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| Crayons Any color leotard can be a crayon! Dress in matching leotard and tights. Get a piece of poster paper and create the paper ''wrapper.'' |
| A Snowman Purchase a white sweatshirt and pants. Paint face white, black around eyes, and an orange nose. Wear mittens and a matching knit hat, any color. For ''coal'' buttons, cut circles of sticky-backed black felt that could be removed easily from the sweatshirt after Halloween. This costume works well because it is warm while trick or treating, and can be used all winter after removing the buttons. |
| Grease is the word… What's a quick and easy costume for the toddler? How about a 'baby greaser'? Use hair gel to slick his hair back, a white T-shirt, jeans rolled up, a comb in his back pocket and a jacket (black spray-painted raincoat from a thrift store). |
| SCARECROW This one is really easy! Blue overalls, a plaid shirt, bandana, straw hat, and raffia for the straw. A little face paint and voila, one scarecrow.' |
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| Lady of Ancient Rome Start with a basic draped gown. One Roman style consisted of a huge rectangle that enveloped the body and was held together at each shoulder with a brooch, then tied with a ribbon or sash around the waist. Use another large rectangle of fabric as a shawl or wrap over the gown. Don a pair of very dangly earrings. Slightly irregular, antique-looking beads help with the effect. Find rings - all metal or simple with large stones - and wear them on many fingers. The wealthy ancient Romans competed with each other to see who could display the most extravagant fashions and jewels. Put on delicate sandals with thin soles. 6. If your hair is long, put it up loosely, leaving tendrils around the face and neck. Roman ladies often had elaborate braids and curls; if you have a talented hairdressing friend, ask him or her to create a complicated hairdo for you. If your hair is short, consider using a gold or silver braid to wind through it or wrap as a headband. Don't forget makeup – Roman ladies certainly used it (although they didn't have our modern-day array of brands and fancy packaging). Tips: If you don't feel up to hemming large pieces of fabric, any long, fairly plain dress will work if it drapes gracefully and leaves the arms mostly bare. Remember that the ancients had no synthetic fabrics and no prints. Cotton, linen and light wool are good choices if you're going for authenticity. Find a book or Web site about ancient Rome for hair and jewelry ideas. The ancients left many statues and mosaics for us to study – and for us to glean great costume ideas. |
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