How to Make a Fruit Costume

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Things You'll Need

  • Colored tights

  • Colored sweatshirts

  • Paint

  • Colored paper

  • Newspaper

  • Balloons

  • Markers

  • Tape

Dressing up as your favorite fruit will set you apart from everyone else.

Deciding on a costume for a party or Halloween is never easy. Buying or renting costumes can also be an expensive investment, especially if you go to a lot of themed parties. An easy and affordable way to stand out at any party, however, is to dress up as your favorite fruit. There are so many different types of fruits you can dress up as, such as apples, bananas, strawberries and grapes, and if there are couple of you going together, you could even go as a fruit bowl.

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Strawberry

Step 1

Dress in all red clothing, or a red sweatshirt and black leggings.

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Step 2

Paint black spots onto your clothes to represent seeds.

Step 3

Fill your red sweatshirt or top with scrunched-up newspaper to give the outfit a more plump, realistic look. Attach the sweatshirt to your leggings.

Step 4

Bunch together more newspaper into a long stem. Paint it brown. Pin the stem to your head.

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Apple

Step 1

Wear a red sweatshirt, or T-shirt, and black leggings.

Step 2

Fill the top with scrunched-up newspaper or foam to make the costume round.

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Step 3

Belt or pin the sweatshirt to your leggings to keep the newspaper in.

Step 4

Cut out a green leaf from colored paper and pin to the neck area. You can even make an apple sticker with markers and paper and pin to the costume for added realism.

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Pumpkin

Step 1

Wear an orange sweatshirt, or T-shirt, and black leggings.

Step 2

Fill the top with scrunched-up newspaper or foam to make the costume round.

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Step 3

Belt or pin the sweatshirt to your leggings to keep the newspaper in.

Step 4

Bunch newspaper together and paint brown. Pin to your head as the stem.

Step 5

Use black paint to draw a jack-o-lantern face on the front of your sweatshirt.

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Bunch of Grapes

Step 1

Wear a long-sleeved green or purple top and black leggings.

Step 2

Blow up green or purple balloons according to what color grapes you are. Make sure you have enough balloons to cover the front and back of your torso.

Step 3

Have someone assist you in taping the balloons all around the top half of your body in the shape of a bunch of grapes.

Warning

If you dress as a bunch of grapes, be careful walking around in case your balloons pop.

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