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Here’s one of the coolest do it yourself Halloween costumes! I recently had to have some medical test done and this is how I came up with the idea for my costume. I got a large square box and cut holes for my head and arms. I then put a divider in the box so … Read more
I had a Chihuahua as a pet. I wanted to be the Taco Bell dog. I started this dog costume by trying to make the head out of paper Mache’. It burst and I made a mess in the kitchen. I went to the store and purchased four different size balls. I taped them all … Read more
My son was VERY into Dragon Ball Z for more than one year, so I made this Dragonball Z costume for the first time in 2002, and then I perfected it in 2004. I used his action figures as my models. I used a dark blue sweat suit that I picked up from Wal-Mart for … Read more
This is a super easy costume that I assembled 1 hour before we went Trick-or-Treating! I bought two inexpensive baseball hats and cut the brim of one. This I attached to the bottom of the other hat’s brim (forming the beak). I used yellow felt to cover the front of the hat and glued two … Read more
This year for Halloween my boyfriend and I were “Dunkin Donuts”. We only wanted easy costumes and he loves their coffee and who doesn’t love a pair of basketball playing donuts? The donuts are made of a polar-fleece material stuffed with polyfiber (which helped keep us warm for much of the night and also served … Read more
I was trying to come up with easy costume ideas for a Halloween party my friend was throwing. I came up with the Jeopardy Contestant. You will need one large cardboard box, one medium cardboard box, one or two cans of flat gray spray paint (will depend on size of box), one can of metallic … Read more
My 8-year-old son went in a King Tut costume this Halloween. I did make 3 actual purchases for this costume, the staff was store bought for $6, the snake on his headpiece was a broken plastic armband with a cobra on it that I bought for $2, and a plastic mask for about $1. I … Read more
For this costume I followed the McCall’s pattern #MP357, size 1/2. My son Timmy is 5 months old. I started making this costume early September and it took me 5 weeks! I have two small children, so I don’t have long sewing sessions. This costume is a pretty difficult pattern with lots of hand-stitching, especially … Read more
I started making this Eric Cartman costume because it was for my art class during the Halloween season. I started by using paper Mache and making a large sphere and then wrapped it in chicken wire to make it sturdier then some more layers of paper Mache. Obviously next I painted the face and used … Read more
The head of the Ernie costume was made by using foam. I used pictures from the internet to get the basic shape. Ernie’s head is basically a football. I cut that out of foam and made an exact copy for the back piece. I then sewed the head together using a heaving denim thread. This … Read more
I got most of the ideas from this website for a firefighter costume. First I got a black shirt from Wal-Mart. I got it a size 4-5 even though my son wears a 2T. That way it would fit over his clothes if it was cold on Halloween night. I cut off the shirt tails … Read more
I asked my 2-year-old what he wanted to be for Halloween and he said “a fish”. I found a fish pattern at a local store and used it as a guide. Justin picked out the material – shiny stretchy polyester stuff (excellent fish material for fish costumes). I used 1-inch foam for the form. It … Read more