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My daughter LOVES Dora the Explorer so I knew that I had to start looking for costumes. Sadly I did not like any of the ones sold in stores/online so I decided to put a Homemade Dora Costume together using things she already had around the house and buying whatever else she needed. Many people … Read more
I bought a wig and some purple body paint for hair and face. I bought a dress from the Goodwill store for the base and a purple long sleeve so I din’t have to paint my arms. I bought black and purple material and sewed them together. I fliped them inside out so the pretty … Read more
As most boys his age, my son loved Bob the Builder. I was pleased he chose this costume as I love doing homemade costumes and prefer them over store bought anyday, and most store bought unless very pricey are not very good quality. This choice was a bonus since I knew this one would be … Read more
Every year Our Medical school students committee has Bar Crawl. All 2nd years and above dress in costume. My friends and I dressed in a Homemade Flintstones Group Costume. Three of us were the Rubble family. I was Betty Rubble. I handmade my dress by making a skirt and a halter neck top with my … Read more
This Poison Ivy Costume was very simple. I needed to make a quick costume because my original costume plan fell through. Searches everywhere for a green dress and chose this one because of the drapey sides which I thought were kind of like capes. I then bought a red belt and used a leather punch … Read more
Quailman is the Super Hero alter ego of Doug Funny from the Nickelodeon/Disney Channel cartoon, Doug. This Costume was fairly simple to put together and decently cheap. Items needed for the Quailman Costume: Brown kids belt (to wrap around head as seen in photo), a large dark red towel (used as the cape attached with … Read more
Darkwing Duck was a cartoon from 1991. They also made into a Nintendo game a little after that. The Homemade Darkwing Duck Costume is made up of a Joker costume jacket cut to fit my every need, various buttons and fabrics from a few stores, rubber boots, a daisy duck hat cut and turned into … Read more
I love Tim Burton movies and originally wanted to be Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas but I did not have the time to make the costume due to how intricate her dress is. I decided the Corpse Bride Costume was the next best thing! I wanted to be a “sexy one” so I added a … Read more
I could not decide what I was going to go as for Halloween and I was looking all over the internet for an interesting/funny idea. One afternoon my sister and I were sitting in her living room just throwing out different ideas. Then sitting there on the couch I looked at my 3 year old … Read more
I hand made this Homemade Poison Ivy Costume and it took me about a month to do it. I first started with an old green leotard I had and sewed on hundreds of fake leaves I had ripped off of fake flowers and plants. This process took the longest by far. I purchased the green … Read more
I was Dora the Explorer for Halloween this year and it was super easy, and fairly inexpensive. I think it was a great costume for me because it was cute and fun, but not overdone and I wasn’t another “sexy (insert occupation here)” at the party. The best part is that most of the pieces … Read more
So, as most kids, my 1 1/2 year old son wouldn’t wear his costume. So instead of making a fuss, my husband and I decided to do most of the dressing up. My son loves Bob the Builder (and I have to agree, it is pretty entertaining) and after he found a hardhat at a … Read more