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Since she had the natural resemblance to “Boo” from Monsters Inc. we decided to run with it. Found the purple fabric and quilted it with a liner then turned it into a tube for the body, sewed crescent shapes together to create the hood leaving a hole in the top for mop hair and googly … Read more
I have never sewn in my life but I was determined to make this Britney Spears costume. This is pre crazy Britney with the python that she did at the MTV music awards in 2001 to “slave”. Total Spent: $50
Here is a one-nighter costume I made for a youth group camp I went to. The theme was ‘God’s Weird & Wonderful Creation’. Materials: black smooth fabric, polyester wadding, acrylic paint and brushes, a black headband and black pipe cleaners. It’s pretty much a flat quilt-like design with a fabric sash/bow to tie round the … Read more
Here’s our Bumble Bee costume for my baby son. Because my son, Zane, was only a couple months old, I wanted a comfortable costume for him. I saw some black fleece fabric and just thought of making him a bumble bee costume. I used yellow felt fabric for the stripes. Without a pattern, I used … Read more
This Buzz Lightyear costume is actually quite easy to build. After finding something approximately the right dimensions I paper matched the pieces for the upper part of the body. I cut them down to the correct size and taped them together in the appropriate positions. For the midriff I used some black material, stuffed it … Read more
Here’s our Cabbage Patch kid costume. I have 3 kids, 2 boys and finally a little girl who was born on August 16th 2006. I never had a baby doll growing up so now I finally have my little girl doll. This is her first Halloween so I decided to make her a Cabbage patch … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Captain Hook costume. I have two boys now and thought it would be great to dress them in a Captain Hook and Peter Pan costume. After looking at store-bought costumes, and not liking the quality or the price tag, my Grandma and I decided to tackle it ourselves. For the … Read more
We have been working on my Captain Morgan costume for about four months. I decided to do a costume you can’t buy. I have tried to include every detail. Sword, gun, cape and belt are custom made from a saddle shop. Everything I could do. It appeared to be so authentic that I went downtown … Read more
This cat Halloween costume is pretty easy. I cut out of newspapers a pattern of a long leg for the eight legs. The head was like egg shaped but cut in half. I used two big goggle eyes, elastic around the bottom of the head to keep it on. I attached the legs to a … Read more
This caterpillar costume was pretty simple to make. We used two tubes of fleece with the outer one bunched with elastic to create the segments or the body and then a hood style head with antennae sewn on the legs are strung together with elastic thread to a pair of mittens. It was nice and … Read more
The funniest character costume I ever made was Fook Yu and Fook Mei from the Austin Powers film. I first started by making two really short cheerleading skirts. I didn’t use patterns but you can purchase a cheerleading pattern at almost every fabric store. For the shirts I bought two inexpensive ribbed crew neck shirts … Read more
This dental floss costume is a real cheap costume to make. I luckily found a cardboard box which was in a rectangular shape that could fit my daughter inside. I then cut off the ends and placed my daughter inside with her head sticking out of the top. Then I estimated where her arms were … Read more