Halloween Hoopla

With Halloween days away, most of us find ourselves doing the last minute scramble. Mostly because we have a hard time thinking about purchasing an expensive costume that your kid will likely only wear once. Don’t worry, you’re in luck, we stumbled upon Sweet Paul’s 10 Super Cute- DIY Halloween Masks & Headpieces. Check out our favorites and hopefully these will inspire you to pick up the scissors instead of the credit card.

Wild Jungle Headdress

You’ll Need:

Craft Paper

Crayons

Long Bamboo Sticks

Hot Glue Gun

Thick Ribbon

Fake Toy Bugs

Acorns

Here’s How:

1. Start by drawing zig-zag patterns with different colored crayons on the paper.

2. Cut out long feather-shaped leaves and fold them in half lengthwise.

3. Hot glue bamboo sticks on the back to make the paper stand up. You can also double-up the paper on each leaf.

4. Glue the bottom of each leaf to a thick ribbon. Remember to leave some ribbon on each side to tie with. Let dry completely.

5. Hot glue bugs and acorns all over the headpiece.

Old Man Groucho Marx Style Glasses

You’ll Need:

Pair of 3-D Glasses

Fimo Dough or Bakeable Modeling Clay

Hot Glue Gun

Bits of Felting Wool

Here’s How:

1. Make several noses out of modeling clay. Press each one to the bridge of your glasses to make sure they can easily be glued to the glasses. The noses should be hollow so your actual nose will fit inside when you put on the glasses.

2. Bake the clay noses according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

3. When the noses are baked and cooled, hot glue them into place on your glasses.

4. Use bits of felting wool to make big bushy eyebrows and a big bushy moustache and glue them onto the glasses and nose.

Owl Mask made from 3D Glasses

You’ll Need:

Pair of 3-D Glasses

Piece of Cardboard

Old Tweed Suit Jacket or Some Tweed Material Scraps

Felt

Colored Paper

Scissors

Hot Glue Gun

Here’s How:

1. Cut out a nice mask-shaped piece of cardboard bigger than the size of the 3-D glasses.

2. Cut out eye holes in the cardboard.

3. Use the cardboard as a pattern to cut two pieces of tweed from the old jacket and one from the felt.

4. Scallop the bottoms of the tweed and the felt, layer them over the cardboard, and glue them into place

5. Cut eyeholes out of the fabric, using your cardboard as a guide.

6. Cut out a beak from yellow paper and glue it to cardboard.

7. Cut rings from paper to make the eyes look very owlish.

8. Glue the cardboard to the 3-D glasses.