It’s durable. It’s colorful. It’s flexible. It’s duct tape. With a bit of inspiration and a lot of duct tape, you can fashion just about any kind of costume. Whether it be for Halloween, a history project, or pretend-play, there are tons of fun ideas for making costumes and accessories out of duct tape. Here [...]
Epic heroes. Super villains. Whip, sword, wand. Over the years, we’ve shared fun, easy, and inexpensive Halloween and pretend-play costumes and accessory how-tos. We’ve even shared our favorite Halloween crafts, books and games. Take a few minutes to view some of our easy Halloween costume and craft ideas. And if you find something you like, [...]
Whether it’s for Halloween, a theatrical performance or just pretend-play, this handsome Roman short sword is fun and easy to make. And while kids get geared-up to make this fun sword, they’ll flex a bit of math for counting, measuring and scaling. Although this project is fairly easy to make, younger children will need help [...]
One of favorite free, online Halloween games is simply called Haunted House. It is a game K-mart used to promote on their website a few years ago. It is still available online and is a fun Halloween game. Great sound effects (we like the nasty cat), fun graphics, and spooky music make this game a winner. [...]
Batman villains are so much fun because they have such big personalities, wear outrageous costumes, and have memorable laughs. Maybe that’s why they’re popular characters for Halloween and pretend-play. For this costume, we simply raided our closets and make-up bags. We based our costume on the Joker from the 1989 Batman movie featuring Jack Nicholson [...]
Halloween decorations can be expensive. Why not take a few hours, gather the kids, and make your own cool origami Halloween decorations. We found several free Halloween origami websites that requires little more than colored construction paper. They are really fun to make, too. Online Halloween Origami Resources Origami Resource Center - Halloween Origami Origami Club [...]
As a young child, my favorite Halloween book was “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”. Even though I read it over and over, I always hoped the Great Pumpkin would show itself at the end of the book. That’s the best thing about good books — they inspire our imaginations. We don’t care for truly [...]
Store bought hero costumes aren’t much fun. Usually, the costume material is thin, tears easily, isn’t very comfortable on sensitive skin, and fits poorly. If your youngster loves epic heroes like Jedi Luke Skywalker from Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Indiana Jones, consider creating realistic costumes using regular clothing and some creativity. Here are some [...]
For some Batman fans, the villains are as much fun as the heroes. SpottyBanana loves to make costumes for Halloween and pretend-play. Usually, the home-made costumes are much better looking and much less expensive than the store bought versions. The Two-Face (Batman 1989 movie version) costume is very easy to create. Here are the items [...]
We’re huge fans of interdisciplinary projects, especially those that encourage creativity. We also create projects around our child’s interests, so comic strips and comic books are sometimes part of the learning experience. Pretend play and dress-up are also popular — imagination rules! We’ve created a really fun project that combines the fun of pretend-play dress-up [...]
