Amira Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Ds needs to wear a costume tomorrow afternoon. I cannot come up with anything, even with google helping me. I cannot go shopping for anything (and there is no way around this). I'm a minimalist who moves often so I don't have much stuff sitting around to turn into a costume. I'll need to carry said costume two kilometers in 90 degree temps. It needs to be something an 8yo boy would wear. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Do you have make up you could use on him? What does he like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) Does he have a black shirt and black pants? You could make a ninja mask for an easy costume. Edited October 26, 2016 by maize 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 My default if I didn't have a costumes was to say I was an alien disguised as a human... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Pinterest has a lot of costume ideas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) No makeup in the house. He likes legos, Star Wars, pokeman, minecraft, typical 8yo boy stuff. Everything I've seen on Pinterest involves stuff I don't have. He does have some black pants, one of his shirts might be dark enough, and I have plenty of black hijabs that could double as a ninja mask. That might work, thanks, maize. Edited October 26, 2016 by Amira 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) If he likes legos and you have a box and some paint, you could cut the head and arm holes, paint it lego color, and then paint some circles on it...he's a lego One could do the same for Minecraft One could make a Minecraft head from cardboard. Is the shopping a time thing or money? You could get cardboard from a grocery store/Walmart or Target. Do you have craft supplies laying around? Which ones? Edited October 26, 2016 by Slartibartfast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 If you have a white or off white sheet, cut some eyeholes, throw it over his head, he's a ghost lol. If you have a trash bag big enough, cut some leg holes in the bottom, cut some arm holes in the sides. Have him step in, then fill it with crumbled news papers (or if you don't have that, random pillow cases and clothes work too) Then pin it around his clothes near his neck so that it looks like a closed trash bag...he's a bag of trash. If you have a box and some wrapping paper, wrap up the box, cut a hole in the bottom for his head, some arm holes in the sides, leave the bottom open, he's a present. I was going to say sheet-over-the-head-ghost as well! Darker sheets also make good capes or togas. I made a jedi-like vest for my son with a pair of my brown pants where I just had them hanging down his back with the legs over his shoulders and secured with a belt. Throw a cape/sheet on in the back to hide the pants and you've got a jedi. Those are pillowcases pinned around his legs, by the way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Use cardboard and go as a lego block. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Shopping is a transportation thing. I can't drive here and the drivers I can call aren't available tomorrow (which is why I'll be walking to the party with the costume). No big boxes here. All the sheets are on the beds. I have markers, colored pencils, scissors and masking tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Use cardboard and go as a lego block. ? This. Box, red spray paint, 6 red solo cups and hot glue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callapidder Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 If you have white pants/sweatpant and a long-sleeve white shirt, electrical tape, a paper plate, and a Sharpie, he could be a stick figure. That's what my son was when he was 8. :) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mominco Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Amira I just found 17 Lazy Halloween Costumes You Can Use Your Normal Clothes on Buzzfeed, That has some funny ones like a tourist,Or 404 Error coustume. check it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 I'll see if he wants to go as a muggle with a Hogwarts acceptance letter. I do have a printer and paper. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 "Create your own superhero" (This is what my daughter is doing...not for lack of shopping, but because it is what she wanted to do): solid color outfit, with "cape" in matching color - aka a long scarf she is tying around her neck. She already had a mask that covers her eyes only, but you could cut a mask out of colored paper. Then she is taping a logo she created onto her shirt. She is "green planet girl" or something like that, since her super hero wears all green. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 These are some great ideas! Thank you all. I wish I'd saved some boxes from the move, but I'm not sure I could easily carry a big box very far anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkTulip Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I posted this on another thread, but my son is going as "Where's Waldo". Red & white striped shirt, jeans, glasses, and a red hat. You could skip the hat and pin a sign on his back that says "Waldo?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Do you have some paper to draw on? And does he own some medium sized balls of some sort? If he likes Pokemon, the easiest thing with what you have might be to simply have him go as a Pokemon hunter. Regular clothes, a ball cap, a backpack (he can even use the backpack as his treat bag, if there will be Trick or Treating), and then to complete the costume, choose a ball around the right size (if he has one), and use the markers and masking tape to color it red and white. Tape the ball, (make a tape ball if he doesn't own a ball the right size; crumple paper or wrap a balled up pair of socks, and wrap in masking tape), color the bottom half of the ball red, leave the top half white, and add the little circle detail (white circle over where the red and white meet, and a black circle inside that). Then he has a Pokeball to complete his costume. If he happens to own any stuffed animal, especially a Pokemon one, let him carry that. If not, you can find free printables online (all about coloring is a good site) and print one or two Pokemon for him to color and then tape/pin to his backpack, or even make a "Pokedeck" if he prints several (print at quarter sheet size, then cut apart and staple or clip together). Or even easier, if he has Pokemon cards already, let him carry some of those in his pocket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Medieval knight: pin two bath towels (or pillow cases) together to form a tabard. If you are feeling creative, add a heraldic emblem cut from paper or felt to front towel. Slip the tabard over his head and wrap a belt around his waist over the tabard. Add a toy sword or make one from cardboard and aluminum foil. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 If you have a large black garbage bag you could make him into a "Bag of M&M's". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 great ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 If you have yellow construction paper or something similar you could make a Lego man head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingmama Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) A friend of mine went as a candy wrapper/rapper. Hoodie covered in candy wrappers (they were stitched on at a corner). It was cute simple idea. Edited October 26, 2016 by dancingmama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Year Round Mom Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) My ds is going to be a Best Buy employee :lol: We already have the perfect color blue polo shirt and khaki shorts (we live in a hot climate, too). I'm going to print out a best buy tag to tape to his shirt. You could do Target employee if you only have red. The easiest costume ever! Edited October 26, 2016 by Year Round Mom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) Can you manipulate a hijab into a ninja outfit? Nerd outfit if you have extra glasses (put tape on the bridge), maybe flannel or mismatched tie/clothes, large clothes, slick back hair? If you have balloons you can make a berry or grape outfit depending on the colors available. Edited October 26, 2016 by displace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 If you do the Minecraft box (Steve's face or a Creeper with green clothing), you could maybe keep it folded flat til you get to your destination, then open and tape. Keep the tape in your pocket or purse. Might need a bulky tape roll, though. If you don't have cardboard boxes, what if you used construction paper + bits and pieces of small cardboard from something in the house to help keep the construction paper stiff... Mac and Cheese box, ziplock bags box, Saltine crackers box, etc. If you have green construction paper and clothing a Creeper might be the easiest. I wouldn't worry much about adding the green pixels, but you could use a green highlighter for contrast if you had to. Similar to the Lego head idea. Does he like Adventure Time? Maybe he could find something blue like a sheet and be Ice King. Maybe you could pin it rather than cut it. Then make a crown out of construction paper. Beard out of white construction paper, possibly with cotton balls on it? I'm making my daughter an extra costume... Beemo out of a diaper box LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wathe Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Cut and tape paper stars and planets onto black clothes = The Universe. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Wimpy Kid character with white tee and black shorts https://instagram.com/p/60w3YpsYKy/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 My brother once wore a hooded sweatshirt, drew a face on a balloon, then stuck the balloon in the hood. I'm not sure exactly what he was supposed to be but it got a lot of laughs. A friend did something similar only he put an oversized hoodie on as pants and put the pants on over his arms/torso,it looked like he was walking on his hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) DP Edited October 27, 2016 by Rach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Another one, if you have either a Superman logo shirt or ability to fake it with paper pinned to a blue shirt-- he wears that under jeans and a white shirt, or dress pants and a white shirt. Unbutton just a few buttons on the white shirt, and he is Clark Kent disguising the fact he is Superman. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I saw a great Wimpy Kid costume. Kid wears normal clothes and carries this mask. http://www.kidstylefile.com.au/2014/08/08/kidstylefile-loves-kids-books-book-week-2014-costume-ideas/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Stick a sock on his shirt. Static cling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Black pants, black shirt, duct tape/masking tape lines, and he's a stick man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Spike his hair all over and carry an electrical cord... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 I let him choose between the ninja, the muggle, and the universe. He wanted the ninja but decided it would be too hot so he went with the muggle. Thank you everyone! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 does he have athletic pants and a white t-shirt? do you have some broad ribbon? make a gold medal, hand it around his neck with the ribbon - and he can be an olympic athlete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I saw a great Wimpy Kid costume. Kid wears normal clothes and carries this mask. http://www.kidstylefile.com.au/2014/08/08/kidstylefile-loves-kids-books-book-week-2014-costume-ideas/ My son loves Wimpy Kid...I might steal that. My youngest is going as a spider web. Black pants, black shirt , that cheap spiderweb stuff you get from the store stretched all all over his body or you could use stretched out cotton balls and a headband with a spider made from pom poms and pipecleaners on his head. Hes already wore it once to the library Halloween party and they loved it so much he got front page billing on their website. Cost like $4 to make lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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