MOVIE NIGHT: DIY “NO SEW” COSTUMES featuring Primary.com

 

Thank you Primary.com for sponsoring this post.

 

Halloween is approaching and this year I wanted to make it extra fun. We all have a little more time on our hands and DIY Halloween costumes are so fun to make. Our favorite family tradition is movie night and we can stop smiling at these costumes. I made a movie ticket, popcorn, and cola can. All the costumes are “no-sew” and are easy and so fun to make. They are a fantastic sibling costume and work perfectly fine for a single costume.

Before I begin making the costumes I went to Primary.com to purchase the clothes for my kids to wear underneath their costumes. Primary.com offers a variety of clothes in different colors; you won’t have a problem finding the perfect base for your kid’s DIY Halloween Costume.  The quality of the clothes is amazing and reasonably priced, I am a huge fan of their clothes.

I linked the supplies, outfits form Primary.com, and the instructions for each costume. Enjoy!

DIY POPCORN COSTUME

 

 

MATERIALS NEEDED

•  SCISSORS
• HOT GLUE
• HOT GLUE GUN
• CHERRY RED OUTFIT FROM PRIMARY.COM
• CARDBOARD BOX (SIZE BASED ON CHILD HEIGHT)
• 3 ROLLS OF WHITE DUCK TAP
• 3 ROLLS OF RED DUCK TAPE
• 50 SHEETS OF YELLOW TISSUE PAPER
• 1 ROLL OF CLEAR PACKING TAPE

STEP 1: Cut off inner flaps of box. Tape outer box flaps closed

STEP 2: Cover the box with white duck tape (TWICE)

• cover the box with white tape from top to bottom
• you want the box to be opaque
• if you have a white box you can skip this step

 

STEP 3: RED STRIPES 

• determine the front of your box
• use your red tape for the stripes
• start first red stripe on the end of each side of the box
• now evenly distribute the reminder stripes in the middle of the box (do this on all four sides)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEP 4: ARM HOLES & HEAD 

• cut out the bottom of the box (large enough to walk)
• cut out a small hole on top of the box; just enough for the head
• shoulders and arms remain inside of the box
• cut out armholes on the left and right side of the box (start small)
• for armholes measure from your child’s shoulder to elbow
• start at the top edge of the box, measure down to mark for armholes

 

 

STEP 5: POPCORN & LOGO

• use your yellow tissue paper to create the popcorn
• lightly crumple different sizes of yellow tissue paper
• lightly crumple yellow tissue paper and hot glue it to the top of the box and add a little to the front and sides of the box to make it look natural
• print popcorn logo and tape it in the middle of the box

STEP 6: POPCORN HOOD

• put your child in their red hoodie jacket form Primary.com
• lightly crumple additional  yellow tissue paper and make popcorn
• tape it to the hood

*put on the popcorn costume before adding popcorn to the hood

 

DIY COLA CAN COSTUME 

 

 

MATERIALS NEEDED

• SCISSORS
• SEWING PINS
• COLA LOGO
• HOT GLUE
• HOT GLUE GUN
• WHITE CARDBOARD MAILING TUBE
• ALUMINUM FOIL
• CUTTING MACHINE (OPTIONAL)
• LAUNDRY BASKET OR TRASH CAN (SIZE BASED OF CHILD)
• RED FELT 2 YARDS ( MEASUREMENTS BASED ON THE SIZE OF YOUR BASKET)

 

STEP 1: HEAD & ARM HOLES

• cut out a hole at the bottom of the laundry basket for the head
• cut out arm holes on each side of the basket

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEP 2: COVERING BASKET

• cut out a square of felt to cover the laundry basket hole for the head
• cover the rough edges at the bottom of the basket with felt

 

STEP 3: GLUING 

• cover the entire basket with felt
  • find felt LONG enough to cover the length of your basket
• pin felt tightly around the basket
• hot glue felt to basket
  • not too hot, you do not want to melt your basket
• tuck felt under the basket and glue to create a clean edge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEP 4: FOIL TOP & COLA LOGO

• cover the top with foil
• tuck in foil at the top of the basket
• tuck the top felt in to create a clean edge
• smooth felt out
• cut out your logo with scissors or a Cricut cutting machine
• iron on your logo to the red felt (make sure it is centered)
• cut a small slit for armholes (the smaller the better)

 

 

STEP 5: COLA STRAW 

• use your red duck tape to cover your cardboard mailing tube
• carefully wrap it diagonally

 

DIY MOVIE TICKET COSTUME 

 

 

MATERIALS NEEDED

• ALL BLACK OUTFIT FROM PRIMARY.COM
• WHITE POSTER BOARD (SIZED BASED ON CHILD’S HEIGHT)
• BLACK ROPE OR HEAVY TWILL TRIM 1”
• BLACK POSTER LETTER STICKERS
• RED DUCK TAPE
• WHITE DUCK TAPE
•  SCISSORS

 

STEP 1: BORDER

• use red duck tape for the border

STEP 2: BORDER (CONTINUED)

• fold red duck tape in half

STEP 3: BORDER (CONTINUED)

• use folded red duck tape to create a rectangle at the top and bottom for the numbers
• use folded red duck tape to create a large rectangle for the word admit one

 

STEP 4: STICKERS 

• use poster stickers to fill in numbers, cinema, and admit one

STEP 5: TWILL BAND

• use duck tape to attach twill trim to the back of the board

 

 

 

What one is your favorite? To be honest, I can’t choose. The popcorn is too cute to eat. A movie is not complete without a soft drink; just in case you decide to eat your popcorn. How can you see a movie without a movie ticket? You can find more pictures of the Movie Night costumes here. I hope you enjoy my DIY Movie Night Costumes. Don’t forget to check out Primary.com for more DIY Halloween Costume ideas and shop the kid’s outfits.

xoxo,

JamieLynn