My mom (bless her heart
) was not creative at all,. My costumes weren't imaginitive at all until I could design them and execute the design myself.
candy bar: I replicated a candy bar wrapper to adult-sized dimensions. I think I must have used stapled paper bags as this was in my pre-license days and there weren't any fabric stores nearby. In any case, it was an accurate blowup despite the lack of computers in that era.
Since I was creative, at least compared to Mom, I tried to make decent costumes when the kiddos were little.
Christmas Tree: Brown Pants and a tree-shaped felt tunic decorated with lightweight trims. I did not wire the tunic but it must be possible as I have seen lighted sweatshirts
Sandwich: 1" white foam for the bread. Paint the edges brown. Pink and yellow felt for ham and cheese. Cut the ham felt into a circular piece. Cut holes in the yellow felt for swiss cheese. Red poster board cut in a circle for a tomato. Green crepe/tissue paper for the lettuce.
Refrigerator and Dice: Both moving box recyclers..
Cut armholes first.
For dice, check a real one to make sure the dot placement is correct
For refrigerator, I cut the armholes on the sides and then cut the front panel from the top and one side so it could swing open. From another section of cardboard, I made a false back and shelves. I soaked off labels from whatever jars I had and also traced the shapes of the containers in the cardboard fridge. I also glued empty clean actual cardboard and plastic (glass was too heavy) containers in the shelves.
t these are 2 of my best