Two Cool Homemade Costumes for Any Occasion

Here are two interesting but affordable costumes you might want to make for your child. This can be worn for different school programs and even different occasions like Halloween and Christmas.

1.  Corn Costume

This is the image of the corn costume of my son with his number in their presentation.

Image taken by the author.

Materials:

Box Board or Card Board

Yellow Plastic String or Yellow Yarn

Yellow Shirt

Colored Pens or Big Crayons

Yellow Spray Paint

Pencil

Scissors

Egg Tray

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How to Make the Corn Costume :

• Cut 20 shredded yellow plastic strings or yarns about 1 yard in length
• On the box board, draw a corn cobb as big as your child and color.
• Reach for the egg carton bottom and spray it with the yellow paint and let it dry. Then sew the carton on the yellow shirt.
• Now, you can help your child wear this cool and affordable Corn Costume.

2.   Grape Costume

This was my son’s grape costume which I also store in a clear plastic.

Image taken by the author.

Materials:

Purple and Green Construction Papers

Card Board Strips

Glue

Stapler and Scissors

How to Make the Grape Costume  : 

• Get the construction papers. Try to estimate how many circles would be needed to be wrapped around your child’s body. Cut circles bigger than your fist on the purple construction papers. On the Green construction papers cut about 20 or more grape leaves.
• Roll a card boards strip about an inch in size and stick it at the center of the circle’s back so that the circle will look as if it’s bulging .Do this on all the circles. Stick some of them on the cap.
• Arrange them to form a bunch of grapes. Staple them together.
• Place some leaves around the bunch of grapes and on the cap then staple them.
• Enjoy taking photos of your child wearing this Grape Costume.

My son wearing his grape costume.If I find his pic wearing the corn costume I might submit it on Piccable.

Image Source: My Son’s Photo Album