Easy DIY baby Halloween costumes are nothing to be scared of

If you are juggling a needy infant or a get-into-everything toddler this October, the last thing you probably want to think about is spending hours creating a fancy Halloween costume for your little pumpkin. It’s one of the reasons we love Halloween costumes for babies like this one.

But if you’re up for a DIY, fear not! Especially when these ideas are so easy and yet so perfect for Halloween. Promise.

With a colorful onesie, some felt, and a pair of scissors, you can pull together one of three simple costumes from NYC’s Pins & Needles: a surprised ghost, smiling pumpkin, or lovey-dovey skeleton.

Just print out one of the free hand-drawn DIY Halloween costume templates by Rachel Law, and affix your felt pieces either by sewing or with fabric glue (my favorite!).

DIY baby Halloween costumes: ghost onesie by Pins & Needles

By increasing the size of the template on your printer, you can even print larger sizes to go on your own tee shirt. Inhabitants of cold-weather Halloween climates could use long-sleeved onesies and put them over warm tights–or you could even put the patterns on heavy sweatshirts if you plan to take your little one out trick-or-treating.

Hey, even if they are too young to eat the candy they collect, consider that your treat for getting up with them at 3am every night. -Christina

Pins & Needles’ costume templates can be printed for free at Project Nursery. You’ll also find more easy Halloween costumes in our archives.