How To Make Halloween Costumes and Hats

How to make Halloween
Costumes and Hats
by jalee Camden

Are you planning to spend less money this year on Halloween? If so, there are lots of ways you can save money on costumes. Here are some ideas to help you plan for a big Halloween while spending less money.

How to make a costume from the Thrift Store:

A white sheet creates the perfect ghost costume. For an added touch, buy an old hat to place on the ghosts head.

Buy flannel shirts, jackets, boots, and jeans for a cowboy costume. Add a hat, scarf, and boots.

Prom or evening gowns make an excellent princess, queen, or your favorite movie star. Add jewelry, gloves, high heels, purse and shawls.

Oversized clothes make a clown costume. Add hat, wide tie, and face paint.

Flowing dresses and bright shoes make a gypsy costume. Add lots of jewelry such as bracelets, necklace, beads, earrings, and scarves.

You can add any accessories you like, and add make up, or face paint to spice up your costume.

Recipes for Hats:
The Basic Band:
Cut a two-inch wide strip of construction paper long enough to go around the head with an overlap of about one inch. Staple ends together.

Indian Headdress:

Make a basic band.

Tape or staple feathers to the band.

Royal Crown:

Make a basic band about four inches wide.

Cut points in the shape of a crown in the top.

Decorate the crown with beads, buttons, braids, sparkles, etc.

Cone Hats:
The Basic Cone:

Fold a 12” x 24” sheet of newspaper in half.

Cut out a quarter circle, and open the paper into a half circle.

Roll the half circle into a cone to fit the head. Tape or staple the cone together.

Witch Hat:

Make a basic cone out of black paper.

Make the brim. Place the cone on a sheet of stiff paper, and draw around it.

Draw a larger circle around the first circle and cut it out.

Draw five tabs inside the inner circle.

Cut out the inner circle around the tabs.

Fold the tabs back.

Slip the brim over the cone and glue to tape the tabs to the cone.

Bib:

Holidays and Customs.1976. Chicago.

Holidays and Crafts. 1976. Chicago.