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Raggedy Ann Halloween Costume

Preschoolers to post-grads, girls love to dress up as Raggedy Ann for Halloween trick-or-treating. Costume shops offer Raggedy Ann suits, but you can also easily create your own rag doll disguise without sewing.

You can build your Raggedy Ann Halloween costume without sewing.

With absolutely no sewing required, you can easily create your own Halloween Raggedy Ann costume from old clothing.

Begin in your own closet, or visit a local thrift or resale shop. Look for an old-fashioned calico-type dress. If you have a floral flannel nightgown, that will work out well. Try on the dress or nightgown, and shorten the hem, if needed, so that it falls a little above the knee. (You can use no-sew, iron-on hem tape, if you do not wish to sew the hemline.)

To create Raggedy Ann's apron, select a white half-slip (preferably cotton), with a stretchy elastic waist. If possible, choose a slip with a ruffle or lacy edge around the hem. Try on the slip, and place the elastic waistline just above your bust line. The hem of the slip should fall an inch or two above your knee. Use safety pins to attach two lengths of wide white ribbon to the front and back of the slip, making shoulder straps.

Pick a pair of white sweatpants or leggings, and put them on over striped knee-high socks. Add a pair of black Mary Janes, patent leather flats or gym shoes. Your Raggedy Ann Halloween costume is nearly complete.

What essential accessories must you have for your Raggedy Ann Halloween costume?

The trademark red yarn wig is, of course, the most important feature of any Raggedy Ann trick-or-treating or dress-up costume. Look in Halloween stores, costume shops or masquerade websites for the Raggedy Ann wig, or make your own.

Craft kits and sewing patterns offer detailed instructions for fashioning a Raggedy Ann red yarn wig, there is a much simpler way.

Purchase an inexpensive stretchy swim cap, available at sporting goods stores and pool supply shops. Measure bulky red yarn to the hair length you desire, but double the lengths before cutting. Fold each piece of yarn in half, and glue the fold to your swim cap. Use a hot-melt glue gun to affix the yarns all over the swim cap.

After assembling your Raggedy Ann red yarn wig, you will be ready to try it on. Ask a helper to give your wig a haircut, if needed.

Tie a perky bow atop the red yarn wig for Raggedy Ann to complete the Halloween rag doll costume.

What makeup is needed for your Raggedy Ann Halloween costume?

Raggedy Ann costume makeup is basic and super-simple. Draw black freckles and exaggerated eyelashes with a black eyeliner pencil. Add a red triangle nose and rosy cheeks with a bright red lipstick.

Try a scary variation on the Raggedy Ann Halloween costume

For an eerie Halloween haunted house or a more Gothic look you might add fake blood, heavier and darker makeup, plastic fangs or other scarier features to complete your Raggedy Ann trick-or-treating or Halloween dress-up costume.

Note: You can also choose to use a sewing pattern for Raggedy Ann Halloween costumes.

Many years ago, I stitched our own Raggedy Ann trick-or-treating and favorite dress-up costume, using a simple McCall's sewing pattern (McCall's 4097: "Raggedy Ann amp; Andy"). This exact pattern may no longer appear in current McCall's sewing catalogs, but it may be found online through sewing clubs and numerous resale vendors. Sewing pattern companies, such as Butterick, McCall's, Simplicity and others, usually offer similar patterns each fall.