Someone-Special
We each made our own Sesame Street costume. Oscar: Hot glued moss (from any craft store) to my shirt, shoes and a visor. I also hot glued a fuzzy eye brow and large googley eyes. I made the trash can and trash can top out of foam board, spray paint and duct tape. Big Bird: … Read more
I love dressing up with my pug and got the idea for our costumes while enjoying a Carmel apple one afternoon. It was very simple and cheap to make. Here’s what I did: Pug: small plastic cauldron bucket, gift basket wrap, long stick (I used a cheap broom decoration from the dollar tree), ribbon, paint, … Read more
This is 3 month old son Collin. He has teamed craziest longest hair for such a little guy. It always sticks straight up in the air and one day I thought it looks like he was struck by lightning. Further thought made me think, hey, that would be a great Halloween costume!!! So here is … Read more
I could have gone out and bought a costume, but I always encourage my boys to be creative and use their imaginations. We had an extra cardboard box available, and decided to use it for this year’s Halloween costume. After searching the Web for ideas, we decided to create a vending machine. I started off … Read more
The actual Catwoman costume costs over $50! So instead, I wore a pair of everyday-wear black leather leggings and a corset to match. The gun holster was supposed to be for my whip, but it wasn’t able to hold it so it’s going to hold my keys and my phone instead on Halloween night. My … Read more
My 5 year old son, Riley, LOVES Legos and especially The Lego Movie. One night we were discussing what he wanted to be for Halloween and I decided that I would attempt to make him his favorite character from the movie, Emmet. How I made the Lego Movie costume: I began making the costume after I … Read more
This is my cats first Halloween… I’m not sure where the idea came from but it popped into my head during the middle of the night, of course. I got really excited because I had the perfect wig! Oh no, wait, we just gave boxes of stuff to Good Will! Oh, I hope… Yes! We … Read more
This Edward Scissorhands costume was made for a Cadiz (Spain) carnival in February 2012. I always loved this movie and, of course, Johnny Depp!) By the time my son was 12 years old, I thought this costume was going to fit him perfectly. I bought cheap faux leather pants and jacket at a Chinese store. … Read more
Hi, my name is Victoria and I have the most adorable Pomeranian, Gia Marie. We always dress up together for Halloween. The past Halloween I wanted to be a little creative and I was inspired by making a homemade costume. The idea to create a Cabbage Patch Pom was inspired by kid’s homemade costumes and … Read more
To create this unique, easy, inexpensive, most creative and last-minute Halloween, Newspaper Fairy costume you will need 1 newspaper and 1 pair of wings (which you can easily find in Party City, but since this was a last minute costume I didn’t want to waste time in going to Party City and buying wings,so we … Read more
Every year I ask my daughter what she wants to be for Halloween. Well, this year she came up with a doozey! A Ferris Wheel! It took about two days to assemble. Items needed: Duct Tape (we used purple) Two- hula hoops Medium sized box Lights with battery packs Barbie dolls Two tissue boxes Three … Read more
So we wanted a really cool, over the top, prize winning costume. We made lego people! Here’s the complete DIY instruction list: Cardboard Collection time We collected a lot of cardboard, we practically hoarded it. We weren’t sure how much we would need so we grabbed a ton. We ended up using two large boxes for the … Read more