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Quick & Easy Scarecrow Costumes

October 26, 2016 By Sarah Westover McKenna Leave a Comment

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Are you looking for a quick and easy costume that you can make at home?  If so, then look no further . . . these scarecrow costumes are for you!  In fact, I was so surprised by how quick and easy my daughter’s scarecrow costume was to make that I decided to whip out one of my own at the last second, and I’m so glad that I did, because we ended up being quite a cute pair, if I do say so myself!  🙂

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These scarecrow costumes came about due to this little cutie’s obsession with Curious George: A Halloween Boofest (affiliate link), a.k.a. a Curious George Halloween-themed cartoon movie.  In the cartoon the plot largely revolves around a legendary scarecrow named “No Noggin,” who has no “noggin” (head) and comes out only on Halloween in order to kick the hats off of the heads of trick-or-treaters.  Well, my little gal decided that she just HAD to be “No Noggin.”  Oooookkkaaayyyy……  I wasn’t sure what to do with that request, so I decided to make her a cute scarecrow and give her a big hat so that she could pull it down and pretend she had “no noggin.”

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It turned out pretty darn cute, huh?!  Why does she have to grow up . . . WHY?!?!?!  Ok, back to the tutorial . . .

This “No Noggin” scarecrow costume was surprisingly simple to make.  The first thing that I did was take one of her big brother’s older white button-up shirts and dye it yellow.  (Once I decided to join her I also dyed one of my husband’s older white button-up shirts yellow.)

Once the shirts were dyed and dried, I gathered up a pair of her brother’s too-small cargo pants, a straw hat, some loose straw, scraps of fabric from my stash, and a hot glue gun.  First things first: cut the squares of fabric and pull the strings on the sides until the squares look ragged and worn.  I also cute up some straw into shorter pieces.

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Time to get gluing!  I took the hot glue and glued straw into the pockets and openings of both the shirt and the pants.  I think you can see that pretty well on the picture below.

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Now I took some of the straw, crossed it over itself, and glued it to the shirt.  Next I glued the frayed fabric squares right on top of it, but not covering it all the way up.  I wanted it to stick out from behind the fabric like the straw was coming out of her little body.  Sometimes I pasted extra straw on the first square and a second, smaller square crooked on top of one the other one to give it a more varied, authentic look.

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Once that was done I repeated the process to add hay and fabric squares to the pants and the hat.  (I only had a shirt, but she had all three items of clothing.)

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We added some braids in our hair and some face paint on our faces and we were all set!

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The little lady was pretty excited about being able to turn herself into “No Noggin” as well!  Heehee — I love kids!

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Our costumes ended up being extremely simple to throw together, and they were a huge hit at the parties we attended and trick-or-treating!  I call that a success, don’t you?!

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If you are looking for other fun family or group costumes then my sisters and I have you covered!  Here are just a few:

No Sew Ghost Costume

Easy NO-SEW Ghost Ponchos
(NO-SEW?!  Can’t beat that!!)

FROZEN Family Costumes from Bombshell Bling

Elsa Tutu Dress & FROZEN Family Costumes
(Hey, the no-sew tutu dress was easy at least!)  😉

Dopey the Dwarf Costume Tutorial

Dopey the Dwarf Costume Tutorial

 . . . and, BELIEVE ME, there are more where those came from!!  Just search “costume” and see what you find.  Have fun!  🙂  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

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Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah is the scattered creative mind behind Bombshell Bling. A former elementary school teacher and a current stay-at-home mom, she loves developing her creativity through her blog and her jewelry design business, Bombshell Bling Jewelry. Sarah is a lover of all things vintage, colorful, and BLING. She is also a sweets addict with a major obsession with s'mores.
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