Cute and handmade! A collection of Halloween costume ideas recommended for babies
Halloween is just around the corner! For those looking for handmade costumes for your precious baby, here are some super adorable Halloween costume ideas.
We’ve gathered only the kinds of transformation items—like pumpkins and animals—that will make you want to snap photos right away.
There are all sorts of options, from easy methods using felt to ones you can try with simple hand-stitching.
Create wonderful memories with a one-of-a-kind, special costume that’s perfect for documenting your baby’s growth!
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Cute and Handmade! A Collection of Halloween Costume Ideas Recommended for Babies (11–20)
Pumpkins made with colored plastic bags
Here’s how to make a pumpkin costume that you can even use for a recital.
Prepare colored plastic bags, a pumpkin face, tape, and vinyl tape.
Cut the plastic bag at the top and bottom; at the top, cut out the neckline and sleeve openings.
For the skirt at the bottom, use vinyl tape to create gathers.
Once the top and bottom are ready, attach them together with double-sided tape.
Round off the edges of the plastic bag as you cut, and make the gathered pumpkin collar a focal point.
Stick the pumpkin face wherever you like, add a ribbon at the waist, and you’re done.
Halloween cape
Here’s how to make an orange cape that will make Halloween even more fun.
Prepare an orange drawstring bag, a jack-o’-lantern face, and masking tape.
First, round off the bottom of the drawstring bag with a cut.
Remove the drawstring, and, paying attention to the bag’s top and bottom, stick the face wherever you like.
Finally, thread just one string through, attach tape to both ends, and your cape is complete.
It’s also great for taking commemorative Halloween photos.
The steps are simple, so give it a try!
Kintaro Made with Felt
Let’s make a costume of the very strong Kintaro.
You can make it with felt and string! When you think of Kintaro, you picture his distinctive apron-like outfit, right? We’ll make this apron out of red felt.
Place a red square of felt so that a corner points upward, and sew a piece of felt cut into a rectangle about 5 cm long onto the very top corner.
Once that’s done, you’ll attach a string around the neck for adjustment, so please sew on the string as well.
Next, to tie a string at the back around the waist, sew strings onto the left and right corners, too.
Finally, cut out the gold character and circle from felt, and attach them in the center of the costume with fabric adhesive to finish.
If you make a toy axe as a prop, it’ll look even more like an authentic Kintaro!
Toad
Here’s a costume idea featuring Toad, Mario’s popular friend, that’s a hit every Halloween.
It includes a Toad hat and vest that even babies can wear—super cute and highly recommended.
Prepare felt, ribbon, and elastic.
For the vest, cut the felt to fit your child’s size and add a ribbon down the center as an accent to make it look cool.
For Toad’s hat, cut the felt and thread the elastic through.
Once you attach Toad’s signature features, the costume is complete.
It’s simple and easy to make, so give it a try!
Fruits made with colored plastic bags
We’ll show you how to make a strawberry costume using colored plastic bags.
You’ll need colored plastic bags, double-sided tape, and flat elastic.
Cut the plastic bags and start sticking them together.
The key point is to apply double-sided tape to the back of the strawberry’s leafy top and stick the bags together in a way that wraps around the flat elastic.
Once you tighten the elastic and finish the leafy top, cut out the sleeves.
Finally, attach round pieces of construction paper, and your cute strawberry costume is complete.
Have fun celebrating Halloween with the kids transformed into strawberries!
elastic headband
How about making a rubber headband with a ribbon that even looks cute on babies? It’s easy to make! For the headband base, sew a long, narrow piece of fabric into a tube, turn it right side out, insert elastic, and sew the overlapped ends together to finish.
For the ribbon, do the same: make a fabric tube, fold in both ends, overlap them in the center, and sew while creating gathers.
Finally, place the ribbon over the seam of the base, align it at the ribbon’s center, then wrap another strip of fabric around both the ribbon center and the base and sew to secure.
You’re done! Try making it with your favorite fabrics.
Halloween vest
Here’s how to make a Halloween vest.
You’ll cut felt into the shape of the vest you want, but it can be tricky without a pattern.
In that case, try making a pattern using the method shown in the video.
Sandwich a child’s piece of clothing inside a clear file, trace the clothing with a pen from above, and cut along the lines with scissors.
That completes your pattern—super simple! Next, place the pattern on the felt and cut two identical pieces for the front and back.
If you leave a little extra room at the shoulders and waist, it will be easier to put on and take off.
Sew the two pieces together, then cut down the center of the back with scissors.
Attach buttons or hook-and-loop tape there to make it easy to put on and take off.
Finally, decorate it however you like, and you’re done!
Skirt made from plastic bags
Here’s an introduction to a cute handmade skirt that’s perfect for Halloween.
Prepare ten 45-liter black bags and some elastic for the waist.
Tie the elastic into a loop to fit the child’s waist.
Then tie the black bags onto the elastic one by one.
After tying on ten bags, your adorable skirt is complete! For small children, you can adjust the size of the black bags before tying them, and it’s also fun to transform into a black cat and wear the black skirt.
The instructions are simple and easy to follow, so if you’re unsure about what costume to make, give this a try!
Origami Ribbon Headband
Let’s make a ribbon headband using origami! First, cut the origami paper in half.
Stack the two pieces, fold them in half lengthwise to make a long rectangle, then unfold.
Fold the top and bottom edges in to meet the center crease, slide the pieces to extend the length, secure with tape, fold in half again to make it long and narrow, and glue it together.
The base is done! For the ribbon, stack two sheets of origami, cut off one quarter, then accordion-fold the remaining piece.
Tape the center and fan it out to form the ribbon shape.
Fold the cut-off strip into a long narrow piece and wrap it around the center together with the base.
Finally, punch holes in both ends of the base, thread a rubber band through, and your ribbon headband is complete!
wizard
We’ll show you how to make a cute costume using colored plastic bags.
Prepare colored plastic bags, vinyl tape, and glitter tape.
Cut the bag into top and bottom pieces; for the top, it’s best to use a child’s everyday clothing as a reference to get the sizing right.
For the skirt portion, the key is to stretch the vinyl tape as you attach it so it creates gathers.
Once both the top and bottom are finished, stick them together, then decorate the collar with origami paper.
Your adorable Halloween costume is complete!