Are you a college student planning on going to a party, but do not have a costume? Fret no more! Here are some creative, affordable halloween costumes to create and wear.
DIY Popcorn Costume and Ceiling Lampshade
Materials:
- A laundry basket (one with a lid, no specific size)
- Red and white vinyl tape
- Popcorn (own preference)
- 12 oz. can expanding polyurethane foam
- An old baseball cap
- Elastic cord
- Hot glue and glue gun
Directions:
- Cut the bottom part of the laundry basket so that your body can fit in it. Cut out holes in the sides of the laundry basket. Tape the lid to the top of the basket.
- Cover the basket with red and white vinyl tape in strips.
- Pop a bag full of popcorn in the microwave. Use as many bags as desired depending on how much popcorn you want to fill up the basket with.
- Apply the polyurethane foam onto the top of the lid. Stick on the popcorn on the edges all around the lid.
- Cut off the visor on the old baseball cap and hot glue it to the lid. Attach elastic string. Add polyurethane foam and popcorn.
DIY Jellyfish Costume
Materials:
- One umbrella (dome shaped preferably)
- Five rolls of assorted wired curly gift wrapping ribbon
- Two to three strings of LED lights
- Glue gun
- Velcro
- White felt
- Black felt
- Strong clear tape
Directions:
- Cut all five rolls of gift wrapping ribbon to 25” to 30” in length. Attach them around the inside of the umbrella using the glue gun or tape.
- Attach the LED lights with velcro on the middle inside of the umbrella.
- Cut out the eyes using black and white felt. Tape them to the front of the umbrella.
No-Sew Raven Bird Costume
Materials:
- Black felt
- Hot glue
- ⅝ -inch wide grosgrain ribbon
- 10-15 coq feathers
- 5/8 -inch wide black satin ribbon
- 54-inch wide heavy black tulle
- Stapler
- A safety pin
- Velour paper
- Construction paper
- Hole punch
- Black eyelets
- Black shoestring (elastic)
Directions:
- Cut a bib from the black felt. Using a hot glue gun, glue 16-inch length of ⅝- inch wide grosgrain ribbon onto the inside of the bib neck spreading notches so they create a turtleneck; trim the ribbon ends.
- Hot glue the feather trim around the outside of the bib at the neck spreading the feather ends upward interspersing ten coq feathers where the bottom feathers have been stripped. Hot glue the feather patches to the front of the bib to cover it working up from the bottom. Hot glue the ⅝ inch wide black satin ribbon at the neck to cover edges of the feathers; leave ribbon ends long for ties.
- Use two yards of 54 inch wide heavy black tulle. Staple each edge to desired width of bustle, about eight inches. Fold in half bringing stapled edges together to make a puff. Grasp fold along the unstapled edge pulling it inside puff to meet stapled edge and staple again making four puffs. Repeat twice across puff and the opposite edge. Cut bustle top from the black felt.
- Hot glue coq feathers to lower corners, the center point and to the sides at a horizontal fold. Hot glue stapled edge of the tulle puff. Dab edges of 10 to 15 stripped coq feathers with a hot glue gun. Stick into tulle through holes. Fold bustle top at a horizontal fold. Safety pin to clothing just below the waist, feather side up. The safety pin and staples in the tulle should be hidden under the felt.
- Cut ⅝ inch wide black grosgrain ribbon to wrist measurement. Hot glue the ends of the coq feathers to the ribbon inspersing with the stripped coq feathers. Center 18 inches of ⅝ inch wide black satin ribbon on the cuff covering the ends of the feathers; hot glue. Wrap satin ends around wrists twice and tie.
- Cut out velour paper back with construction paper. Score fold, punch holes and attach black eyelets at the holes. Cut black elastic shoestring to length required to hold the beak mask and thread through the holes. Knot inside. Bend the beak at the tuck line.