So your son or daughter has come to you with their costume idea this year and you are surprised to hear that it is going to be easy! Halloween Indian costumes for kids are something fun to make and easy because you usually have everything you need around the house or can buy it for a just a little bit of money. Of course you can always buy one, but your child wants to be original and unique.
Girls will want to wear a dress of course, so taking a large tan t-shirt and slitting the bottom and the sleeves to make fringes is a good start. Let her decorate the edges with some stamps using fabric paint. Sew on some beads for an extra look or string some and pin them to the "dress".
Face paint is generally unnecessary for the girls, so grab a few beaded necklaces for her to wear. If you decide to put her hair in braids, after fastening the bottoms, wrap strings of beads around them. Use a strip of leather or tan cloth to make the headband. You can let her decorate the band with stamps or breads then pin or glue a feather in the back.
Boys will most likely want to be a warrior and can do so with or without a shirt. A tan t-shirt that is one or two sizes larger than their normal size works best. Cut the fringe as described for the dress, even decorating it if you like. Use dark brown felt to create a fringe you can then sew, pin or glue to the side of a tan pair of pants.
Once you know whether your son will let his hair as is or go for a Mohawk you can start on his headdress. As with the girls' version, a strip of leather or tan fabric made into a headband is the base. But this time, you want to put colorful feathers in the front or all around it. Boys can also wear beaded necklaces.
He will definitely want his face painted, which is part of the excitement about Indians. Decide on whether it will be a full face painting or just strokes of color. Stick with blacks, reds, whites and greens as they were the common colors then, yellow normally meant death so not a good choice. For the shirtless warrior, paint the chest with the face paint to make him stand out.
And, no Indian is complete without his or her moccasins, a pair of slippers work great for that. Making Halloween Indian costumes can be great fun for you and your child, letting them choose the colors and the styles to make sure they are unique. And, they can never go overboard in design, the more decorated an Indian was, the higher in rank they were considered.
Girls will want to wear a dress of course, so taking a large tan t-shirt and slitting the bottom and the sleeves to make fringes is a good start. Let her decorate the edges with some stamps using fabric paint. Sew on some beads for an extra look or string some and pin them to the "dress".
Face paint is generally unnecessary for the girls, so grab a few beaded necklaces for her to wear. If you decide to put her hair in braids, after fastening the bottoms, wrap strings of beads around them. Use a strip of leather or tan cloth to make the headband. You can let her decorate the band with stamps or breads then pin or glue a feather in the back.
Boys will most likely want to be a warrior and can do so with or without a shirt. A tan t-shirt that is one or two sizes larger than their normal size works best. Cut the fringe as described for the dress, even decorating it if you like. Use dark brown felt to create a fringe you can then sew, pin or glue to the side of a tan pair of pants.
Once you know whether your son will let his hair as is or go for a Mohawk you can start on his headdress. As with the girls' version, a strip of leather or tan fabric made into a headband is the base. But this time, you want to put colorful feathers in the front or all around it. Boys can also wear beaded necklaces.
He will definitely want his face painted, which is part of the excitement about Indians. Decide on whether it will be a full face painting or just strokes of color. Stick with blacks, reds, whites and greens as they were the common colors then, yellow normally meant death so not a good choice. For the shirtless warrior, paint the chest with the face paint to make him stand out.
And, no Indian is complete without his or her moccasins, a pair of slippers work great for that. Making Halloween Indian costumes can be great fun for you and your child, letting them choose the colors and the styles to make sure they are unique. And, they can never go overboard in design, the more decorated an Indian was, the higher in rank they were considered.
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