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December/January 2010 FamilyFun Magazine
Halloween Costume Contest

Nurse Nightingale

Total Time Needed:
1 Hour

What to do when your trick-or-treater can't decide what she wants to be and you're running out of time? Here's an answer that will suit you both: a nurse's uniform you can put together stat!

Materials
  • White skirt, top, sweater, tights, and shoes
  • Colored markers
  • 8 ½- by 11-inch sheet of white paper
  • Bobby pins
  • Small rectangle of white poster board
  • Large safety pin and tape
  • Play stethoscope
  • Clipboard and paper
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Instructions
  1. Nurse Nightingale - Step 1 Have your child don a white skirt, shirt, sweater, tights, and shoes.

  2. Step 2 For a nurse's hat, mark a colored line along 1 long edge of the white paper. Fold the paper as shown, then bobby-pin the hat to your child's hair.

  3. Print a name tag with credentials (RN or LPN) on the poster board rectangle. Tape the safety pin to the back.

  4. Finish the ensemble with the stethoscope and a clipboard displaying a simple jagged line drawn on a sheet of paper for a patient's chart.

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