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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Easy! Ghost Costume
Perfect for Halloween! This handmade costume works great for a ghost outfit.
Layer two pieces of white felt and cut them to your preferred size.
If you round off the corners at this stage, the finish will be soft and cute.
Leave openings for the arms and head, then sew the sides and shoulders together.
Create a channel around the neckline for elastic.
Attach the face parts made from black felt to the front, thread the elastic through, and you’re done! Since it’s a sleeveless, pull-over style costume, it’s easy to dress up and take off.
A Halloween costume you just put on your head
Why not make a costume that turns you into a jack-o’-lantern just by putting it on? Most of the materials are available at the 100-yen shop, so you can keep costs to a minimum.
First, cut the front and back bodice pieces from orange felt to fit the size of the torso.
Trim off the top two corners diagonally from the inside to the outside to create the neckline and arm openings.
Next, fold the neckline over by 1.5 cm and sew each piece, then sew the side seams together and thread elastic through.
Finally, sew on the face parts made from black felt, and you’re done.
It’s also recommended to decorate it to your liking with lace or ribbons.
Cute! Halloween baby bib
This Halloween baby bib is a costume accessory I highly recommend for babies.
If you look closely, you’ll notice the black ribbon cleverly forms bat wings.
The basic method is to place the pattern on the fabric, trace the shape, and sew along the line with a machine, leaving an opening for turning.
Once sewn, trim the excess fabric, leaving about 5 mm outside the seam, turn the fabric right side out, and close the opening.
For the bat ribbon, use a pattern where the lower edge of a rectangle is designed with a wavy line.
After making the bib and ribbon pieces, sew them together to finish.
Perfect for Halloween! Ghost baby bib
Introducing an easy-to-make ghost bib perfect for beginners.
This idea comes with a pattern, so start by downloading and printing it.
After printing, add the ghost’s bottom portion to the pattern, place it on two layers of white fabric, and trace the shape.
Next, leaving a gap for turning, sew along the line with a sewing machine to join the two pieces of fabric.
Trim away the excess fabric, leaving a 5 mm allowance outside the seam, then turn it right side out and close the opening.
With the base of the bib complete, simply sew on the felt face parts and attach a snap button to finish.
Pumpkin made of felt
You can buy all the materials at a 100-yen shop, and no difficult techniques are required! This is a super cute pumpkin costume for small children.
The pumpkin body makes up the main part of the outfit, with the face, hands, and feet sticking out.
The fabric used is felt, so there’s no need to finish the edges—just cut and you’re done.
The bright orange color makes a big impact, too.
If you can’t use a sewing machine, hand sewing is fine.
You also don’t need to take detailed measurements or make a pattern, so it’s easy.
No special sewing skills are necessary, so give it a try!
Halloween costume made with 100-yen shop felt!
Let’s hand-make a pumpkin costume using felt fabric, which is easy to handle even for sewing beginners.
First, cut the front and back bodice pieces from orange felt to fit your baby’s torso.
Leave openings for the arms and sew the sides into a tube.
Next, cut green felt to the length of the neckline, then cut one edge into wavy, leaf-like shapes and sew it on.
Create casings at the neckline and hem, thread elastic through both, and sew on the facial features made from black felt to finish.
If you use sticker-type felt for the face parts, you can skip the sewing, and by changing the felt colors you can make costumes with various motifs!
black cat
Perfect for Halloween events or dance costumes for school plays! Here’s how to make a black cat costume complete with ears and a tail.
No complicated measurements, sewing techniques, or special skills required.
The design is adjustable to fit children of any age.
A cat-ear headband, bloomers with a tail, and cute paw-print gloves will transform your child into an adorable little black cat.
You can find all the materials at 100-yen shops, so it’s easy to get started.
Enjoy a fun Halloween with a fluffy black cat costume!
pumpkin pants
If you’ve already dressed up the top half with a hat or mask, you’ll want to go all-in and enjoy a full-body costume, right? In that case, pumpkin shorts are an easy, super-cute way to dress up your baby, so they’re highly recommended.
All you need are a piece of felt about 70×60 cm that you can buy at a 100-yen shop, a ruler, and scissors.
Then, follow the video to mark everything out and sew carefully.
If you insert elastic about 1 cm wide at the waist and about 0.9 cm wide at the thighs, the shorts will be even more comfortable and easier to move in!
sushi
Huh? I turned into sushi! Here’s how to make a fun and cute sushi costume.
One of the best parts of Halloween events is transforming with a costume, right? Many people want to show up to parties or events dressed differently than usual and grab attention.
With materials like felt that are easy to find at 100-yen shops, this costume is simple to make and doesn’t require advanced techniques.
Transform into a nori-wrapped yellow tamago or a plump orange shrimp and stand out this Halloween! If a small child wears it, it’ll be so cute you’ll want to give them a hug!
fairy
An adorable fairy costume overflowing with dreams, just like something you’d find in a store.
Even sewing beginners can easily make such a detailed and wonderful outfit! With plenty of lace and frills in cute colors, it’s the kind of costume every girl wants to try at least once.
There are lots of easy, cute ideas—like using felt fabric that’s fine to leave unhemmed, or making the skirt from a stylish café curtain you can find at a 100-yen shop.
You’ll have fun as you bring this dreamy costume to life!