Lia’s Winning Shakey Washing Machine Costume: A Halloween to Remember

The SHAKEY Washing Machine

Lia, my sister, has a deep-seated passion for participating in local Halloween costume contests. She relishes the opportunity to showcase her creativity and have fun. However, the odds were often stacked against her due to the contest’s unique voting system – audience applause. Since the winner was determined by the loudest cheers, contestants who had … Read more

Fun and Easy to Make Dirty Laundry Costume for the Entire Family

Dirty laundry!

Don’t forget to wash your dirty laundry, with Tide detergent, in your very own washer and dryer! All you’ll need is some boxes, white paint (or you can use duct tape), cutting supplies, a clear bowl, some clothes, tape, and if you have a printer you can print all the stuff you see pictured! Or … Read more

Coolest Airing Our Dirty Laundry Group Costumes

Dirty Laundry Group Costumes

Here’s the story behind our Dirty Laundry group costumes. After browsing photos online, our kids passed up the opportunity to be candy and popcorn and instead chose to be appliances and dirty laundry, lol! Our oldest was the washing machine, complete with a door that opens (made from a deli tray), ‘bubbles & soap’ (blue … Read more

Last Minute Homemade Costume Idea: Dirty Laundry!

Last Minute Homemade Costume Idea: Dirty Laundry!

This Dirty Laundry costume was super easy to make for my daughter! The only cost was the laundry basket which was about $8.  First we cut out the bottom, making sure not to make the hole too big so that she could carry it on her hips. Then we threw in a sheet,  a towel, a … Read more

Funny Homemade Clothesline Costume!

Funny Homemade Clothesline Costume!: This costume all started about 35 years ago when my mom was about my age. My mom and her best friend needed a cheap and easy costume, fast. That’s h

This costume all started about 35 years ago when my mom was about my age. My mom and her best friend needed a cheap and easy costume, fast. That’s how the clothesline costume was born. It has now kind of become a family tradition if you want to say that. My sister and her best … Read more

Original Washer Costume

Last year I wanted to have some originality in my son’s costume. I was so tired of the same store bought ones. I did some research and found th

Last year I wanted to have some originality in my son’s costume. I was so tired of the same store bought ones. I did some research and found the idea to make him a washer costume. It seemed very early and with this being the 1st time I’ve tried to make his costume I went … Read more

Cool Washing Machine Costume

Little Washing Machine

My son has CP and I wanted to make him the cutest and most loved during the holiday. The Washing machine costume was very easy to make and unique around this part. Hope that you love it just as much as I did and everyone around here!

Coolest Homemade Washing Machine Costume

Homemade Washing Machine Costume

My daughter couldn’t decide what she wanted to be for Halloween so we put our heads together and came up with the washing machine costume. To my surprise the costume came out looking great and it was a big hit with the neighborhood.

Coolest Homemade Snuggle Bear in Laundry Basket Baby Costume

Homemade Snuggle Bear in Laundry Basket Baby Costume

I made this homemade Snuggle Bear in laundry basket baby costume for my daughter and her 7 month old baby son, Kaden, as she always calls him her “Snuggle Bear”. We picked out soft fabrics for the bear and made sure to have lots of blue around so there’d be no misunderstanding that he was … Read more

Coolest Homemade Clothes Washer Halloween Costume

Homemade Clothes Washer Halloween Costume

We decided that a fun costume would be to take a cardboard box and make it look like a clothes washer and then attach a cheap wash basket to the top where my daughter’s head was in. We put some pieces of clothing in the basket and had a sock sticking out the door. We … Read more

Coolest Homemade Washer Costume

Homemade Washer Costume

I used a cardboard box for the washer. I covered it in white contact paper and cut holes in the top for the head and front for the window. I used a small white laundry basket on top, cut a hole in it and wired it to the box. For the window, I used a … Read more