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Easy DIY Halloween Costumes: Bumbling Bee Costume

It's not hard to make an adorable bumblebee costume for Halloween.

The summer when she was two, Kimmie became obsessed with bees.  My in-laws brought her a book about bees when they came to visit, and that was it: Kimmie announced then and there, in early August, that she was going to be a bee for Halloween that year.  From then until October 31st, whenever you asked Kimmie what she was going to be for Halloween, she was quick to respond, “A bee!”  And at least once a week, she announced this fact to everyone she met: “Guess what?  I’m going to be a BEE for Halloween!”

If you want a super-cute, super-easy costume to make (or your little one is obsessed with bees, as mine was), try this simple yet adorable DIY bee costume.

What you need:

Fortunately, bee costumes are pretty easy to make.  All you need is

 


How to make a Bumbling Bee costume

The tricky part of this costume is the fact that it’s easiest to make when the child is actually in the costume.

The easiest way to do the stripes is to put them on when your kiddo is actually in the bag.

Preparation:

Once you have yellow duct tape and a black plastic bag (kitchen-sized if you’re making this costume for a kid), all you need is crumpled newspaper or scrap paper with which to stuff it.

Adding the stripes:

Final tips:

Kimmie liked being a bee so much that on November 1, she announced she was going to be a bee again the following year for Halloween – a commitment she stuck to. We used that large shopping bag to store the costume in the basement until Halloween rolled around again.

The costume was so easy to make that when Kimmie wore it for her second Halloween, I made an adult-sized copy for my mother to wear while taking Kimmie around the neighborhood.

Best of all, though, were all the comments we got on the adorable bee costume.  I try not to let myself get sucked into the arms race of one-ups(wo)manship that seems to exist among parents. But I will admit that my heart was bursting with pride at the preschool Halloween parade, when I overheard other parents commenting on how cute the little bumblebee (Kimmie) was.

From a distance, Kimmie’s costume was indistinguishable from a store-bought one. After a few minutes, I couldn’t resist mentioning whose cute kid that was – and where I’d purchased (the items to make) her costume.

They were floored to learn that they were marveling over how adorable my daughter looked in a trash bag stuffed with newspaper and covered with duct tape!

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