A few years ago, when we were expecting our third, the older children and I really got into the Halloween spirit, and made half a dozen costumes before deciding which ones to actually use on Halloween.  This is a skeleton costume we made, after being inspired by the idea (though not the price) from a Pottery Barn Kids costume that year. This is a great and fun costume for the children to make themselves. I am uploading the entire Skeleton, or Bones, file. All you or the children need to do is print them, cut them out, and pin them to black pants and a black shirt.  While you may use any black pants and shirt, I highly recommend a pair of tight-fitting long underwear. I find these every year at sports stores that sell ski-wear.

What you’ll need:

Black long-sleeved shirt
Black pants
Fabric glue or preferably small baby pins (because they are not permanent)
Two sets of our skeleton printables, printed on your home computer using white paper: skeleton.pdf

What to do:

Print two copies of the skeleton file, using a black & white or color printer. Cut out the skeleton pieces, and attach to a pair of black pants and black shirt using baby pins.  Attach one set onto the front of the black outfit, and another to the back. The outfit will be more durable if you print on a thick white paper stock. Since this is a paper on fabric costume, I found it best to attach the skeleton after the child has put on his/her outfit. It won’t hold up for weeks!