Friday, September 10, 2010

Make Your Own Halloween Costumes

By Adrianna Noton

It is easy to pick up a Halloween costume. One can just go out to the store and buy something that caught your fancy. Or, you can drop-by a specialty store to look for one.

However, creativity cannot be found from these commercial stores. Would you like to have one that is simply unique yet better than the average ones you have seen? Then do it yourself Halloween costumes are just the right one for you.

Free those creative juices. Grab a scissor and glue. Then go make that cool Halloween costume. Here are just a few of those cool and easy DIY Halloween Costumes... (you can enhance it more yourself).

A Savvy GhostUsing the same old white sheet with slits for eyes as your Casper like costume, why not make your ghost extra cute by dressing it up a little. For the girls, put a little lipstick by the mouth area. Put on fake lashes. For an extra stylistic touch to your costume accessories! Stick on some fun fake earrings or a toy necklace. The boys may add character to their ghost costume by putting on a bandanna around the head, or any hats. How about that for an exciting ghost!

Tourists On VacationFor boys, wearing the typical Hawaiian shirt and shorts can pass as any tourist. As for the girls, they can wear a t-shirt (with the name of a city on it) and match it up with shorts and sandals. However, one can make this look better by putting accessories. Boys can bring along a camera sling around their necks, while girls can bring along a big transparent bag with maps, book, bikini, and sun block lotion in it. Straw hats and big luggage finish off a tourist-look. Another way to make it recognizable is to spray or paint your body with a temporary brown-colored body paint to get that tanned tourist-y look.

Oldies and goodiesRaid your grandma and grandpas attic for those oldies clothes you like. Old suits and pants with an old vintage hat for the boys. Girls, on the other hand, can don grandmas pretty laces or ruffled style dress and old stockings. She can put on oxford shoes or old platform shoes, and to complete her outfit a large old purse. Both girls and boys can style their hair using white temporary hair color. If you do not have one, dust off with a baby powder or flour. The trick in looking old is to apply egg whites on your face it tightens up the face and make it appears to have wrinkles.

Be a cereal for the dayOld boxes are also put to good use for Halloween. Find a box in your garage that is the right size for your body type. On its sides, cut holes to put through your arms. On the bottom, cut holes for your legs. Leave the top open for your head and upper body. Paint the box of any of your favorite cereal box cover. Put on some old tights, gloves and a funky wig then you are all set to have fun with your costume!

Love Mother NatureAs a way to show love to Mother Nature (and also to make use of all those dry leaves in the backyard), create your Halloween costume by using anything from the garden leaves, twigs, ferns and even flowers. Arrange and glue them up on a piece of leotard or tights. Put on a face mask of earth-tone colors, and try to stick those little bits of leaves and flowers on your face to go with the whole look. Before putting on those leotards with bunch of leaves, paint your body first with the color of nature.

There are hundreds of costumes to think of if you switch on that creativity in you. If you do not have then remember that Google is your friend. Whichever way you may get that inspiration to create your own cool halloween costumes; do not forget to have fun in making them! - 39815

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