10 Of The Best Halloween Costume Ideas For Tweens

Do you have a tween at home who is extremely excited about Halloween? Is she pestering you for a new Halloween costume and are you scouring the internet for some DIY tween Halloween costume ideas? If you relate to these questions, then you should strongly consider reading our post!

Halloween is just around the corner! Along with the excitement, comes the stress of choosing a perfect Halloween costume for yourself and your kids. And thinking about halloween costume ideas for tweens can be rather stressful. Tweens are quite choosy and finicky. They want the dress to be thrifty, scary, unique, witty, all at the same time. So what should I do? There isn’t much time left for the Halloween!

Fret not! You don’t need to spend hours and hours on the internet or visit a costume outlet. Here, we list some cool halloween costume ideas for tweens. With a little creativity, you can prepare these costumes at home. Check all of them below!

Best Tween Halloween Costume Ideas:

1. Shark Costume:

You Will Need:

• Gray hooded sweatshirt and pants
• White, red and gray felt
• Black buttons
• Hot glue gun
• Scissors
• Round cardboard cake base

How To:

1. Cut out the white felt and glue it to the front of the hoodie.

2. Cut a zigzag pattern from the white felt and attach it inside the edges of the hoodie. It will be the shark’s teeth.

To Make The Fin:

1. Cut out a shark’s fin from a circular cardboard cake base.

2. Cover the fin with gray felt.

3. Glue the fin onto the hoodie.

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2. Superman:

You Will Need:

• A red cape
• Red adhesive felt sheet
• Hot glue gun
• Blue T-shirt and knickers

How To:

1. Cut out the letter S or your kid’s first or last name from the felt sheet.

2. Stick the alphabet to the T-shirt with the help of glue.

3. Pin the red cape to the T-shirt or around his shoulders.

4. Your little Superman is ready!

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3. Fairy:

You Will Need:

• White leotard with tutu
• Round cake cardboard base
• Coffee filters
• Glue
• Scissors
• Aluminum tape
• Chopsticks
• Star stickers
• White headband
• Silver Garland

How To:For The Wings:

1. Cut out the wings from a circular cake base.

2. Now fold the coffee filter in half and glue to the both sides of the cardboard wings. It will make the layers of the wings.

3. Glue the wings to the leotard at an angle.

4. Now stick the ribbon to fill the gap between the two wings.

5. Decorate the wings and the leotard with the stickers.

For The Wand:

1. Wrap the chopstick with the aluminum take.

2. Glue a silver or golden Christmas garland to the top.

For The Headband:

1. Cut small pieces of the Christmas garland.

2. Stick the pieces to the white headband.

4. Red Riding Hood:

You Will Need:

• A red petticoat dress
• White leggings or stockings
• Red cloak with hoodie
• A small basket of artificial fruits and veggies
• Black shoes

How To:

1. Dress your princess in the red petticoat dress, white leggings or stockings, and black shoes.

2. Tie the cloak around the neck and hand her the fruit basket. Your little Red Riding Hood is ready to rock the party.

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5. Aviator:

You Will Need:

• Winter hat with earflaps, brown or khaki would be the preferable color
• White T-shirt
• Khaki pants
• Brown sweatshirt
• Brown tape
• A white scarf
• Furry felt fabric

How To: For The Jacket

:

1. Cut the front of the brown sweatshirt, from the collar to the bottom.

2. Cut the felt fabric in the shape of cuffs and collar and glue to the sweatshirt.

3. Now create a trim around the furry felt material using the brown tape.

4. You can tape the center and bottom edges of the sweatshirt too. It will give a neat look. .

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6. Genie:

You Will Need:

• Purple jumper
• White long sleeve shirt
• Gold party hat
• Round dot stickers in gold
• Gold jacket fasteners
• Blue and purple scarves
• Gold tape
• String
• Rug or doormat

How To:

1. Cut off the bottom half of the shirt and make a slit down the center of the shirt.

2. Decorate the shirt with golden tape, stickers and jack fasteners.

For The Jumper:

1. Embellish the top, bottom and waist of the jumper with gold-dot stickers and golden tape.

For The Hat:

1. Cut the top portion of the party hat and tape two scarves to its inside. Let the scarves dangle from the back of the hat.

7. Devil:

You Will Need:

• Black Pantsuit
• A set of red horns
• Red wedges
• A red cape
• A red and black Trident

How To:

1. Dress your daughter in the black pantsuit and tie the red cape around her neck.

2. Place the devil horn headband on her neatly combed hair and your cute devil is ready.

3. You can also try face painting with this costume idea.

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8. Witch:

You Will Need:

• Black tulle
• Elastic band or ribbon
• Two pieces of black A3 card

How To:

1. Cut a piece of elastic that you think will fit snugly around your daughter’s waist.

2. Now cut a 70cm long strip of tulle and knot it around the elastic. Repeat the procedure until the entire elastic band is covered.

For The Hat:

1. Make a cone from one black A3 card. With the second A3 card, make the hat brim.

2. Embellish by tying a piece of tulle on the hat. Secure it with a knot.

9. Astronaut:

You Will Need:

• White sweat pants
• Painter’s tape
• Scissors
• White shirt
• Silver spray paint
• Furniture felt pads
• Rain boots
• Bicycle helmet
• 2 oven mittens
• Gray or silver cloth belt
• Steel wool pads
• Aluminum tape

How To:

1. Line the knees of the sweat pant with two strips of painter’s tape. You can also stick the painter’s tape on the arms and pocket.

2. Spray the silver paint over the helmet, boots, furniture felts and oven mittens.

3. Now stick the furniture felt pads on the pocket’s painter tape strip and steel wool to the belt.

4. Wrap the aluminum tape around the oven mittens.

5. Dress your little one in pant, shirts, boots, belt, helmet and gloves.

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10. Pirate Costume:

You Will Need:

• A pair of old track pants
• Red sash belt or a red neck scarf
• Horizontal striped T-shirt
• Pirate Eyepatch
• Red bandana
• Waistcoat
• A pirate sword

How To:

1. Start by cutting the track pant. One leg should be shorter than the other. You can also fringe the bottom hems to give a tattered pirate look.

2. Dress up your little one in the track pants, striped tee, and waistcoat.

3. Accessorize the look with the red sash belt, bandana, and the eye patch.

4. Give him the pirate sword and he’s ready!

What are you waiting for? Halloween is less than a month away! Get started right now. And do not forget to share the picture of your tween halloween costumes ideas with us here.

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