When it comes to Halloween, there are two types of people—the people who have been preparing their costume for weeks, and those that totally forgot until the morning of October 31st. If you fall into Camp #2, fear not! Craft and sewing expert
Denise Wild has you covered with some last-minute, punny costume ideas.
Bread Winner
WHAT YOU NEED:
- T-Shirt
- Sweatband x 2
- Medals
- Loaf of bread
WHAT YOU DO:
- Cut one sweatband in half and sew the two halves in order to make two wrist bands.
- Wear the T-shirt, head sweat band, wrist sweat bands, and medals, and hold the loaf of bread.
Pumpkin Pie
WHAT YOU NEED:
- Orange T-shirt
- Orange knit hat
- Black felt
- Wired twine
- Brown pipe cleaners
- Cardboard
- Fabric scissors
- Faux leaves
- Hot glue gun
WHAT YOU DO:
- Cut the shape of pi from the black felt and glue it on the shirt.
- Cut the cardboard into a 2" circle.
- Glue pipe cleaners onto cardboard circle so they are stable at the base (cardboard) and stand up in the centre (stem).
- Cut a hole in the top of the hat, and poke the pipe cleaners out the top from the inside (the cardboard circle will stay on the inside of the hat as a stabilizer as the pipe cleaners poke out the top).
- Wrap the wired twine around the pipe cleaners to give the stem more stability. Glue faux leaves onto the hat.
50 Shades of Grey
WHAT YOU NEED:
- T-Shirt
- Paint colour cards
- Hot glue gun
WHAT YOU DO:
- Count 50 different colour samples. Glue the paint colour cards to the T-shirt.
Holy Guacamole
WHAT YOU NEED:
- Green t-shirt
- Dark green felt
- Yellow felt
- Brown felt
- Halo
- Angel wings
- Hot glue gun
WHAT YOU DO:
- Cut the green felt into an avocado shape, and cut the yellow felt into a smaller avocado shape.
- Cut the brown felt into a circle.
- Glue the felt shapes onto the t-shirt, and put on the halo and angel wings.
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