For kids' music cdWe've had such a large number of people contact us about how to make Laurie Berkner Band-related Halloween costumes, we decided to help come up with some ideas for you here!
There are a few ways you dress up for Halloween with the LBB!
You can be:
- Laurie, Susie, Adam, and/or Bobby
- The Rocketship on the cover of Rocketship Run
- A Googlehead
- Victor Vito or Freddie Vasco (polar bears!)
- A Bumblebee
- A Dinosaur
- Much more!
For those of you who want to put together a Laurie costume, here are some suggestions:
- Curly hair. You can wear a wig or curl your hair with a curling iron!
- A guitar. For the smallest Trick-or-Treaters, a ukulele will work great! Laurie's guitars are purple, blue, and sunburst. Lots of toy stores sell great kids guitars at a very affordable price. A fun, colorful strap is a great extra detail.
- An Outfit. Laurie has worn so many different types of outfits, but she always loves bright, fun colors! You can try wearing a pair of colorful tights or leggings with a contrasting dress (such as blue leggings and a yellow dress, or purple leggings and a red dress). The dress she is wearing on the cover of "Best of the Laurie Berkner Band" is made by a company (Desigual) that also has a kids section: Click Here! Get creative! If all else fails, do an internet search of "Laurie Berkner" and figure out which of her looks is best for you!
- A Pig For Your Head! You can sew or safety pin a headband on the bottom of a stuffed pig, make a pig hat, draw a pig onto construction paper and cut it out, then pin to your head, or even get a pig visor!
- A Microphone. Laurie uses a headset microphone for some shows, and a regular microphone for others - you can cut one out of paper, use one from an old karaoke machine, find one at a toy store, or turn a headband into a headset!
Susie wears lots of fun colors, too - you just need a mini keyboard (how about making one out of cardboard and painting it to look like piano keys?) instead of a guitar and brown, straight hair instead of curly!
Adam and Bobby also dress in bright colors - Adam plays the bass and Bobby plays the drums!
Maybe you can gather 4 friends and go as the whole band!
To make a Rocketship costume, you can check out the video for "Rocketship Run", or see the photo below:
Felt or foam can be shaped into these simple designs!
Want a simpler costume? To be a Googlehead, simply find or make a googly headband and shake your noodle head! You can wear a fun outfit that looks as Google-heady as you think a Googlehead looks!
Here are some photos of fans who made LBB costumes last year!!
Make sure you send us pictures! We can't wait to see them!!
My mom's group is having a GoogleHead Party...allthe kids are going to come dressed as GoogleHeads. I love that LB inspires such creativity in both kids & parents!
Posted by: Karen | 04/07/2011 at 05:34 PM
Super Cool to see my baby girl as YOU (the first photo)!!!! If you only knew how often "YOU" are here, Laurie!! Thanks also for the special hug @ Oakland show last year...The photo of that hug was THE FIRST thing Sherilyn wanted to share (on Share Day) at Preschool.
Posted by: Sherilyn's Mama | 09/26/2010 at 09:35 PM
Laurie Berkner Band-related Halloween costumes... too cute! Our two year old is going as Little Bo Peep, this year, but maybe we'll get her a curly hair wig next year. Thanks for the smile... and all the great music. Our toddler loves you guys, and you make NickJr tolerable for this daddy. ;)
--Michael (adaddyblog.com)
Posted by: A Daddy Blog | 09/24/2010 at 12:46 PM