5 Easy Halloween Costumes for Kids

You Will Need
* Large Carboard Box
* Pencil
* Ruler
* Scissors or Craft Knife
* Black Elastic
* Black Paint
* Paint Brush
* Tape or Glue

Step 1: Flatten and open out your cardboard box and draw a tall rectangle approx. 20cm x 45cm, divide this section into 3. Draw a bat wing coming off one side of the middle section 40cm max width.
Step 2: Cut out the first bat wing and then use the part that you have discarded as a template to draw round for your second wing. Once drawn cut out your second wing.
Step 3: Paint one side in black and leave to dry, once dry flip over the wings and paint the other side.
 

Step 4: When your wings are dry, cut 2 pieces of black elastic approx. 60cm each, it is better to overestimate at this point as you can shorten it if needed.
Step 5: Poke 4 holes for your elastic close to the corners of the middle section, you can use your pencil to make the holes. Thread your elastic through the holes, it is a good idea to try on the wings at this point before you tie the elastic. 
Step 6: Once you are happy tie your elastic and fold the top and bottom cardboard flaps over. Then glue or tape down to secure. 

Your little bat is now ready to fly!
 

Project and instructions by Eliott Bulpett, Abbie Carr and Chrissie Perry.

You Will Need
* Black Foam Sheet
* Soft Toy Filling
* A4 Felt Sheets - Black and Baby Pink
* Sewing Thread - Pink and Black
* Black Craft Feathers
* Glue Gun & Glue
* Scissors
* Headband
* Tights

Step 1: Cut 4 identical triangles in black felt.
Step 2: Cut 2 smaller triangles in pink felt. 
Step 3: Stitch or glue the pink triangles onto 2 of the back triangles. 

Step 4: Take one the black + pink pieces and one of the single black pieces and place them right sides together (the pink triangle will be in the middle). Using a backstitch sew the two pieces together leaving the bottom of the triangle open. Turn it right side out and lightly stuff. Repeat this with the second ear. 
Step 5: Place the ears over the headband and whipstitch the bottom of the triangles close, over the headband, securing it in place. 
Step 6: Glue two black feathers onto the edges of the ears.

Project instructions by Sylvia Wade, Heather, Fiona Field

You Will Need
* A4 Felt Sheet - 2x Green, 1x Orange
* Black Glossy Permanent Vinyl
* White Elastic
* Glue Gun and Glue
* Cricut Joy
* Orange T-Shirt
* Orange Headband

Headband
Step 1: Cut a round 20cm circle from the orange felt, and from the green felt, cut 2 leaf shapes, and a long rectangle. 
Step 2: Roll the rectangle and glue along the outer, short edge to secure and create a stalk.
Step 3: Glue the orange felt circle to the headband blank, secure the 2 leaves and stalk on top of the circle with glue. 
Step 4: Using the twine, tie 15cm lengths around the stalk to create tendrils, create loops with the twine along the orange circle and secure with the glue gun.

Neck Opening Detail
Step 5: Fold the 2nd green felt sheet in half, draw triangles that are joined at the top point of different sizes along the folded edge. 
Step 6: Cut along the zigzag line, without disconnecting the triangles. 
Step 7: Cut through the folded edge, and open up the fold. 
Step 8: Make small cuts along the straight edge of the triangles, and arrange inside the t-shirt neck line. 
Step 9: Secure with glue, folding the straight edge inside the t-shirt.

Add the Jack-O-Lantern
Step 10: Find a Jack-o-lantern image on Design space, measure the space you want to fill on your t-shirt and adjust the image on design space to fit.
Step 11: Cut with your Cricut using the Black Permanent vinyl.
Step 12: Weed the design and arrange on the t-shirt
Step 13: We used 340 degrees for -10-15 seconds. Allow to cool and remove plastic

Shape the Bottom of the T-Shirt
Step 14: With the t-shirt inside out, fold the bottom seam up 1 inch, insert the elastic inside the fold and secure around the top of the seam with the glue back around to where you started, ensuring the elastic is not glued. 
Step 15: Leave an unsecured section of the folded seam and tie the ends of elastic in a loose knot that can be accessed through the seam.
Step 16: Once the costume is being worn, the elastic can be pulled tighter to create a puffy effect along the bottom of the t-shirt.

You Will Need
* Black Long Sleeved T-Shirt
* Two Pairs of Black Opaque Tights
* Yarn Needle
* Toy Stuffing
* Googly Eyes in Various Sizes
* Scissors
* Fabric Chalk or Pen
* Hot Glue Gun
* Ribbon (Optional)
* Black Yarn
* Sewing Needle
* Black Thread

Body
Lay out your tshirt so that you can see how long the sleeves are. Then lay out your tights and cut off the legs so that they are slightly shorter than the t-shirt sleeves.

Using toy stuffing, evenly stuff your tight legs, leaving a few centimetres at the end for closing.

Repeat for the other set of tights, so that you have a total of four extra legs.

Now close off all of your legs either by sewing them shut or using a hot glue gun.

Using the tshirt seams as a guide, attach evenly along the shirt using a hot glue gun or by sewing.

Thread some black yarn onto a yarn needle and thread through each arm in turn to join them together. Knot the yarn in between each leg so that it does not slip. Repeat on the other side.

Optional: Glue black ribbon around the joins between the legs and body to make them look less messy.

Hat
Take the leftover part of one of your sets of tights and draw a semicircle shape around the crotch area. Cut this shape out.

Turn inside out and sew or hot glue gun along the line you just cut, leaving the waistband open.

Glue the googley eyes on one side of the hat.

Project and instructions by Kate M

You Will Need
* A4 Felt Sheets - 10x Cashmere
* Natural Raffia
* Glue Gun and Glue
* Hardwood Dowel 1/2 x 36 inches

Broomstick
Step 1: Glue the felt sheets one by one around one end of the wooden dowel. Use them in portrait mode, so the brooms bristles are as long as possible. Make sure the dowel does not stick out of the bottom of the felt. The felt sheets need to overlap themselves. Avoid the cut edges being in the same place each time. Glue the top 3cms only at the top of the felt, where it meets the broom handle.
Step 2: Separate some raffia and tie (or glue) around where the top of the felt meets the dowel.
Step 3: Cut up the felt to form strips, these are the bristles of the broom.

Why not cut some spider's web netting material into a cape to go with your new brookstick!