These 13 DIY Costumes For Kids Can Be Accomplished With 1 Pair of Overalls
Whether you're looking to DIY a Halloween costume because it's cheaper or you're just into the whole DIY Pinterest Halloween movement as a whole, there are a ton of costumes that can be made using a few props and some common kiddo wardrobe pieces. Using just one pair of overalls, there are several different characters your little one can portray this Halloween with an authentic homemade costume rather than a store-bought one.
Read through to see 13 Halloween costumes you can make for your child using a pair of overalls.
Mario and Luigi
What you need for Mario: Denim overalls, red tee, white gloves, red hat, and a fake mustache
What you need for Luigi: Denim overalls, green tee, white gloves, green hat, and a fake mustache
Mechanic
What you need: Denim overalls, shirt with grease marks, bandana, toy wrench, and a dirty rag
Mickey Mouse
What you need: Red overalls, black long-sleeved tee, mouse ears, white gloves, and yellow shoes
A Minion
What you need: Denim overalls, yellow shirt, goggles, black gloves, yellow beanie, and a banana
Painter
What you need: Denim overalls, boots, white tee splattered with paint, paint brush, tube of paint, and a painter's hat
Train Conductor
What you need: Denim overalls, white tee, bandana (for around neck), conductor's hat, hole puncher, and fake tickets
Gold Miner
What you need: Denim overalls, flannel or thermal shirt, beanie, headlamp, and a jar full of gold glitter/streamers
Agnes from Despicable Me
What you need: Denim overalls, yellow-and-black striped tee, white sneakers, ponytail with red tie, and a stuffed unicorn
Scarecrow
What you need: Denim overalls, flannel shirt, straw hat (with fake crow attached), and a bandana (for around neck)
Wreck-It Ralph
What you need: Overalls (with one side undone), orange/red henley shirt, green tee underneath, spiky hair, and an angry face
Pippi Longstocking
What you need: Denim overalls, red-and-white striped shirt, pigtails, and crazy socks
Mime
What you need: Black overalls, black-and-white striped shirt, black beret, white gloves, face makeup, and a silent child (a joke, obviously)
Dennis the Menace
What you need: Denim overalls, a tank top, and a slingshot