With Halloween just around the corner, I thought I'd share some of my ideas for dressing up twins to go on that annual treck for a bagful of goodies.
1. Dr. Seuss' Thing 1 and Thing 2
To create these costumes you will need 2 pairs of red flannel, footed pajamas, white felt circles about 12" across, black marker, 2 turquoise ski caps(or wigs), and safety pins.
On one felt circle write Thing 1 and on the other write Thing 2 and safety pin to the front of the each pair of pajamas. For an added touch you can add some craft hair dyed turquoise to the ski caps or just wear the ski caps all by themselves. Nothing better than a couple of childhood favorites!
2. A Set of Fuzzy Dice
To create these costumes you will need two boxes approximately the same size, red paint, white construction paper, Elmer's glue and a long piece of heavy duty rope.
Paint both boxes red and cut out circles from the construction paper. Glue the circles on each side to make it look like a dice. Be sure to cut a large enough hole on the top to fit a child's head through and two holes on each side for their arms. Attach the rope to to the top of each box. Voila! You have a pair fit to hang from the rearview mirror!
3. Salt snd Pepper Shakers
To create these costumes you will need a white sweat shirt and sweat pants, a black sweat shirt and sweat pants, black craft felt, white craft felt, Aleene's fabric glue, 2 metal colanders, and craft twine.
Out of the black felt cut out a large "S" and glue on the white sweat shirt. Out of the white felt cut out a large "P" and glue on the black sweatshirt. Attach a colander to each child's head with some craft twine. Instant salt and pepper shakers!
4. Ketchup and Mustard Bottles
To creat these costumes you will need red and yellow poster board, black paint or marker, and some strong adhesive.
Glue each piece of poster board together to form a tube and cut hole out for the child's arm to fit through. Take another piece of each color and form a cone to be worn on the child's head as the top to the bottle. On the red tube paint the word "ketchup" in black and on the yellow tube paint the word "mustard." Now you've got a burger's favorite toppings!
5. King and Queen of Hearts
To create these costumes you will need 4 pieces of white poster board, black or white ribbon, two plastic crowns, and different colored paints or a printer.
Attach the ribbon to the corners on the top of each piece of poster board. Tie two peices together to create a sandwich board that your child can wear on their shoulders. You can either print out what looks like the front of a king and queen or paint it on. Do the same for the backside of the sandwich board. Wear a crown on your head and you have become royalty of the playing kind!
6. Bride and Groom
This one needs no explaining. I suggest rummaging through your closet or making a run to your local thrift store to create these costumes.
7. Angel and Devil
This one also needs no explaining. I'm sure at one point or another we have all dressed up as either one and have some stuff kicking around to create these costumes. All it needs is a pitch fork, horns and a tail for the devil; a halo and wings for the angel.
8. Peanut Butter and Jelly
To create these costumes you will need two pieces of poster board, paint, and some strong adhesive. These costumes are similar to the ketchup and mustard costumes.
Form a tube with each piece of poster board and cut holes through each side to put your child's arms through. You may need to attach string on the inside to go over their shoulder's to hold up the costume. Paint one tube to look like a jelly jar and the other to look like a peanut butter jar.
9. Cop and Robber
To create these costumes you will need an all black outfit, black mask, a black ski cap, and a police officer outfit.
Have one child dress in all black and carry a white pillow case to carry their "loot" and the other child dress as the cop.
10. Raggedy Ann and Andy
These are probably the most complex costumes on the list, but I had to include them. I would suggest purchasing ready made costumes if you're like me and don't have the time to sew an elaborate outfit.
Please remember that whatever you decide to dress your little ones up as; be safe, stay in well lit areas and most of all have fun.
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