Category: Fashion

Happy Halloween everyone! Hope your Halloween is as scary and spooky as ever. Today I wanted to share with you some last minute Halloween costume ideas that I found online. Hope you enjoy it I much as I did writing about it.

Ice Cream Costume: 

Treasures and Travels came up with this wonderful costume idea that that colorful and easy to put together.

To recreate this upside down Ice Cream Cone Costume you will need:

1. White Tulle Bloom Skirt
2. Mini Popsicle Sticks
3. White Tee or Tank
4. White Shoes
5. Brown Paper
6. Bobby Pins
7. Colored Paints
8. Safety Pins
9. Hot Glue Gun

Cone: Cut a sheet of brown paper in half diagonally and roll into the shape of cone, secure with tape. Attach the cone to your hair using bobby pins, poking a hole threw each side of the paper cone and securing to your hair – or – use hot glue to glue the cone to a headband.

Sprinkles: Paint the mini popsicle sticks an assortment of bring colors and use hot glue to secure a safety pin to the back of each sprinkle. Attach the sprinkles to your outfit using the safety pins.

Spider Web Costume:

Pretty Plain Janes came up with this wonderful costume idea. This costume doesn’t require any sewing skill and is very easy to put together.

1. To make the crown, print out the crown template and cut it out. Trace the template on the back of gold paper and cut. Glue together to form a crown, using hot glue.
2. Put a dot of hot glue on a large yellow pom pom and attach it to a black pipe cleaner, pinching the pom pom around the pipe cleaner to cover the end. Repeat to create a second antennae.
3. Twist another pipe cleaner onto the bottom of the antennae to extend the length if necessary.
4. Wrap the pipe cleaners and around the headband to secure the crown. You can add a dot of hot glue, if desired, for extra security.
5. Glue small black pom poms around the base of the crown.
6. To make the shoe clips, fold over a small piece of gold paper and draw a wing shape along the fold. Cut out.
7. Hot glue the wings to the shoe clips, leaving the wings creased in the center.
8. Add a large yellow pom and a small black pom along the center fold of the wings, securing with hot glue.
9. Pair your crown and your bee-dazzled shoes with black and white stripes and a yellow skirt, and you have a buzz-worthy costume for all your Halloween festivities!

Mary Poppins Costume:

Just a spoonful of sugar … Ok, you might need a little than that. To recreate this DIY Mary Poppins costume, you only have to find some items from your closet and a few key accessories.

You will need:

1. White blouse
2. High-waisted black skirt
3. Black tights
4. Black pair of heels
5. Red ribbon
6. Large purse
7. Umbrella
8. Black hat
9. Few flowers

Instructions:

1. Tuck a white blouse into a high-waisted skirt with a full or a-line silhouette; wear both over tights and a pair of heels.
2. Tie a red ribbon in a bow around the collar of your blouse.
3. For accessories, carry a large purse and an umbrella, and stick a few flowers in a black hat with a round brim.

Wicket Witch Costume:

This costume is actually courtesy of me that I put together at the last minute last year with things in my closet. The only thing that I bought was the witch hat. This what I used to create the costume:

1. Lace maxi dress. (I got mine from Forever 21 a while ago for $20+. You can get something similar at forever 21 for less then $25 or less than $28)
2. Witch hat (I got mine at target for $6. You can get similar ones)
3. Statement necklace (I wore my favorite Amrita Singh’s Reversible Bib statement necklace).

Instructions: 

1. Wear your lace dress
2. Put on your witch hat
3. Put on your statement necklace

You are now a stylish witch to party like crazy.

Hope your Halloween is fun and spooky at the same time.  Don’t forget to check out my Facebook Page and follow me on Instagram @allaboutme3181.

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