{Kid Stuff} DIY Halloween Costume – Little Stinker (Skunk)
DIY Kids Halloween Costume Idea – Skunk
If you’re scrambling for a last minute Halloween costume for your little one, here’s a super simple DIY that you can put together in under an hour.
Little Stinker 😉
You may already have black pants & a shirt or sweatshirt that will work. The only other thing you need is some fake fur in black & white. Cut a circle of the white for the tummy. Cut a strip of black (about 6″ wide and 18″ long) and a slightly thinner strip of white. Attach the pieces however you feel most comfortable – if you sew, you may find it easiest to stitch this up with your sewing machine, a needle and thread will also get the job done, or, if you prefer, you can use fabric glue or even a hot glue gun (it’s just a costume after all, it doesn’t have to be fancy)! If you do use glue though, I recommend reinforcing the tail, at the base and top (bottom and neck) with a few stitches just to make sure it stays put.
Super simple skunk face paint (he wouldn’t hold still long enough for me to do any more)…
My squirmy little skunk wouldn’t hold still long enough for me to do anything more than swipe on a few whiskers and a triangle for his nose – but it still turned out pretty cute. (If you don’t have any face paint, you can use a soft black eyeliner pencil.)
* These photos were taken several years ago when my oldest son was 2. My younger son was 6 months old at the time, and no one in our house had gotten a proper night’s sleep in months (6, to be exact). In my sleep-deprived state, the costume thing sort of slipped my mind until the very last minute. When I realized that it was the morning of Halloween (seriously, how did that happen?!), I packed up both kids and schlepped them to the mall to buy a costume. I wasn’t picky – anything would do…but there was nothing. Nada. Not one single crappy, store-bought super hero suit. Not even a pirate eye-patch. The only thing on the rack was a princess dress, with an entire seam ripped out on one side, in a girl’s size 10. Tears welled up in my eyes, I very nearly had a full-blown mommy meltdown right there in the aisle of Target. Not only had I not had time to create a fabulous, Pinterest-worthy, DIY costume for my little boy, apparently I wasn’t even capable of buying him a costume (or even remembering that it was a holiday for that matter). I went home, feeling utterly defeated. It wasn’t until my grandma suggested, ‘Why don’t you just put a pillowcase over his head and cut some eye-holes? He can be a ghost! That’s what we used to do.’ And while I didn’t stick my toddler in a pillowcase, it did make me realize that it was just a Halloween costume for heaven’s sake…it didn’t need to be fancy. I riffled through my fabric stash and found a few pieces of fake fur leftover from another project. We already had a black t-shirt, and the pants were a last minute purchase from Goodwill. And voila, he was a skunk…and a darn cute one at that 😉
xo ~ Stacey
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