Need a kid's Halloween costume in ten minutes or less? Visit the links on this list of low cost and easy costumes that can be put together with items from around the house and even from your Halloween candy stash.
- Smartie Pants Costume - Grab some Smartie's brand candies from the Halloween candy bowl and clear packing tape. This idea comes from the Family Fun Magazine website of Halloween costume ideas. Visit the site to see a photo of this easy costume. With your child wearing pants, adhere the wrapped candy tubes to the outside of the pants legs.
- Basket of Laundry - Dress your child in tights and leotard or sweats, depending on the temperature outside. Cut a hole in a laundry basket that has a thin bottom. Size the hole so that the laundry basket will sit on your child's hips. Fill laundry basket with clothes and dryer sheets. This idea comes from a full webpage list of homemade Halloween costumes.
- Spa Girl or Boy Costume - A robe, slippers and towel are the main props needed for this simple costume that works well for a girl or might be extra hilarious for a boy! Your child can wear the robe and slippers and wrap his or her nead in a towel. Use a safety pin to secure the towel. Use either mint green face paint or a true facial mask cream to apply to the child's face. This is another great idea from Family Fun Magazine. See a photo of this easy costume idea here.
- Hershey's Kiss - Wrap a knit cap or hat in foil and secure a white paper strip on the top. With light blue marker, write "HERSHEY'S" on the paper. Dress your child in brown sweatpants and shirt or jacket. Fill a clear sandwich bag with Hershey's kisses and pin in to your child. This idea, along with other easy last minute ideas comes from Shine's guide to Halloween on Yahoo.
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