Listen – you all KNOW I am totally not creative. Seriously, I can cook, I can play football with the boys, and I love to explore the city (and the world) with Maximo – but throwing a party, costumes, decorations and beyond throw me into a tailspin. Someone bring the Xanex.
And I hate Halloween. Really. I do. Because I have to come UP with these awful Halloween costume ideas – now not just for me, BUT for Maximo as well. And I mean – how slutty/civilized can you be? It’s too much fucking work – ain’t nobody got time for that.
Well this year it bit me in the ass.
Usually I am super organized and productive – but seriously I always put off Halloween. And then Max didn’t have a costume. Target only had older kids and or nothing left. It was too late to order off Etsy, and Pinterest wasn’t doing me any good. I wasn’t about to sew him a homemade Olaf costume from Frozen. F THAT.
I was a few minutes away from cutting two holes in a white pillow sheet and calling him Casper when I saw a Chicken costume online. Thank god I snapped a pic because I can’t find that link now to save my life – so to where created it – THANK YOU. Here’s how an un-creative mom made the parade-winning costume this year:
What you need:
– One pair of white or yellow tights. Check the, ahem, little girls, section.
– Two packs of yellow gloves (they come in packs of 4, and i say get two because you’ll go through them!)
– One white/black boa (we found ours at Party City, BUT! call them first – not all locations carry them)
– one long white tee-shirt
– yellow hat from the $1 section at Target. I have to admit, Karen from appletotsinthehudsonvalley.com saved my life on this one – she found it and said it woul d be perfect – it was! Sour your $1 store to see what plastic hats you can find).
– red construction paper
– and don’t forget tape and staples! I almost didn’t have staples the day of to make it, which would have been a HUGE FAIL had my neighbor not come to the rescue!
The Outcome:
The best costume on the block people! You’re welcome:
What a cute homemade costume idea! I love how it came out.
Thanks Robin – I can’t believe how cute it turned out too!
Oh my goodness, I love this! Such an adorable costume idea, plus, it seems super easy to put together!
it was really easy! Just staple away haha – I just make sure he wore a second shirt underneath so they didn’t rub on his skin.
Now that is an adorable costume for Halloween.
Thanks Pauline!
What a great idea! I love it! My daughter wants to be a bird this year, so I may borrow some ideas from you 😉
I want to see some pics if you do!
I saw your picture on Facebook the other day. I LOVE this idea! I am all for simple, but cute Halloween ideas.
haha – I’m all about simple too! This one takes the cake for simple AND awesome.
Such a cute costume!
thank you!
The chicken costume is honestly so adorable! I haven’t seen a bird costume executed this way and I adore it!
I had never seen anything like it either – so fun and easy!
This is adorable! We are kinda broke right now, so I couldn’t get my son a costume. He has khaki pants and a red t-shirt and he will use my old Target name badge from when I worked there and he will be a little Target worker. lol
hey the less money you spend, the more creative you get! I think the Target worker outfit sounds super cute!
OMGoodness….that is tooooooooooo cute. I love the feathers. He looks great in his costume! Using the boa is such a good idea.
haha i also have feathers EVERYWHERE 🙂
Now that is the cutest chicken I’ve ever seen!!
thank you!
I just can’t stand the cuteness! That is seriously adorable!
thank you so much!
Shut the front door!!! This might be the cutest costume EVER!
CuteSt. Costume. Ever. Love love love!