Bag of Groceries Costume for Kids ages 4 & Up

Large brown paper leaf bag (sold at many hardware stores)
Craft knife
Large piece of corrugated cardboard
Double-sided foam tape
2 yards of 1-1/2-inch-wide black ribbon
25- by 17-inch piece of white poster board
Double-sided clear tape
Stapler
Assorted clean, empty food containers, such as cereal boxes, juice jugs, and egg cartons
Markers and self-adhesive labels (or you can download our printable Gross-eeries labels)
OPTIONAL
Rubber rat, cockroaches, and chicken
Balloons, stocking leg, string, and foam packing peanuts
Yellow acrylic paint and white glue
1.Cut the bottom off the leaf bag. If there's lettering on the bag, turn it inside out.

2. Measure the opening at the bag's top (the one shown here is 15 by 12 inches) and cut a piece of cardboard that is the same width but 4 inches longer (ours is 15 by 16 inches). Fold up 2-inch flaps in the front and back of the cardboard.

3.Cut a hole in the middle of the cardboard big enough for your child to fit through. Apply double-sided foam tape to the flap backs and stick the cardboard in place inside the very top of the bag.

Fold the ribbon in half and join the fold with double-sided foam tape to the underside of the cardboard insert near the back of the bag.

5. Make a milk carton hat by creasing the white poster board as shown and then cutting an opening for your child's face in the front panel.

6. Shape the creased poster board into an open carton, sticking the edges together with double-sided clear tape. Then pinch and fold the upper edges, as shown, and staple the carton top closed.