We LOVE Halloween over here. It gives us a time to have fun and be creative however, those of us with natural hair know that we sometimes have to think outside of the box when incorporating our kids favorite characters or bringing their costumes to life. So, I wanted to have a little #throwbackthursday fun and share with you all a few of Jordyns past costumes that are perfect for curly haired kiddos.
Costume #1: "Tween wolf"
This extremely simple DIY is MADE for curly kids, simply style their hair in a wash and go and bam!! hair is set!
FOR THE HAIR:
I used Miss Jessies Pillow Soft Curls which is one of our favorites for a achieving soft, touchable, fluffy, yet defined wash and go.
FOR THE COSTUME YOU'LL NEED:
Faux fur - MICHAELS
Plaid shirt
Jeans
( and if you're using shorts like I did, leggings or tights)
plastic headband -Michaels
Cardstock
Hot glue
safety pin.
makeup, if you desire.
WHAT YOU DO:
Hot glue fur to the inside of the shirt & to the wrist area.
Cut holes in leggings ( or jeans) and hot glue pieces of fur to the insides of the holes.
For the tail: wrap the fur into itself diagonally, going into a point...use hot glue to secure it together.
Attach a safety pin to the end of the tail and then attach it to the back of your jeans.
For the ears: cut card stock in the shape of ears..Cut fur into the same shape.
Cover both the front and back of the ears and use hot glue to secure to the plastic headband.
For the makeup: I used E.L.F brown and black eyeliner and red lipstick to give Jordyn a simple, wolf look.
Costume #2: Madeline Hatter ( or, your childs favorite princess)
This costume is semi-DIY since the costume itself is store bought. The accessories and hair are all simple DIYs.
FOR THE HAIR:
When your kiddos want to be princess or fairy tale characters that have hair that isn't their natural color, we have to get creative. Those colored hair sprays are cool but the MESS!..ugh...Try buying colored yarn or marley hair and twisting it into your kids hair like I did here with Jordyns.
We just did regular twists throughout her head and incorporated purple and blue hair to match her character. It was SO cute!!
For the twists we used Cantu For Kids Styling Custard which gave it a nice, soft hold.
I'm a big believer that accessories MAKE the costume...especially a store bought one. The hat that came with this costume was....less than desirable so, I made a new one.
FOR THE HAT YOU'LL NEED:
glitter craft foam and plastic headband- MICHAELS
Feather and tulle- MICHAELS
scrapbook paper and paper bow- MICHAELS
Little pet shop mouse- Jordyns room. ha!
hot glue gun.
WHAT YOU DO:
Roll the craft foam into a tube like shape and hot glue to secure.
Cut out a small circle of craft foam to cover the top. Hot glue to secure.
Cut a bigger circle to act as the bottom of the hat and hot glue to tube shape to that bottom piece to secure.
Cut a thin strip of scrapbook paper and wrap around the base of the hat. Hot glue to secure.
Hot glue your bow to the front.
Use the hot glue to attach the tulle, feather, and plastic mouse to the side of the hat
Hot glue your hat to the plastic headband.
So now you've got your hair and accessories done right...but lets not ruin our perfect costume with a bright orange trick or treat pumpkin. Lets turn our pumpkin into part of the our costume!
FOR THE TEAPOT YOU'LL NEED:
plastic orange pumpkin
craft paint in teal and gold-MICHAEL
Glitter gold balls-Hobby Lobby
cardboard.
hot glue gun.
WHAT YOU DO:
paint a few coats of gold and teal stripes on your pumpkin.
Allow to dry in between each coat.
Cut out a handle and spout shape from your cardboard and paint a few coats of gold over them
Allow to dry between each coat.
Hot glue your glitter balls to the rim of your pumpkin.
hot glue your handle and spout to the sides of your pumpkin.
I finished up her look with some simple makeup. A quick swipe of Rose D'Oro blush and Brilliant Shine lipgloss in Rose Blush both from MILANI
Costume #3: Medusa
This was one of my favorites and was a huge hit at Jordyns fall festival.
FOR THE HAIR:
I did a twist out pulled into a high pony with bangs.
I used Curls Blueberry Bliss Curl Control Jelly to give me a defined twist out.
I then used a temporary colored hair spray I picked up from Walgreens to spray the hair green.
FOR THE DRESS YOU'LL NEED:
A white pillow case.
Gold decorative ribbon & trim- MICHAELS
Hot glue gun.
WHAT YOU DO:
Ok, this is literally SO simple!!
Cut arm holes and a neck hole through the closed end of the pillow case
Hot glue some ribbon and trim and viola..you have your dress!
SIDENOTE: be sure to have your kiddo wear clothing under the pillow case as it literally is a pillow case and is thin and kind of see through. lol. Jordyn had on shorts and a tank top on.
FOR THE SNAKES YOU'LL NEED:
Rubber snakes small and large- DOLLAR TREE
small hair clips and a million bobby pins-SALLYS
Gold and green craft paint and gold glitter- MICHAELS
WHAT YOU DO:
Paint your snakes green and gold, sprinkle on glitter while drying.
Once fully dried, hot glue hair clips to the back of the bigger snakes and clip into the hair.
Use bobby pins to attach the smaller snakes to the hair.
FOR THE BODY PAINT YOU'LL NEED:
Fishnet tights.
Green costume paint.
makeup sponge.
WHAT YOU DO:
Place the fishnets in the places you want to paint and sponge on green costume paint to make a scale like pattern.
FOR THE LIPS & EYES:
I used gold glitter cream eyeshadow and E.L.F black eyeliner and red lipstick to complete the look!
Costume #4 "dead" Pikachu
WHAT YOU DO:
This costume was inspired by ElliMacssfx on Instagram! Here is her tutorial that we followed to create the pokeball!
WHAT YOU NEED:
Pikachu ears, tail, spirit gum, fake blood, and yellow tutu - PARTY CITY
Foam ball and craft paint- MICHAELS
FOR THE HAIR:
Individual crochet braids using Zury Hollywood Kids Havana twists
You can watch our individual crochet braid video here
I hope these give you some inspiration for your little ones costumes this year!
Cant wait to see them all, please be sure to tag me in them!
Xo, Jeanice :)