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Retro Halloween Costumes
Retro Halloween Costumes The photos above show just a sample of my new free printable costumes for Halloween. I have six designs in all. When I was a kid in the late sixties, and into the seventies/early eighties, molded thin plastic masks and pajama-style matching costumes were the go-to for Halloween. The so-called "pajama" costumes were made of cheap acetate fabric, but they were super brightly colored. Masks and costumes often had neon and/or glow-in-the-dark paint. They came in all sorts of designs, from classic movie monsters, cartoon characters and characters from popular TV shows, to animals and storybook characters for the younger kids. I've wanted to recreate the costumes of my childhood in miniature for a long time, and this year, I finally did it. To make them no-sew, I designed a simple tabard for the costume. Just cut it out and put it on the doll. I used a strip of tape to close it in the back. On the smaller dolls, the costume stays on perfectly.