The last year DD went trick-or-treating was her 6th grade year in school and she went as a black cat. Once again, we used clothes that she had in her closet. I figured out how to make some cat ears and her daddy came up with a tail. The only thing I did buy was a black eye liner. So, we spent a little money but it was less than $5.00.
DD had a black pair of jeans and a black turtle neck. Those items were the bases of the costume. To make the ears, I took a black headband I had and attached cat ears I made out of cardboard to it. We kept her hair long and loose. DH came up with the tail by looking at work for some leftover braiding used to trim furniture out with. We attached it to her jeans with a safety pin and frayed the end of the tail to give it bushy look to it. I used the black eye liner to draw a cat nose and whiskers on her nose and face. She carried a plastic jack-o-lantern to collect her candy in.
We got a lot of compliments on her black cat costume. It was easy to throw together which is such a plus with me. It also hardly cost us anything, which is always a plus.
Halloween is getting closer, so get those creative juice flowing. Look at what you have on hand and see what you can come up with. You might just surprise yourself!
Homemade Halloween is simply a good thing!
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