Picnic Halloween Costume

By: Stephanie Elliot

Difficulty: Easy

Age: 5 and up

Parental supervision is recommended

Have a picnic this Halloween with this creative costume.

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What you'll need:

  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Red-and-white checkered fabric
  • Safety pins
  • Picnic items (plastic utensils, empty soda cans, napkins, straws, and potato chip bags)
  • Magazines
  • Plastic food and ants or flies

How to make it:

  1. Purchase red-and-white checkered fabric to wrap around your child.
  2. Use safety pins to achieve the desired fit.
  3. Glue picnic items to the blanket.
  4. Cut out pictures of food (sandwiches, fruits, cheese) from magazines to glue into place, or use inexpensive plastic food purchased from a craft store.
  5. For added authenticity, buy some plastic ants or flies from a craft or toy store and have them invade the feast!
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