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On this Try Living With Lucie episode, Lucie Fink goes on a 5 days of DIY Halloween costume journey, recreating last minute Halloween costumes at home. From a bag of jelly beans to Darla from "Finding Nemo," watch as Lucie tests her crafting skills at putting together these Halloween costume ideas. Watch the video above to see how she does!

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Last Minute Costumes Step By Step Instructions:

Bag Of Jellybeans

What You Will Need:
Hefty Recycling Clear Trash Bags
Stapler
Rubber Bands
Latex Balloons
Printed Jellybean Logo

How To:
1. Lay bag flat and cut two small circles at the bottom.
2. On the sides, cut two small holes for the arms.
3. Step in, inflate the balloons, and fill the bag with them.
4. Fasten the bag, to your comfort, in the back with a rubber band.

Sheep

What You Will Need:
Long Sleeve Black Shirt
Black Tights
6 Packs Of Cotton Balls
Scissors
Fabric Glue
Black Shoes
Black And Pink Felt
White Beanie
White Dress
Cardboard

How To:
1. Lay the dress flat and place cardboard under the area that you want to start with.
2. Put lines of glue down and apply cotton balls.
3. Cover dress and repeat on the other side of the dress.
4. Cut two ears out of the black felt and a smaller pair out of the pink felt.
5. Glue pink felt ear onto black felt ear.
6. Glue ears to beanie.
7. Put lines of glue down on beanie and apply cotton balls on the front and back.

Pizza

What You Will Need:
Yellow Dress
Yellow Party Hat
Multicolored Felt
Hot Glue Gun
Ranch Dressing Bottle

How To:
1. Cut out different shapes for toppings from felt.
2. Hot glue felt toppings onto dress and party hat.

Darla

What You Will Need:
Purple Sweatshirt
Aluminum Foil
Rock And Roll Girl Printed Image
Tape
Hot Glue Gun
Cardboard
White Collared Shirt
White Knee Socks
Plastic Bag
Fake Fish
Plaid Skirt
Liquid Eyeliner
Two Hair Ties
Fake Teeth

How To:
1. Glue Rock And Roll girl image onto cardboard and hot glue to purple sweatshirt.
2. Make headgear out of aluminum foil and attach to fake teeth.
3. Put hair into pigtails and curl the ends.
4. Cut top off of ziplock, fill with water, add fake fish.

Cereal Killer

What You Will Need:
Denim Jacket
Assorted Miniature Cereal Boxes
Plastic Knives
Fake Blood
How Glue

How To:
1. Lay denim jacket flat and hot glue cereal boxes to the back.
2. Push plastic knives through cereal box