[Preschools & Daycare] Costume and Cosplay Ideas for Halloween
Many daycare centers and kindergartens are planning Halloween costume events and activities.
At times like these, many parents wonder what their children should wear and what kind of costumes to choose.
In this article, we introduce cute costume and cosplay ideas for kids.
While there are store-bought costumes, there are also options you can make by hand using materials from 100-yen shops or by transforming clothes you already have—so please use these ideas as a reference and get your little ones a cute costume! But honestly, kids look adorable no matter what they wear (lol).
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[Kindergarten/Daycare] Costume and Cosplay Ideas for Halloween (21–30)
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.
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!
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.
Cat-ear headband made with yarn
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These are soft, fluffy headbands with a pleasant feel—perfect for Halloween costumes or for kids who love cats.
You’ll need a headband, wire, yarn, glue, ribbon, pearl stickers, and small bells.
Apply glue to both ends of the headband and wrap the yarn around it.
Shape the wire into ears, attach them to the headband, and secure them by wrapping yarn around while gluing in place.
Finally, decorate with ribbons, bells, and pearl stickers, and you’re done!
princess dress
There’s no doubt your heart will race at these adorable, voluminous dresses! Here are some princess dress ideas.
Among children who dream of being a princess, some especially love costumes.
For those kids, let’s make fluffy, full-volume dresses out of colored plastic bags.
It’s a good idea to choose the colors together with the children.
These days, many kids also look up to idols, right? These could work perfectly as idol costumes, too! Definitely try incorporating them into your sports day events.