| Depending on the age of your little ones, you | | | | the same matching shirt and pants combo, with |
| may want to keep ideas for toddler Halloween | | | | a few accessories. For the dog, you can buy |
| costumes on the simple side. Since most of | | | | rubber/vinyl noses, or you can create your |
| the very youngest trick or treaters are only | | | | own hound dog face with a little makeup to |
| going out to amuse the grandparents and | | | | match the shirt, and then draw on a black |
| immediate neighbors, it needn't be terribly | | | | nose, and a black ring around one eye. Use |
| complicated to still bring a lot of smiles. | | | | felt to make a couple of oval-shaped ears, |
| | | | cutting one round end off, and tacking them |
| For infants, and those who get tired of | | | | to the hood of the shirt. The tail can be as |
| walking, animal costumes work very well, can | | | | easy as a piece of rope or cord, or you can |
| be done in minutes, and don't require great | | | | sew a tube of felt and stuff it with quilt |
| sewing skills. | | | | batting or lint from the dryer! For the |
| | | | finishing touch, cut down an old belt to |
| Turn your toddler into a cow, with a white | | | | create a "collar" and glue on some |
| hooded shirt, white sweat pants, black wool | | | | rhinestones. |
| and some black felt. Cut cow-type | | | | |
| "splotches" out of the felt, and either use | | | | Black cats are not only easy, they are |
| double-sided tape or easily removed basting | | | | delightfully charming ideas for toddler |
| stitches to attach to the shirt and pants. | | | | Halloween costumes. Get a matching black |
| Remember to keep two triangular pieces of | | | | sweat pant and hooded shirt, plus black felt |
| felt to tack ears onto the hood. A dozen | | | | for the ears. Make sure you have a little |
| pieces of wool, cut to about 18", can be | | | | pink felt as well, to glue to the inside of |
| braided to make a tail for pinning to the | | | | the black ear, to make it more realistic. |
| seat of their pants. If the toddler is | | | | Use make-up to draw on the nose and whiskers, |
| slightly older, and not likely to "bust your | | | | and give your toddler black mittens, and |
| balloon", buy one disposable glove at the | | | | black socks to wear over their shoes. You're |
| drug store, tie off the thumb so no air can | | | | at the end of the job when you make a |
| get in it, then inflate the glove, tie it off | | | | matching tail out of black felt, or a length |
| at the wrist, and pin to the belly of their | | | | of black cord from the curtain shop. A |
| shirt. | | | | narrow black dress belt with rhinestones |
| | | | glued on, and a tiny bell, makes your kitten, |
| Cats and dogs are equally as simple, using | | | | purrrrrfectly divine. |