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More than 35 costumes you can make at home

By Jessica

If you’ve followed me on any type of social media for more than five minutes you know that my Parker creates costumes almost daily. As he’s gotten older his costumes have gotten better and better. He’s even taking custom orders now!

Almost everything he wears is made from things he’s collected from around our house. Sometimes he hits the jackpot and adds in some junk/treasures from friends and family to incorporate into his plans. I thought I’d share a few in case you need last minute costume ideas this Halloween.

If you like what you see you can find Parker’s creations on Facebook, YouTube and on Instagram under the hashtag #Parkerpretends.

Elf On the Shelf

 

The White Rabbit

The Phantom of the Opera

Matilda and Ms. Trunchbull

News Boys

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

Buddy the Elf

Squidward and Spongebob

Mario and Luigi

Willy Wonka

Mayor of Whoville and a Who

Lost Boy from Peter Pan

Cat In the Hat

Captain Hook

The Grinch’s Dog, Max

The Greatest Showman

Alice In Wonderland (and her dog)

Jafar from Aladdin

Charlie Brown

Characters from the 1920s

Giant from Jack and the Beanstalk

Peter Pan

Mel from Disney Descendants

Annie and Daddy Warbucks

The Smurfs and Smurfette

Grandpa Dog (of Old Max from The Grinch)

Street Cat

Hamilton

Peter Pan and his shadow

Lion King Simba

Shrek

Leprechaun

Johnny from Sing

Buster Moon from Sing

The Madhatter

Lumiere

Parker’s Tips for a Low Cost Costume

  • Save clothes that your family doesn’t wear anymore. Get a seam ripper and take the clothes apart so you can use them in any new way you need them. Parker loves this one:
  • Shop for costumes items AFTER each holiday.
  • Shop for Halloween costumes right after Halloween and save them for the next year.
  • Go to thrift stores for anything you need.
  • Michael’s t-shirts are usually $3 or less and can be used for anything from t-shirts to dresses.
  • Thread elastic through the hem of pants that are too short to create knickers and through the sleeves of t-shirts to make poofy sleeves. Here’s one of the best deals on elastic I’ve seen:

  • Save slippers for animal costumes.
  • Use cardboard to make hats.
  • Buy a good facepaint kit like this one:

  • Watch his YouTube tutorials. His Jack Skellington tutorial is below. He’ll be posting more in the weeks to come so we’d love you to subscribe!

If you’re kiddo is showing an interest in costuming and creating there are some great products out there to get him or her started. I’d highly recommend a Singer machine and this one is under $100!

If you’re pretty sure you’re better off just gluing all the things definitely invest in a glue gun. I’m finally comfortable with Parker using one without burning the house down and it makes all of his projects last longer.

Happy Costuming!!

**This post may include affiliate links to help finance Parker’s costume habit.**

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  1. Tallie says

    November 10, 2018 at 12:24 pm

    Awesome costumes, that is a lot of creativity. I tried to make a finding nemo costume when I was younger and didn’t work out nearly as well. Are there performing arts high schools near you? I bet he’d love one when he’s older.

  2. Meredith Spidel says

    October 21, 2018 at 5:32 pm

    Love all of this! Parker’s creativity blows me away!

    • Jessica says

      October 21, 2018 at 7:20 pm

      Thank you so much!

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