Instead of running out to a store for a last-minute costume, create a cute one using items in your the home. Sometimes you can find items for a costume just by digging through old trunks or boxes in the attic. Craft storage bins also might contain objects that can be used to make a costume not only for children, but adults as well.
Tourist
Dress up as a tourist. Most men have a Hawaiian shirt hanging somewhere in the back of the closet or even in a bag set aside for a consignment sale. Wear a pair of white shorts or pants. Look around for large sun hats and colorful sunglasses. Girls can wear flowery dresses, sandals and a large straw hat. Throw a colorful beach or pool bag over your shoulder and strap a camera around your neck. Carry a few maps and place a thick coat of sunscreen underneath your eyes and on the bridge of your nose.
Scarecrow
Put on a flannel shirt, faded jeans, boots and an old leather belt to become a scarecrow. This cute Halloween costume is appropriate for all ages. Add a straw hat, place a bandanna around the collar of the shirt and stuff some pine straw in the pockets of the shirt and jeans. If you want the "lumpy" look, stuff the shirt with newspapers, socks or plastic bags. Plan ahead and iron on a few plaid patches on the knees of the blue jeans. Search the garage or garden shed for old work gloves that can be worn. Stick a few black feathers in the back of the straw hat.
Bag of Jelly Beans
Arrive at a party as a bag of jelly beans. Put on a pair of leotards or tights in any color and a matching top. Take a large clear lawn bag, cut two holes in the bottom for the legs and two holes on the side to allow the arms to poke through. Blow up several bags of small multicolored balloons. Be sure you have someone near by to help you fill the bag with balloons (jelly beans). Step into the bag and begin placing the balloons inside from the opening at the top. Fill the bag, making sure you can still move and walk around. Loosely tie the bag underneath the neck area or over the shoulders with colorful ribbon. Spell out Jelly Beans in cut-out letters and stick them to the front of the costume.
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