Someone-Special
I love the Simpson’s. When Marge posed for Playboy a few years ago, I was thrilled because, going as Marge had a new spin and seemed perfect for the occasion. The costume itself was fairly easy to construct. I tried to use things I had on hand around the house. Marge’s hair was fashioned from … Read more
My 14 year old son comes to me and asked if I could make a Mad Hatter costume for Halloween. Sure, why not, how hard could it be. He says “mom you can do it, it will be easy”. First we searched pictures of Mad Hatter, and cost for buying the costume online or in … Read more
This costume was made for my boyfriend. Depending on what materials you have around the house, this costume is cheap, cheap, CHEAP! It can cost less than $5. I’d say the most someone would spend would be somewhere around $20. The best way to stay cheap is to keep 2 things in the back of … Read more
Who says you can’t dress up on Halloween if you’re pregnant? This easy costume is comfortable and fun…plus it does hurt to be told you look hot all night long. Here’s a simple pregnancy related costume you can finish in 20 minutes, in 6 easy steps. Step 1 – Form fitting black top and pants. … Read more
Welcome to the 85th Academy Awards! I am your host Oscar and I will be with you for the whole evening! I am wearing this little number from the 2013 “Sweitzer Fall Collection!” I got the idea to be the host of the Oscars from looking at past pictures on Coolest Homemade Costumes! This … Read more
I got the idea for making the Zoltar costume from the movie Big, then it just happened from there. I made my costume out of a refrigerator box that I got from Lowe’s, and the rest of the items in the fortune telling machine are just some things that I found laying around the house. … Read more
My little girl is 16 months and everytime I put her hair in pigtails, everyone was mention how she looked like the little girl, Boo, from Monsters Inc. So when it came time for Halloween, I knew exactly what I wanted out little family to be! This was my very first sewing project so the … Read more
Inspired by different sources online, I managed to make a convincing Residents Eyeball. First I took a beachball, around 14-15 inches and used it as a base for paper mache. I applied 3 or 4 layers of newspaper, and then two layers of computer paper. (Also make sure to coat the beachball in vassaline so … Read more
For me, Halloween is a time to let loose and have some fun and what better way then to become a bath toy! I was a self made loofah for Halloween and the reactions I got were PRICELESS! I had numerous people asking if they could take pictures with me, rub up against me, even … Read more
I was Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyonce’s character from Austin Powers), mostly because my friends wanted to be Austin Powers and Vanessa Kensington. It ended up being a lot of fun though. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get my hair to do this, so I used an Afro wig and luckily I just borrowed one my friend had from … Read more
My mom has always made me costumes since I was a little girl and now she helps me with couple’s costumes. With two heads we always come up with the easiest way to get it done. I’m the dreamer and my husband is a great sport! He will do just about anything, from face paint, … Read more
My fiance and I are always looking to get a good laugh with our Halloween costume. We found everything we needed for this costume at GoodWill, except for my wig and the fake cigarette which was purchased at Party City. This was a super easy costume; finding the wheelchair was probably the most difficult part, … Read more