Halloween 2018: 37 easy and cheap children's costume ideas

October has arrived and with it, all preparations for the celebration of Halloween. In our family it is a date that we look forward to with emotion because in addition that at home we like to party for practically all possible dates, the girls of the family love to dress up.

Sometimes it costs a bit to choose and think about a costume (plus some are usually expensive), so that's why we share you 37 easy and cheap costume ideas for kids.

Witches

Let's start with the most iconic Halloween character: the witches. This cute little witch can be made using a black dress and pants, and we add the hat made with black felt. You can find the instructions in Wine & Glue.

If your daughter does not have a black dress, you can wear one in another color and add a black cape and a hat, making it one of the fastest and easiest costumes to create. In Dazzle While Frazzled they tell us how to make a witch cape Wearing a black shirt.

Mummies

A Halloween classic that we cannot leave out of the list and that is also easy to do, are the creepy mummies. In Red Ted Art we propose to use white cloth or an old sheet cut into strips and tied over black clothes.

If we want to give an "old" or "worn" touch, in Kelly Gorney Photography they show us how to give that special finish to the white sheet using tea bags.

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Another option if we want to save the cut cloth and everything else, is to resort to the traditional mummy costume using gauze bandages.

Vampires

The vampires They are also Halloween classics, and one of the costumes that we can easily do with clothes that our children already have at home. black pants and a white shirt. In The Moonlit Nest they teach us to give it an extra, placing some strips of fabric with embroidery to create an escarole on the shirt.

In Oh Mother Mine DIY we propose this vampire costume, giving us a tutorial to make the dracula cape using EVA rubber.

Bats

If instead of a vampire, your children choose to go bats, in Alpha Mom you can see the instructions to make some wings and also, you can download a bat mask printable.

In Buggy and Buddy they show us how to make some wings with a touch of glitter, in addition to the bat ears.

Another very simple tutorial to make a bat costume, this is what we found in My Poppet, in which with only black cloth and a little thread we can make very comfortable wings.

If we do not have fabric or sewing is not ours, MerMag shows us how to make bat wings and ears using a piece of cardboard and painting it black.

Gargoyle

A costume that is not usually very traditional but it is ideal for the time, is that of a terrifying gargoyle. In Instructables we can see how to do it in an easy way.

Zombies

A costume that has become fashionable in recent years and is also easy to create, is the zombie. In Poofy Cheeks they suggest using acrylic paint to simulate blood stains on the clothes they will wear and some makeup around the eyes.

In Smashed Peas and Carrot they show us that in addition to blood stains, let's take some old or used clothes and make some tears.

Werewolf

The Wolfman They are one of the costumes that may seem complex in principle, but with a little makeup and fabric that simulates fur we can easily assemble it, as proposed in Red Tricycle.

In The Happy Scraps they show us another similar way to make a werewolf costume, adding "fur" also on broken pants and hairy ears on the head.

If we want to give it a more realistic touch, we can add some plastic fangs as they suggest in The Celebration Shoppe.

Frankenstein

A Halloween is not complete without the famous frankenstein's monster, and in Fave Crafts they show us an easy way to do: with cardboard boxes. We will only need one for the head and two others to make the shoes.

Another fun way to make Frankenstein's costume is with a very creative mask. You can download the template to do it in Red Ted Art.

If we want children to help or make their own costume, also in Red Ted Art they propose this very easy option of a Frankenstein mask using a paper bag.

Frankenstein's girlfriend

On Halloween you can not miss the Frankenstein's girlfriend, and in Woman's Day we can find a tutorial to give us an idea of ​​how to make the costume.

For the little ones we can follow this tutorial that we found in Instructables, which show us how to make your famous hairstyle using felt.

Jellyfish

A scary and easy to make costume, is that of jellyfish that we have seen in Costume Works. To do it easily, just use some toy snakes and place them in the hair, add a tunic and go.

Ghosts

The classic, simple and very easy ghost costume is also one that we usually see on Halloween. But instead of resorting to the typical white sheet with two holes for the eyes, we can do something like what they propose in Bombshell Bling: a poncho and we add the eyes and mouth of the ghost.

A very funny option to make a ghost costume is that of The Frugal Navy Wife, where the ghost is made of a tutu made with white tulle.

Of course, if we want to make it as simple as possible, we can always use the classic sheet or white cloth. We add a ghostly makeup Like the one shown in Poofy Cheeks and voila, ghost costume in a matter of seconds.

A very funny version of this classic costume, is that of a ghost bride, like the one we have seen in Red Ted Art.

Skeleton

The skeletons There is no shortage in Halloween, and at Craft Passion they teach us how to make one using a winter pajamas as a base and drawing the skeleton with acrylic paint. You can download the template to do it right there.

Another way to do it is to using a white shirt to trim the bones and then paste them on the black clothes, as shown in The Kriegers.

Now, if what we want is a skeleton costume that is really fast and cheap to make, it is the one proposed in And We Play, where they simply used masking tape to simulate the bones of the skeleton.

Spider

Although the spiders They tend to be seen more in the decoration of the time of Halloween, they are also an easy and fun option to use as a costume, like this one we have seen in Make It & Love It.

In Pretty Providence we are easily taught to make a spider costume, using a sweater and adding two pairs of black socks on each side to simulate spider legs.

The Mad in Crafts version is similar to the previous one, but we loved the detail of placing a lot of little eyes on the hood of the sweatshirt.

A slightly different and very funny option, is this spider costume in its web that we found in Pretty Plain Janes.

Black cat

The faithful companion of the witches could not be missing: the black cat. In Do It Yourself divas we have seen this costume, for which only three or four materials will be needed.

Pumpkin

Finally, the Halloween icon: the pumpkin. In Dollar Store Crafts they teach us how to do it using an orange t-shirt, to which we will add a couple of details to give it a pumpkin shape (and without needing to be an expert in sewing or need a lot of material).

Another alternative is make it with crepe or crepe paper, as shown in Martha Stewart, resulting in a very beautiful and original pumpkin.

We hope you are 37 easy and cheap costume ideas for kids They will inspire you to find the ideal costume your child will wear this coming Halloween.