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Retro Scarecrow Costume

Homemade Halloween Costume Idea

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Become a retro scarecrow this Halloween with this easy to make costume idea shared by Zoe Hornick in California.

Materials:

  • Old pair of blue jeans
  • Baggy long-sleeve shirt
  • Plain slippers (no patterns)
  • Hay
  • Stapler
  • Straw hat
  • Bean bag (black)
  • Feathers
  • Face paints
  • Glue
  • Construction paper

Instructions:
First, staple hay on the ends of your long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans. Make sure the staples cause no discomfort or pain. Using a black or blue facepaint, encircle the eyes and be creative by putting a few fake stitches in there. With the beanbag glue small feathers (preferably black) on, however you must leave the bottom free. Use the construction paper to create a small yellow beak for this crow. Put a spot of glue about the size of the bottom of the beanbag on the top of the straw hat, and glue the crow on. Now you have one retro scarecrow!

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