Wearing fancy and unique costumes is a lot of fun for kids. This is even more entertaining when they get the chance to create their own costume. Yes, the joy of collecting things in your house and combining them to create beautiful and impressive DIY costumes for children is more than you can imagine. This process is appealing for children and also boosts their creativity.
If you want to offer the best time to your child or simply want to spend some fun time with your kids, give DIY costumes a shot. Don’t worry; your children will not harm themselves while creating these costumes in your presence. You have to keep all the complex cutting or sewing work for yourself while involving children in simpler and safer tasks.
Are you ready? Try the following costumes!
DIY Costumes: Have Fun Time with Children
Space Girl Costume
Does your little one want to become an astronaut? Well, they might require some more time to be one. However, until then, you can make them happy by creating a space girl costume. Begin with wrapping a silver duct tape from the bottom to the top of an old pajama.
You can ask your little one to manage this entire task. Make sure these pajamas are at least two sizes larger than your child’s standard pajama size.
To create a plunger hat, you need to take a smaller plunger than your kid’s head. Cover it with silver duct tape or spray paint- whatever suits you. Use a glue gun to stick the plunger’s hollow part with the top of the hairband- spray the hairband also.
For the futurist skirt, you can take a hula hoop, cover it with silver spray, and secure it to the spacesuit with silver duct tape. The costume is ideal for playing space-themed games.
Santa Claus
Every child loves Santa Claus. Indeed, gifts are the primary reason behind this love. But many children are also attracted to their interesting and classy costumes. The long, thick beard and the red hat are appealing for little ones. If you have noticed the affection in your child for Santa Claus, go for this costume.
Ask your children to wear a plaid shirt and pants. Now, create a hat and beard. For this, you need a long red hat that can fit perfectly well on your kid’s head. Apply glue on the sides and bottom of the hat to create eyebrows with the pieces of cotton. You can make it thick, fluffy, or thin- whatever you like. Then, it is time for the beard.
Take cardboard, and cut it in a shape of a beard. Let your child do all the remaining things while offering them guidance.
Ask them to cover one side of the cardboard with glue. Place the cotton on the beard and press it firmly so that it sticks. Now, take two ribbons and stick each on both sides of the beard (backside). Allow the beard to dry. Place the beard on your little one’s face, and tie the ribbon behind their head.
Pilot Costume
This is also one of the best DIY costumes you can create with your kids. First, involve your child in making a pilot badge. For this, you need to cut a star shape from gold felt, a shield-like shape from orange or yellow felt, and wings from yellow felt. Ask your kids to stick the star on the shield and then the shield on the wing.
Bring double-sided tape, and attach it to one side of kid’s jacket. Choose a brown or dark grey jacket. Plus, opt for dark brown or grey pants-do the same for boots or joggers. You also need a white scarf to wear on the neck. But if you don’t have one, you can cut white felt and make a scarf.
Cut a strip from the gold felt and stick it to the bottom of the hat, a few inches above the end. For appealing and classy goggles, you can use Mason jar lids. Use hot glue to stick these lids on the felt. Ta-da! Your kid is ready to fly.
Gingham Witch Halloween Costumes
While some children want to be stars of leading fantasy stories like Cinderella or Rapunzel, others like to play side roles and evil characters. A witch is one of the most loved and hated characters in the fictional world. So, if your little girl has a soft spot for it, then go for this DIY costume.
Cut two rectangles from black and white gingham fabric. Sew the ends together- make sure to keep the armholes toward the top of the rectangle shape. Fold the top of the fabric one inch and sew a channel. Do remember to leave a one-inch opening. After that, thread a string or ribbon through the channel.
Also, cut a thin strip from a piece of black fabric. Now you need to sew a hand-running stitch on one of the sides and pull the thread when you get to the end to gather the fabric, creating folds. Lastly, you need to pin this at the back of your witch costume. Go for any witch hat to complete the look.
Bottom Line
Parents who love to involve their kids in hobbies like paper quilling or stitching fascinate their little ones. This is because kids get involved in new things. If your child loves arts and crafts, creating different DIY costumes is the best option for them.
Well, you don’t need to wait for Halloween to wear costumes. Besides that, costume making can improve creativity, offer entertainment, and allow you to make lots of memories with your children. So, create witch, pilot, Santa, or space girl DIY costumes with your kids with simple steps and accessible materials.
