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Inuyasha! This Manga costume one if for all those Manga fans out there! I believe that it took me about five hours give or take to put this ensemble together. This is one of my daughter’s favorite characters! She asked me to make her costume and I had no clue what to do! I have … Read more
I was looking for an idea for a costume that I hadn’t seen before. I was a big fan of She-Ra when I was growing up so I decided to go online and see if I could find a cartoon picture of her and make a costume. I bought a couple pieces of fabric and … Read more
My son loves Monsters Inc and he wanted a Monster Inc. costume so he decided to be Mike Wazowski for Halloween. To make Mike’s body I used a large air-filled rubber ball that I got at Wal-Mart for less than two dollars. To create the eye I duct taped a Styrofoam ball cut in half … Read more
My son had been playing the Star Wars Lego Game and thought of being Luke Skywalker’s character for Halloween. So knowing I would not find it anywhere decided to get my brain working on Star Wars Halloween costumes. We printed out a picture of the Lego character and started saving a few boxes. All I … Read more
My family wanted good Halloween costume ideas. We love monopoly so why not make our Halloween costume into our favorite game. We wanted it to be Halloween related so we added scary props and named it Hauntedopoly. It started out with a recycled costume (a few years ago I was an ace of spade) so … Read more
I created this Sulley from Monsters Inc costume from some Cosmo Girl! I decorated with fabric that I got on sale. (This Sulley is about 6’5″ so I got almost three yards.) I just outlined a pair of his jeans and a shirt. I suppose a pattern would have worked too. I draped some fabric … Read more
For the can we used a big sheet of thin plastic. We made stencils and spray painted everything on to it. The top is the top of a garbage can with a helmet and fill-in which made a shape of the top of a bottle of axe. Where the deodorant supposedly sprays out is made … Read more
We made this nun costume for our seven month old daughter. The idea originated as a joke because she was anything but a good baby (she had horrible colic). The dress is a store bought Christmas outfit that had red flowers at the waist. I took some black fabric used for the habit and covered … Read more
My daughter recently heard the story of the Princess and the Pea and decided that’s what she wanted to be for Halloween. It took many nights of brainstorming this original Halloween costume idea, but this is how I finally did it. I took 4 mid-weight sheets of cardboard cut out 4 circles large enough for … Read more
This was a very and one of the more original Halloween costumes to make. It only took me a good day in the floor to make it. My son, Tyler, came up with the idea and that is why we named it a Ty-Tag washer. We try to go very frugal so this was perfect … Read more
I hope you enjoy our Toaster and Oven costume idea. Supplies List: Large cardboard box, medium size cardboard box, miscellaneous scrap cardboard, one 6″ cardboard cake, round one 8″ cardboard cake, round one sheet white poster board, one sheet black foam board, 1 package fake eyeballs, one fake hand, one package fake cockroaches, one fake … Read more
I couldn’t find an owl costume to fit my newborn so I made one! I sewed feathers on the arms and around the neck of a white onesie and put her in white tights with little brown ballet slippers built-in (from the Gap). I then took a white cap (the onesie and the cap were … Read more