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DIY Halloween costumes: Fun with a box
It’s the time of year when all little ghouls and boys have only one thing on their minds: Trick-or-Treat — or as they say around here, Beggars Night.
Turns out beggars can be choosers: For the past two years, my daughter and I have been able to create really fun Halloween costumes with little more than a cardboard box, a glue gun and some items from the Dollar Tree.
Our first effort involved a hot dog hat she had picked up as a Cedar Point souvenir. We cut a “tabletop” out of a box and added a cheap red-checkered tablecloth (tacking down the corners). We topped it off by gluing on some empty cups, plates and condiment packets from Skyline Chili, and voila, she’s a “Hot Dog Lunch.” (In the accompanying photo, notice her buddy the Clothes Dryer — another example of box-costume magic.)
Last year, we made her costume out of two boxes. It was easy: We just covered a few bankers boxes with white poster paper, downloaded a Frigidaire logo off the Internet (btw, Frigidaire has its roots in Dayton), then hot-glued on some magnets and a “report card.” Then we kicked it up a notch by designing a swinging door (with duct tape!) and fastening some play food onto an old undershirt. The “Refrigerator” costume was born.
This year, we’ve drawn a schematic of an “Aquarium” costume, complete with fish tank backdrops from the pet store, black electrical tape representing metal edging, and an octopus hat — again from our friends at Cedar Point’s Hat Shack.
Believe me, if we can do this, anyone can. Get your imagination humming and start planning a one-of-a-kind costume today!
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By Amy
October 10, 2009 8:07 AM | Link to this
Great ideas!!! When I was a kid all I ever wanted was a box and a big roll of paper. I’ll never forget the day when my parents had a new refrigerator delivered to the house. That box lasted me over a year.