Whether you're looking to DIY a Halloween costume [1] because it's cheaper or you're just into the whole DIY [2] Pinterest Halloween [3] 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 [4] this Halloween with an authentic homemade costume [5] rather than a store-bought one.
Read through to see 13 Halloween costumes [6] 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