Do-It-Yourself Halloween |
How to transform your trick-or-treater with everyday home improvement supplies
Dingy white sheets and discarded brooms are no longer your only option for "homemade" costumes this Halloween. Instead, inspire your child's imagination by creating costumes with everyday home improvement supplies. Consider the following creative ideas from The Home Depot Canada, and make Halloween fun for the whole family:
Tin Man, King and Queen costumes - Transform your trick-or-treater into a tin man using adjustable 90-degree elbows from duct work. Or for the little king or queen, wrap a cardboard cutout with duct tape or fashion an adjustable crown, then decorate with paint or sparkles. "Glow sticks in vibrant colours like green, red and orange make for the perfect wand for a wizard or fairy princess," says Ryan Wilkie, seasonal merchant for The Home Depot Canada. "These items will also help increase your child's visibility to passing cars."
Creepy-crawly costumes - Black rubber pipe insulators, found at The Home Depot, make great spider legs or bat wing frames for decorations or costumes, just hand stitch or glue on black fabric to complete the scary look. Water supply lines can be transformed into antennas for creepy-crawly alien or bug costumes. "You can find endless uses for clear vinyl tubing and foam pipe insulators," says Wilkie. "These items can be used as a flexible frame for fabric wings, capes and much more."
Even small items like drawer pulls, bolts and screws offer parents infinite costume possibilities at just pennies per piece
For more do-it-yourself tips, visit www.homedepot.ca or The Home Depot store in your community.
- News Canada
