Halloween Costume Ideas!!

For October 1st I wanted to share my favorite Halloween costume idea....you will love it!  We bought a clear rounded umbrella and some iridescent streamers.  You tape pieces of the streamers around the bottom of the umbrella and voila!  You are now a JELLYFISH!!!!

Not only does it protect you from the rain during trick-or-treating, but it is a one-of-a-kind costume!!! Our daughter got a ton of compliments when she used this idea.

Here are a couple more from Real Simple magazine...could be for boy or girl!

First you get all black clothing and then you get some yellow duct tape and some stick on letters and you have a ..... SPELLING BEE!!!

Here is their suggestion for a safari outfit (you supply the khaki shorts) and then make a vest from a brown grocery sack and make the binoculars from toilet paper rolls.  Pretty darn cute!!

Once the costume has been decided upon, we practiced what to say when trick-or-treating.  We would have our daughter ring our doorbell and have her practice her "Happy Halloween" and "thank you!"  We also practiced dressing up and talking about how folks real faces were hidden by their masks and that some people enjoy pretending to be scared and scary.

What are some costume ideas you can share and how have you helped your child cope with Halloween?