Retro: Paper Bag and Newspaper Halloween Costumes

Paper grocery bag donkey mask with "funny paper mane" and embroidered tape bridle. 

Paper grocery bag cow mask with paper cup cow-bell.

Paper grocery bag clown mask with "funny paper" and fabric suit.

Paper bag owl mask.

Paper bag chicken mask with paper tail feathers.

Doll costume with paper bag hat and crepe paper pigtails.

All images this post scanned from a copy of the1967 edition of McCall's Needlework and Craft Magazine (my personal library).

If I had a little person to kit out for Halloween, I would so turn them into one of these (the cow is my personal favorite).

Apparently, back in 1967 McCall's put out a pattern to make these (#8941 for inquiring minds that want to know...and it cost 50 cents).

It appears that the cow and donkey have a separate piece for the front of the head (also cut from a paper bag). Still, I think a reasonably crafty person could use any of these ideas as a starting point for a spectacular Halloween get-up for their own little munchkins.