Wednesday 20 January 2010

Ideas for halloween costumes for kids

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Children love to dress up in costumes during Halloween. The costumes look very cute and the children thoroughly enjoy themselves during that time. A lot of creativity is involved in choosing and making costumes for the young ones.

Children can be dressed in various types of costumes according to the fancy of the parents and the children. The children identify themselves with the characters in cartoons, movies and fairy tales. You can choose any theme and then create a dress accordingly.

There are many stores that stock up costumes for children that can be worn during Halloween. You can also look at magazines to get ideas. You can browse the internet and either order from the stores or with the available ideas and create a dress for the young one.

You can dress children in scary costumes such as the devil, a vampire, a ghost, a skeleton or a pirate. They will have fun scaring people at the party. Children also relate to real life people whom they see everyday, such as the postman, the policeman, the fireman or the policeman. These costumes are also like by children. Birds such as the peacock and animals such as the bear, the lion or the tiger are also favorites with them.

Most of these costumes can either be ordered or bought from your nearby store. You can also book online for them. The best way would, of course, be to create your own costume for the child. This way, the child will be involved in the process of making the costume. You will know how the dress fits the child.
You can make adjustments accordingly. You can use an old pair of jeans and an old shirt to make the costumes of animals and birds. All the cartoon characters also need the exact color of dress with the special feature of that character.

You can buy all the accessories from a website. All the essential fancy dress accessories like belts, scarves, paints to color and make masks, wigs and hats will completely change the look of address. The face can either be painted or a mask can be used. The paint used should not harm the skin. False eyelashes and eyebrows, hair extensions will add to the special look for the girls’ costume.

Care should be taken to see that the dress is neither too tight nor too loose. This will be uncomfortable for the child. The accessories such a veil or wings should be well secured and should not come off or prick or harm the girls. The costume itself should have reflectors so that people can see them in the dark when they go ‘trick a treat’. It would best if flame resistant clothing is chosen so that they are safe when near a candle or a source of fire.

It is fun dressing up the little girls and boys in different costumes. This gives joy not only to the child but also the parents. There is immense joy and fun in creating costumes for the children. You can shop and buy all the material and if necessary make it by stitching the costume with the material available at home.





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