Hallowe'en Costumes

Fiver29

Does anyone have any ideas for a Hallowe'en costumes for an 11 year old girl, which involves no purchasing whatsoever?

I can't afford to buy DD anything, but she wants to go to a Hallowe'en party.

ZsaZsa

I can remember dressing in a black jumper and trousers, and safety pinning stuffed black tights to my back to be a spider. Followed by the same outfit the following year but using one of the "spider legs" as a cats tail and making a cats mask/whiskers out of cardboard

Fiver29

Sounds good ZsaZsa. I'll have to find some tights without ladders in them :rotfl:

MaggieBaking

Last year my sister held a fairy birthday party with a fairy theme. One mother dressed her daughter in pink or green or something, and decorated her with ivy (headband, pinned to her dress etc) and made her a wand with a twig and ivy wrapped around it - and also a bit of make-up on (maybe a lipstick butterfly, I can't remember).

I'm guessing that she didn't buy anything, but she was easily the best dressed fairy at the party!!

quidsinquentin

Fiver29 wrote: »

Does anyone have any ideas for a Hallowe'en costumes for an 11 year old girl, which involves no purchasing whatsoever?

I can't afford to buy DD anything, but she wants to go to a Hallowe'en party.

Would she feel comfortable as a 'zombie'?

You could use old clothes and tear them up a bit then paint her face pale or green (zombie colours I gather) maybe even spread some 'dust' on the clothes as soil from the grave - as it were.

I gather zombies are big this year.

ZsaZsa

Fiver29 wrote: »

Sounds good ZsaZsa. I'll have to find some tights without ladders in them :rotfl:

Not if you stuff with your other black laddered tights! :rotfl:

(and when she gets home you've got a ready-made draught excluder he he)

Butterfly_Brain

What about going as a scarecrow you just need old clothes, a hat, dark make up and some straw that you can get quite cheaply in greengrocers or pet shops. Think Wurzle Gummidge