things from the local hardware store or supermarket store to create amazing costumes. The first step in creating great costumes is to do grocery shopping so that the person can get ordinary household supplies to create a great Halloween costume. Kids can get creative with these materials by  mixing and matching these items to create awesome superhero onesies and costumes. In most cases these costumes often begin as long sleeve T-shirts and leggings that are not a match then they are followed by accessories like head bands, chest letters, eye masks, lightning bolts, capes and belts.

 

One of the easiest costumes to make is the cowboy costumes and a parent can transform their kid into a cowboy by rustling up some brown paper grocery then combining it with trash-compactor bags. It is good to state that the materials then need to be snipped and punched into a fringe vest and chaps then the last thing to do is adding candy cups and paper-fastener studs. To add onto this classical look a mop-panned horse can be added to accompany the rider on their hunt for Halloween candy.

 

The truth is that the cheerleader costumes is another great costume. For the cheerleader costume the pleated skirt is crafted from yellow sponge strips of cloth which are held together by yellow tape. It is worth stating that the pom-poms can be made from checkered mop heads and to top it off the cheerleader can add a star cut out of paper, dot stickers and bright shoelaces.

 

The truth is that the princess costume is every girl's favorite costume and it is designed to have as much paper doilies and lace as possible. When designing this costume the girls are donned in underskirts crafted from plastic table cloths and doilies. The costumes have ruffled jabots made from doilies cut in fan shapes. Check out other cute baby girl outfits at this link for more ideas.

 

It is good to note that boys have a taste for adventure and any space suit is a hit among many boys. It goes without saying that one favorite costume is the space invader which is made up of cool goggles , an egg-carton suit and foam cup helmet.

 

Another favorite costumes is the knight costume which has a breast plate made from candy cups, arm and leg armor created from aluminium pans and a folded pie tin is used to create the hilt of the foil-covered broadsword. An incredible fact to highlight is that the costume can be accompanied by a younger sibling donning a baby dragon costume whose spikes are created from sponges.

Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesie_(jumpsuit) to read more about this.

 

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