33 of the Best DIY Kid Halloween Costumes (2024)

I really need a costume I was gona be a tribute for the hunger games,but the jacket costs 50 some dollars even though it’s Worth 5-15 dollars!

My favorite costume was Pippi Longstocking! We dyed my hair red with a wash-out rinse, and my mom braided it over wire coat hangers, so it would stick out. Then I got freckles from an eyebrow pencil. SO much FUN!

I would like to know how u made the pinochio for kids and the pocahontas for adult but for a 6 year old plz

man if we as a country dont start toughening our skins we are in for one hell of a ride. the rest of the world laughs at us because we are a bunch of “offended” and “politically correct” people. the rest of the world is not worried about being offended or offending others. sheesh people it is a fun day for all. Happiness is a choice. if you are not happy then change your choice. the costumes are adorable. if you dont like one, well here is an idea..,…dont dress your kids like that! good grief. it is a list of costumes to give ideas not a law that says you have to dress your kids like that…or that you have to have a dirty mind and go to the gutter. grow up and grow some skin people.

Could you email me directions for the scuba costume? Thx!

AWESOME IDEAS! Love them all – just wish my kids were little enough to dress them how *I* wanted! Still hoping to talk them into one 🙂

One year my mom said i was too old to go trick or treating (9 years old) but at the last minute she changed her mind, this happened alot haha anyways my brother worked in a factory so i took one of his white sanitary jumpsuits and stuffed it with pillows. I was a marshmellow, it was all great until parents thought it was funny to give their kids lighters and sticks to chase me with haha looking back it was kinda funny. And as for the bum comments maybe ppl whose children cant have the candy can ask for change and donate it to a shelter cuz it is sooooooo cute nobody would say no!

I am in LOVE with the clown costume and I want to make it for myself! Would that be possible? I’m 16 so sadly, I’m not a little child 🙁 Does anyone know how to make it? It’s so cute! Thanks in advance (:

Here a suggest for the baby bum costume. Would changing the name to HOBO instead of bum be a better name choice for the costume idea. Just a friendly suggestion.

People always like drama…a clown is a clown. I remember my mom making me a flapper costume when I was I’ was in first grade…..way more provocative than a clown and I won the contest! It was a hit because most know halloween is about FUN and kids don’t think sexual anyhow. Lighten up and live.

These are cute costumes. I wanted to let you know that I am featuring you on Oct. 26,2012 on Simpleesue. Thank you.

How did you make the candy strip costume? I want to make that for my daughter who is dressing up as Katy Perry.

Very Very cute ideas. I have 4 boys and my youngest is 6. I am seriously considering dressing him up as the bum. I really wouldn’t have to put much paint on his face, because no matter how hard I try to keep him clean, dirt finds him. My mom made our costumes when we were little, and I was a skunk for halloween when I was in 1st grade. I wish I could post the pic, because I was adorable. Black body suit, black leotards, skunk ears and a tail. Then she painted my face black. I remember turning around and pretending to spray the other kids. Soooo super cute and original!!

When I was little, my parents were flat broke. But my all time favorite homemade costume was being a Bag of Jelly Belly’s. My mom got a heavy duty clear plastic trash bag, cut out a hole for my head and arms. Then my parents blew up assorted colors of water balloons (not with water, with air). They slid the plastic bag over the top of my head and pulled my head and arms through the holes. Then they stuffed the bag with the balloons and tied of the bag around my waist. I love it!

i’ve seen “hobo” costumes for kids and adults sold in stores. and as for sexualizing little girls, swim suits do show more than those costumes and go to any halloween store you will see other costumes that are just as bad……… plus if you go to a bar costume party you will find pregnant nuns, Tampon Man, Big hairy guys dress as prostitutes, childrens favorite cartoons portrayed in a sexual manner, and all other kinds of tasteless costumes.

I just turned 50 and I hope no one plans on dressing their kids up as an old lady…..I will be offended. 🙂

these are adorable!!!!!!!! my mother used to make me and my brother’s costumes growing up!! i feel she had so much fun doing it!! soooo this year i decided to learn how to sew…and i am making my 3 year old a dinosaur costume this year!! almost done and can’t wait to carry on the tradition with my kids!!!

The mermaid and clown costumes are wonderful! And who has never seen a hobo on Halloween. I think you posted some really great ideas and I am going to make the lego ones for my kiddos this year.