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title: "DIY Ideas: Easy Kids Halloween Costumes | French Toast"
description: Halloween is around the corner! Need ideas for easy kids halloween costumes? Here are a few tricks for turning your school uniform into a spooky treat.
image: https://blog.frenchtoast.com/hubfs/Halloween%20Blog%20Header.png
---

One of our favorite times of year is upon us. A time of fluffy, jump-in-able piles of leaves, corn mazes, and pumpkin-flavored everything. Yes, it’s the Halloween season, and that means two things: comically gigantic lawn spiders and one of the most important questions asked all year: *What’s your costume gonna be?*

Depending on the idea, there might not be a ready-made, pre-packaged kids costume available. But even if there is (and there probably is), we believe there’s a better, more creative, sustainable, and budget-friendly way to fashion kids costumes out of clothes that are already in the dresser. 

With a little creative imagination and a dash of DIY ingenuity, you can make fun Halloween costumes out of practically anything, and it doesn’t have to cost a lot. They might not realize it, but kids who wear school uniforms already have some easy Halloween costumes just waiting to happen.

Here are a few quick Halloween hacks that are fun ways to weave schoolwear into a costume.

## DIY Harry Potter Costume

From the moment Hogwarts came to life on the big screen, Harry Potter and his fellow wand-wielding students have become perennially favorite Halloween costumes. A DIY Harry Potter or Hermionie Granger costume is super easy to put together, and kids who wear school uniforms have a huge advantage. Start with what’s already in the dresser:

- White oxford button-down shirt
- Sleeveless V-neck sweater or cardigan
- Pleated skirt or v-neck jumper
- Chino pants
- Necktie

Add a few identifying Harry Potter details:

- Round eyeglasses
- Lightning bolt scar
- Gryffindor house crest
- Cloak with burgundy trim
- Wizard’s hat
- Wand

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## DIY Wednesday Addams Costume

The most memorable member of the spooky, kooky Addams family, a Wednesday costume is easy. Here’s what’s needed: 

- White shirt with peter pan or oxford collar
- Long-sleeve black dress
- Black tights
- Black shoes

All that’s left to add are pigtails and a sullen expression.

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## Easy Kids Costume Ideas

[French Toast polo shirts](https://www.frenchtoast.com/all-polos) can make a great foundation for costumes! Think about characters from popular books, movies, and video games. With some strategically applied makeup and maybe a prop or two, schoolwear can serve as the foundation for creative or classic costume ideas. 

Minion: Pair a gold polo with a matching beanie, blue overalls, and some safety goggles and *voila*, your kiddo’s a Minion!

Charlie Brown: Accent a gold polo with a zigzag strip of black fabric or paper and transform them into a Charlie Brown costume just like that. 

Mario: Is red one of your school’s colors? Then your trick-or-treater could wear a red polo with the same blue overalls, add a matching red cap with an “M” on the front, apply a fake mustache, and you've got a Mario costume.

Bat: Transform them into a bat with a bit of fabric and a long-sleeve black polo. Cut the fabric into scallop-edged wings, and attach it to the back and cuffs of the shirt. Use that same fabric to make a headband or eye mask with pointy ears.

Pumpkin: Create a pumpkin costume in a snap with an orange polo and black fabric. Bonus points if you’ve got a green bow, beanie, or headband to top off the look.

**Zombie: **The best part about a zombie costume is that kids don’t actually need a “zombie costume.” Anyone wearing any outfit can be a zombie: mail carriers, construction workers, firefighters, elementary school principals, even students in their school uniforms! Just dab on some creative, zombie-like makeup (think ashen skin and sunken, black-rimmed eyes), get the zombie walk just right, and say “Brains!” instead of trick-or-treat.

**Secret Agent: **Like a zombie, any outfit will do. Simply add a pair of dark sunglasses, an earpiece, and maybe some papers labeled “Top Secret”. There’s nothing impossible about this Halloween mission!

**Mime:** Put together a classic mime outfit of black pants, a black-and-white striped shirt, and suspenders. Don’t forget the white face paint, white gloves, and maybe a beret. Oh! And remember, mimes don’t talk, so kids can only gesture “trick-or-treat!”, not say it.

Halloween is the one day of the year when the dress code gets turned upside down and the spirits come out to play. With a little creative imagination and maybe an accessory or two, it’s easy to transform French Toast schoolwear into a fun, budget-friendly DIY Halloween costume. 

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