Easy Homemade Kids Halloween Costume Ideas

Making your own Halloween costume is the whole fun of Halloween as far as I'm concerned. But if you think you need to get all Martha in order to make Halloween costumes for the kids, think again. We found these great Halloween costume ideas that involve no sewing. Find out how to transform your child into an adorable gnome, a Wild Thing Max, or how to make fake blood, boils warts, and wounds mostly out of things you already have in the house.

Adorable Gnome: I think this little gnome costume is an adorable and easy to make Halloween costume for a little kid. All you need is a piece of red felt for the hat and some fake white fur for the beard. The rest of the costume can be made from normal clothing. Read the complete instructions on FamilyFun.com

Wild Thing: With the new movie out, Where the Wild Things Are is all the rage this Halloween. Making a Max costume couldn't be easier. All you need is a white one piece sleeper PJ, a crown made from gold cardstock, and a furry wolf's tail. Cookie Magazine has the full directions and a link to where you can get a wolf tail, if you don't want to make one.

How to make fake blood: Mix 1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder and 1.5 teaspoons hot water with 2 tablespoons of corn syrup and red food coloring. Learn how to make more homemade Halloween make up like warts, bumps and boils, flesh wounds, slimy swamp gunk, mummy paste and foaming paste that will make your skin crawl from New Jersey Family's website.

For more ideas, see our post on Homemade Childrens Halloween Costume Ideas from last year.