Ice Cream Themed Halloween Costumes

Photo by Amber

Originally known as All Hallows Eve, Halloween started as the end-of-harvest Celtic festival, Samhain. It was also thought that on Halloween the afterworld and the real world overlap, allowing the dead to cross over and wreak havoc. To mimic and appease evil spirits, people would wear masks and costumes. Although, people began to dress up and beg for treats on Halloween as far back as the Middle Ages, it was not until post-WWII in the US that marketing, sweet, and costume companies began to develop the idea of “Trick-or-Treating”.  With only a few more weeks left until Halloween, the race is on to find the perfect costume. If you and your family love ice cream and want to save a little cash on costumes this year, here are some easy do-it-yourself ice cream costume ideas.

Ice Cream Sandwich Costume

What you need:

• 2 Styrofoam rectangles
• Brown felt
• Glue
• 1 white t-shirt
• 12 white thumbtacks
• Adhesive Velcro

Steps:

1. Cover the Styrofoam with the brown felt using the glue.
2. Use six white thumbtacks on each piece of Styrofoam to create the illusion of the holes.
3. Attach Velcro to the two Styrofoam pieces, connecting them as straps.
4. Wear a white shirt and put the boards over your head.

Photo by jeff_golden

Ice Cream Cone Costume

What you need:

• An old lampshade
• Tan fabric
• White satin fabric
• Foam
• Poly-fill
• Colored puffballs
• Brown/tan string

Steps:

1. Take the old lampshade and flip it upside down. Surround the top of it (was bottom) with foam and cover it with tan fabric
2. Criss-cross the string on the fabric to create cone pattern and add straps so it can stay on your child’s body.
3. Fill white satin fabric with poly-fill and sew it together.
4. Add colored puffballs to the top of the white satin fabric to create sprinkles.
5. Attach the two parts together once on your child’s body

Feel free to mix up the ice cream design. You can change the flavors and the toppings by just changing the colors of the fabric and sprinkles.

Ice Cream Truck Costume

This costume make takes some more time to create, but it is perfect for stroller-aged kids, since you can incorporate the stroller into the design.

What you need:

• 1 cardboard box
• White paint
• Tape
• Construction paper

Steps:

1. Place the cardboard box over your stroller.
2. Cut two big holes on each side and two small ones for windows and one in the back so you can push the stroller.
3. Angle the top of the box at the front to look like a windshield.
4. Paint the box white
5. Using construction paper and tape, decorate the box with menus, a name, and striped.
6. Attach the box to the stroller using wire clips.
7. Dress your child in white with a small hat you can make out of construction paper.

We want to see what you can create, so share your ice cream themed costumes with us on our Facebook or Twitter pages! Maybe you can even handout your favorite ice cream snack to match your outfit. Have a Happy Halloween!