This year, I must say halloween was a big success. We decided just after last halloween we wanted to do A Christmas Story theme and had to wait a whole year to pull it off. We were a little disappointed that many people at our annual church party did not get our costume theme (to … Read more
A Christmas Story is basically one of my favorite movies, ever. I initially considered being Ralphie in Aunt Nora’s pink bunny pajamas, but after doing some research, I felt like I could really pull off the leg lamp costume. I’m from NJ so I had to make it a relatively warm so I wouldn’t be … Read more
This Christmas story leg lamp and fragile crate couple costume was a hit- and it was inexpensive and pretty easy to make. For the crate (easiest of the two) we found a big box (one that seemed long/big enough to actually fit a leg lamp in). We cut out a hole in the top for the … Read more
I have been obsessed with the movie “A Christmas Story” since I was a kid. It is a family tradition to watch it while opening presents on Christmas. I particularly love the scenes with The Leg Lamp. “Honey it says fra-GEE-lay, it must be Italian!” So I was inspired to be The Leg Lamp. I got … Read more
My fiance and I wanted to come up with a unique and wonderful idea for our Halloween costume. I started off by looking online for ideas, and I saw a costume for the “Fragile” box from a Christmas Story. I knew instantly that my fiance could be the box, and I wanted to go as … Read more
A Christmas Story is one of our favorite movies! These homemade Christmas story costumes were a definite crowd pleaser. The leg lamp costume was a little difficult to make. We cut out a pattern using newspaper to make the panels for the shade. You can make the shade as long as you want. We went … Read more
Last year we decided to take on rolls from a Christmas story. I was the Famous “Fragile” Leg lamp, my husband, Ralphie as the pink nightmare, my son as Ralphie the sheriff taking care of Black Bart! (Costume was “recycled” from his appearance in the county fair and was not made.) For the pink bunny … Read more
Loving the Movie The Christmas Story and having to make a costume to go to a Halloween party my Husband Matt and I set out to make our homemade “A Christmas Story” couple Halloween costumes. I bought an old lamp shade and some fringe and hot glued the fringe to the shade, add stockings and … Read more
This Christmas Story Couple Costumes was such a hit! Here is what I did: Crate: Used a box, covered it in Wood Grain Contact Paper(Home Depot) and added balsa wood(Craft Store) for a 3D effect. Then I stenciled on the words Fragile and This End Up. I then added some packing material(craft store) to the … Read more
A Christmas Story has always been one of my favorite movies and now that my two youngest sons are the right age I decided to make them Ralphie and Randy Parker Costumes from A Christmas Story. We got the greatest comments all night. My little Ralphie had the facial expressions down pat and my little … Read more
Well, I lost my leg about 10 years ago. Since then, I’ve strived to prove that having one leg (being a monopod) is actually better than two (being a bipod). This year’s Halloween was the muse I needed for yet another feat (errr…foot) for the cause. I know it isn’t scary, but for originality’s sake, … Read more
I have always wanted to do this Christmas Story Leg Lamp Costume, but wasn’t sure exactly how I wanted to do it. I saw the official dress costume online and was unhappy how unflattering it was. Thus, I decided to have the shade as a skirt. I didn’t have a pattern, but I suggest to … Read more