Cool Halloween Costume Ideas For Kids
When the hot weather finally fades, children start getting exciting about Halloween and the seemingly endless possibilities of costumes. Once a kid is old enough to talk, he or she is going to voice an opinion about what to wear. Favorite characters from television shows are always cool Halloween costume ideas for kids, but sometimes you’ll end up seeing 10 Harry Potter costumes or a dozen Hannah Montana costumes – that can be disappointing for the youngster that wants to stand out. Instead of the overdone, must-have costume of the year, why not come up with a cool costume based on an era, a country or even a food that you love.
Fifties Costumes: While your youngsters may have never heard of the decade, they’re sure to become instant fans in the many cool Halloween costumes from the 1950s. Girls can dress up in pink poodle skirts and sweater sets paired with bobbie socks and saddle shoes; they’ll be jitterbugging the night away. Boys will look too cool for school wearing the “bad boy” look with rolled up dungarees, a white t-shirt, and slicked back pompadour wig.
Hawaiian costumes: Hawaiian costumes for children are the essence of cool costumes, not only to they look cool, they’ll keep you feeling cool. Girls can dress up as traditional hula girls in grass skirts, long black wigs and colorful flower leis around the neck. Guys can go as surfers or beach bums wearing tropical swim trunks, a long sun-bleached dreadlock wig and a faux tan from a bottle!
Food costumes: Nothing will get the kids high-fiving faster than showing up to school dressed in a food costume, especially when that food is a junk-food favorite. Larger-than-life sized buckets of popcorn, sodas and slices of pizza are all favorites. An easy-to-make food costume that is always popular is a jelly bean or gumball costume. So simple, the child just stands in the center of a clear trash bag that has arm and leg openings cut out; then a helper fills up the bag with blown-up balloons in various colors!
French costumes: Costumes inspired by France will be both unique and oh-so-cool. This country is rich in history offering many choices in cool Halloween costume ideas for kids. A Can Can Dancer costume will kick up the fun for any girl with colorful ruffles and an impressive headdress or she can go more regal in the elaborate costume of Marie Antoinette. Guys can dress up as a number of historical French characters such as Napoleon in a French General costume or as Picasso in his signature black and white striped shirt a paint dappled palette in hand.
Creative Kids Make Costumes From Duct Tape and Trash
What do you get when you mix hundreds of creative kids with as much duct tape as they can get their hands on? You get an amazing array of costumes created especially for the Out-Of-The-Box Costume Ball at the Destination Imagination Global Tournament. Destination Imagination is a non-profit organization that provides an educationally-based outlet for students to learn and experience creativity, teamwork and problem solving and Each year at the Global Tournament, this unique and utterly fun event sponsors an “Out Of The Box Ball” as a way for the kids to cut loose and show-off their handiness with scissors, tape, cardboard, recyclables and little else except maybe a few good costume accessories! It’s amazing what types of costume ideas that these smart kids come up with – most have more creativity in their little pinkies that we adult have in our whole bodies!
From over-the-top “The Joker” costume from Batman made entirely of different colored duct tapes to ball gowns made of yesterday’s newspaper, these costume ideas would make the contestants on “Project Runway” green with envy. Watch the kids in action or ask for tips, these highly creative costumers often are asked to create costumes from paper, mailing labels and other leftover stuff in mere minutes during one of the signature events at the competition, the Instant Challenge. Not afraid to go out on a limb, these teams can fan fold, hole punch, tape, twist and tear their way into a costume that will make you say “wow”! One interesting technique an elementary school kid shared was making flimsy materials like foil, newspaper, or fabric stiffer and more durable by lining the back with slightly overlapping strips of duct tape. Next, you can cut your creation into any shape desired, connect with more duct tape – no sewing required! For Central Challenges, which can often take several months to solve, kids can get more elaborate with their outfits, adding silly costume accessories such as feather boas, oversized sunglasses, face paints, costume shoes, crazy hats and more!
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