Here’s some suggestions from Treehugger:

Skunk: Wear a black turtleneck and tights and paste a white strip down the back.

Spider: Wear a black leotard and tights and attach four extra sets of “legs” — tights stuffed with paper.

Ragdoll: Wear a sleeper with patches, a stocking cap, rosy cheeks and freckles.

Jack in the Box: Wear bright tights and shirt. Attach a brightly painted box with a crank.

Here’s some more from Parents magazine:

Pac-Man: Use a black pillowcase and paint pen to draw the maze. Cut out felt ghosts as the obstacles and wear a yellow hat.

Zombie: Tear strips from an old white sheet and sewed them onto a t-shirt and pants.

Scuba Diver: Make flippers out of foam or paper to hide your shoes and add two empty soda bottles for your air canisters.

Robot: Cut head and arm holes in a cardboard box. Paint the box silver and adorn with random electrical items. Use dryer venting for arms. Cover a construction worker hat with aluminum foil. Wear a gray turtleneck, sweatpants, shoes, etc.

Chocolate Chip Cookie: Make a circle out of felt, leaving leg and arm holes. Cut out smaller circles from the dark brown to make the “chips” and attach with fabric glue.

Crayon: Use a colored pillowcase and draw the logo on with black fabric paint. Wear pants and shirt of same color.

Golfer: Wear an argyle sweater vest, cap, knickers. Carry a real or fake club.

Thomas the Tank Engine: Use cardboard boxes, paper towel rolls and other containers to create the body. Wear overalls underneath and add an engineer cap. (see picture)

Little Bo Peep: Wear an Easter dress with a bonnet and cane.

Curious George & The Man in the Yellow Hat: One sibling is George, the other is The Man in the Yellow Hat.

Mad Scientist: Wear a lab-coat with colored, spiked hair, oversize black glasses and a loosely knotted tie.

Rock Star: Channel your inner Hannah Montana.

Zookeeper: Combine khakis and stuffed animals.

Construction Worker: Wear a hard-hat, tool belt, etc.

Care to share some other ideas?

In the vein of reining in the Halloween binge, I recently stumbled on a suggestion list of healthier/greener treats for the famously hedonistic holiday. The list, by nonprofit Green Halloween, is extensive but a few that intrigued me were organic kid tea bags, crayon rocks, beads, polished rocks and mini cookie cutters. The list was included in an email from the EcoMom Alliance, a great group that seeks to harness moms’ natural inclination toward sustainability.

Naturally Halloween should still be fun. But having it be a little more natural doesn’t hurt.