Rather than venturing out to look for a costume, get creative at home with everyday craft supplies and delivery boxes to make unique, low-cost costumes – or “boxes.” Not only box a simple way to save money by upcycling delivery boxes you’ve accumulated but made them can be a fun activity for the whole family.
Your creations can be as simple or elaborate as you’d like. Turn an everyday hero into a Halloween superhero this year with a DIY Fire Truck Boxtume, or make it a duo costume perfect for siblings by adding a DIY Fire Hydrant Boxtume to match. With Amazon Prime’s fast, free shipping, any crafting supplies, or candy you may need – and the box for your DIY creation – could be just one order away.
Share your upcycled box creations on social media using #Boxtumes, and find more inspiration and simple how-to guides at amazon.com/boxtumes2020. Members can also extend their spooktacular fun with Halloween-themed movies, books, and music available through Amazon Prime’s entertainment benefits.
DIY Duo Firefighting Boxtumes
Projects courtesy of Michelle Nhu
Fire Truck Supplies and Instructions:
Amazon Prime boxes, variety of sizes
Scissors
Paintbrushes
Red acrylic paint
White acrylic paint
Gray acrylic paint
Hot glue
Hot glue gun
Markers, variety of colors (optional)
Have your child sit in different size boxes to find one that fits comfortably. Save other boxes for later.
Using scissors, cut out the top and bottom of the box to create a truck shape.
Using reserved boxes and scissors, cut out two ladders, six medium circles, and six smaller circles for wheels, rectangles for front and back windshields, six small squares for windows and equipment doors, four circles for headlights, and seven thin rectangles for the grill.
Using a paintbrush, paint a large box mostly red, or get creative and use separate paintbrushes to paint white stripes downsides of the box and half of the front gray for the grill. Then paint ladders, grill pieces, and medium wheel circles black. Paint small wheel circles and equipment doors gray and windows and lights white.
Once the paint dries, use hot glue and a glue gun to adhere each piece to the fire truck as desired. Use markers to outline windows and add dots to small wheel circles and equipment door handles if desired.
Fire Hydrant Supplies and Instructions:
2 Amazon Prime boxes
Scissors
Hot glue
Hot glue gun
3 empty tape rolls
1 cotton headband
Red acrylic paint
Black acrylic paint
Paintbrushes
Blue pants or skirt
Blue tulle (optional)
Blue felt pieces (optional)
Select a box that fits around your child’s torso.
Using scissors, cut the box into eight equal-sized rectangles.
Assemble rectangles vertically into octagon and glue together using hot glue and a glue gun.
Using scissors, cut holes for arms on two sides of the octagon. Glue two empty tape rolls to the outside of armholes and one on the front to mimic nut on a fire hydrant.
On a flat piece of another box, draw a dome shape that will fit your child’s head. Use scissors to cut it out then glue the bottom to the stretchy, cotton headband.
Using a paintbrush, paint cardboard pieces red. Use a separate brush to paint black stripes on the corners of the octagon.
Once the paint dries, the costume is complete. On blue pants or skirts meant to mimic water, glue pieces of blue tulle, and blue felt pieces to look like water droplets, if desired.
Halloween gift baskets bring a "ghouly" welcome to your friends and co-workers. These frightfully delicious gift baskets feature Halloween sweets, treats, and candies that will bewitch your loved ones - whether young or old!
Send Halloween Gifts to a friend's home or bring one or two to the office as a giveaway at your office Halloween party. With chocolates, snacks, and ghostly toys, these are sure to entertain anyone!
Be sure to send a Halloween gift basket to your favorite little 'gobblin' this Halloween. Halloween brings memories of jack-o-lanterns, carnivals, trick or treating, and lots of Halloween candy. What other holiday allows going door to door begging for treats and bragging about all the Halloween sweets and treats?
Fun Halloween Gift Ideas - A favorite with children, Halloween is one of those holidays that a person can never get enough of throughout their life. From black bats, Halloween costumes, orange pumpkins to green witches, the images that bring minds back to childhood Halloween events are vivid. It is just one of those fun holidays that often remains a pleasant thought as people reflect on earlier times and favorite Halloween candy.
From long treks through the neighborhood to bustling Halloween parades with lots of colorful costumes to school Halloween parties complete with scary games and sugary treats and confections, the memories of childhood Halloween events bring forth winsome smiles and even spontaneous chuckles. Adults think back to fond memories of stopping on the sidewalk to dig through their Halloween bag for tempting candy bars or Halloween treat bags filled with candy corn.
Even as adults, people still enjoy dressing up to take their children trick-or-treating around the neighborhood so they can join in on the fun and perhaps snag a bit of candy and sweet treats for themselves. Who knows, someone they know might insist that they take a chocolate bar or a handful of candy corn for the road?
People of all ages often have Halloween parties that they invite friends and family to attend in full costume. After all, it is more fun to watch pirates and witches bob for apples than it is to watch someone who looks just like they look every other day of the week. Of course, Halloween candy is going to have a strong presence at one of these parties with big bowls of lollipops, chocolate candy bars, tootsie rolls, nerds, hard candy, and an assortment of other types of Halloween candy favorites.
Adults who reflect on Halloween remember which neighbors were incredibly generous giving out the large-sized candy bars, toys, or cookies with a smile that slipped onto their faces effortlessly. Memories of friends who gave out apples from their backyard trees, candy apples, or spice wafers without packaging also emerge. Adults even remember those neighbors who closed their homes up tight for the night watching TV with the shades drawn, the lights out, and entirely possible a piece of candy waiting to be eaten.
Thoughts of fun, candy, and good times emerge as Fall arrives. These are pleasant memories for most people. Nights spent trick-or-treating for all kinds of candy have transformed into daytime events for many communities as the safety of the children enjoying this Autumn holiday has taken precedence over tradition.
Typically, these memories are pleasant ones since Halloween is a holiday filled with fun and sweet candy treats. People remember the neighbors who decorated houses, some of whom went to great lengths to create graveyards or witchesÌ dens. We all have memories of picture windows filled with cardboard cutouts shaped and designed as scarecrows, haystacks, pumpkins, skeletons, bats, witches, and more are elicited in our mind's eye as this holiday draws closer. Better yet, memories of the chocolates, sweets, and other candies that were devoured before arriving home sweeten the memories much like they sweetened the mouth all those years ago.
Fond Memories of Halloween
Halloween is celebrated each year with lots of enthusiasm and colorful fun. People simply love this holiday that allows them to dress up, watch scary movies, and enjoy sugary treats. Here are a few great ideas to consider when you plan to celebrate Halloween at home with the family.
Celebrating Halloween on a Shoestring Budget
