DIYMaster
A parade of twins was held here in the Philippines. It showcases twins of all ages and we were asked to have them wear their most unique costume. Most of the pairs wore ready made costumes like super heroes, traditional costumes and popular comic character. I decided to make a costume for my 2 months … Read more
I wanted something original for Halloween last year for my oldest daughter. She loves Starbucks hot chocolate, and I love their coffee! So our minds were made up, a Starbucks Coffee costume! I bought a small laundry basket ($1.97), some brown fabric ($2 yd) and a piece of poster board ($.50). I cut the bottom … Read more
This is my one year old grand daughter in her tea bag costume. I took interfacing and sewed, added crushed leaves to make the tea bag. Then I sewed a string and attached a lid from a teabag box.
I knew I had to top my daughter’s light up robot costume last year so I searched the web for fun costumes. I saw a hot chocolate costume and knew I could have a lot of fun with it. I decided to make it look like the hot chocolate I used to have when I … Read more
This is a costume made for my daughter last Halloween. It is so simple to make – but you have to be able to run up a seam on a sewing machine. What you see at the front is duplicated on the back, so it is like a sandwich board with the child in the … Read more
I made this Homemade Pringles Can Halloween Costume for my daughter. This is made from poster board and tape. I used 2 red poster boards for the sides and taped them together. The top is also made from poster board and covered with aluminum foil. I drew the face and letters onto poster board, colored … Read more
I use a theme each year for Halloween costumes for my children. This year I made a Homemade Mustard, Ketchup and Weeny Family Costume. Ketchup is my son, Kyle. Mustard is my daughter, Kamree and the wiener is my son, Stetson.
The dogs sushi costumes are made out of all foam…packing peanuts for the rice and a little spray paint.
I took a box and cut head and arm holes in it to make this Homemade Spaghetti and Meatballs Costume. We covered it with a dollar-store, plastic tablecloth and cut a plastic plate to put around the neck (and glue on). Salt & Pepper shakers from dollar store also, filled with some salt & pepper, … Read more
We made this Homemade Starbucks Coffee Cup Costume by gluing together a large piece of 2″ foam to make the cup. We cut out holes in the sides for arms. Then we printed out the graphics onto iron on transfer sheets and ironed them on to a large white sheet. We wrapped the foam in … Read more
This Popcorn Homemade Halloween Costume idea was real simple. My son Jordan came up to me and said “Mommy I want to be a box of pop corn.” It just came out of left field, he’s only 6yrs old. So I got a box, tissue paper, a glue gun, and some spray paint. Wala… pop … Read more
My son always wants an original costume. We don’t have a lot of money to spend on costumes, so he picks some random object that he sees and we make it into a costume. We try to use stuff we already have at home. We have made it a challenge every year for our two … Read more