Charlie Chaplin Costume

Time: 10-15 minutes

Effort: Quick and easy — no sewing required

Materials:

• Black derby hat
• Worn-out blazer
• White dress shirt or undershirt
• Black pants
• Worn out black shoes
• Black face paint (or mom's eye pencil)
• Black mascara (or black eye shadow)
• Cane

Instructions: Dress your child in all the clothes, leaving the hat until last. Leave the shirt untucked. Apply eye shadow to the entire area of both eyes. Draw a small, wide mustache that doesn't quite extend the width of your child's upper lip. Darken your child's eyebrows, too.

Other details: Remind your child to walk with his feet pointing outward, twirling the cane below his knees. (Doing this from time to time will suffice.)