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Near the end of October, Bevens gives away the costumes so other kids can use them.
\"I love to make things, and Halloween is the best time,\" she said. \"There aren't many other reasons during the year to just be creative and glue cardboard together.\"
\"And every mom wants to see their kids in cute costumes,\" she added, \"so who wouldn’t want a whole month of it?\"
Bevens has shared step-by-step instructions to create a child's salad costume using just five materials.
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\"So far one of my son's all-time favorites has been the salad costume,\" she said. \"For being such a large costume it was actually one of the easiest to make. The steps were simple and the supplies were minimal.\"
Materials:
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1 T-shirt (one or two sizes bigger than normal)
Green tissue paper
Construction paper or poster board
Red balloons
Hot glue gun
Directions:
1. Pinch the tissue paper in the center and add glue.
2. Stick the tissue paper onto the t-shirt. Repeat until shirt looks full.
3. Cut lettuce and leaf shapes out of the green construction paper.
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4. Hot glue the shapes around the shirt/tissue paper.
5. Glue two small red balloons on to look like tomatoes.
6. Cut two salad forks out of cardboard for the child to hold, or use real forks/salad mixers instead.
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Editor's note: This story was originally published on October 22, 2018.
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