15 DIY Halloween Costumes for Kids
{Super simple, for the last minute mom!}
I dropped the ball. Again.
Back in September, I was perusing Pinterest for Halloween costumes. This is it! This is the year that we are going to MAKE our Halloween costume, rather than pay $50 at the last minute and pray that the UPS guy gets here in time. THIS IS OUR YEAR.
I showed my 8-year-old how to search on Pinterest, and he was putting in different terms and found several different things that he liked.
Fast forward to today, October 8. We haven’t started anything. Haven’t even looked in the garage to see if we have a cardboard box that could be made into a Rubik’s cube. Haven’t even looked through our closets for old clothing that could be torn/stained/cut on purpose to make a costume.

I know myself. If I haven’t started it by October 8, it’s not gonna happen.
So I went to Ollie’s and Big Lots. He’s “too old” or so he says, for a purchased costume as basic as TMNT. Being 8 ain’t what it used to be.
What are we going to do about Halloween? Hell if I know!
For starters, I have added the word SIMPLE to my internet searches. Just hoping he finds something he likes.
He loves video games. So really hoping that he likes the Pokemon Go costume that is shown.
DIY Halloween Costumes for Kids
- Little Bandit Costume-from Make It and Love It
- Crazy Cat Lady Costume-from Crafty Morning
- No Sew Pokemon Ash Costume-from Kids Activities Blog
- Skein of Yarn Costume-from Dukes and Duchesses
- Jelly Bean Costume-from The Sits Girls
- Bowl of Mac-n-Cheese Costume-from DIY Network
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Costume-from A Night Owl Blog
- Minion Costume and Hat-from Wine and Glue
- Tinkerbell Costume-from Sincerely Jean
- Scuba Diver Costume-from Delineate Your Dwelling
- Clark Kent Costume-from Wait Til Your Father Gets Home
- Gumball Machine Costume-from ‘A Casarella
- Peter Pan Costume-from Babble
- Black Cat Costume-from DIY Network
- Flower Pot Costume-from Dukes and Duchesses
This is an older post that was updated to check links. The new publish date is not October 8.
Pin it so you have it!
