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My son Gabriel loves Pinocchio (‘pickhio’ is how he says it) and I didn’t want to buy him the same old costume everyone would be buying at the party stores. So I decided to make a Homemade Pinocchio Costume. The hat and shirt were white and had to dye them yellow. I cut off the … Read more
I’m still making costumes for Max (see Franklin Turtle costume when he was 3). Max, at 7 years old, loved Pokemon and wanted to be Trainer Ash Kethum for Halloween. I put together this quick and easy Homemade Pokemon Trainer Ash Kethum Costume and thought I’d share it with you. I took an old red … Read more
The setting could not have been more appropriate the first time I saw Nightmare Before Christmas. At seventeen-years-old, I remember stepping out of the last showing of the theater that foggy autumn night of 93′. My family had yet to arrive to pick me up and as I sat down on the curb to wait … Read more
I drew my ideal jumper on paper, headed to Britex Fabrics for bright textured fabrics. Also bought giant yellow buttons, slapped on a Woochie nose, some ears, paint and spray painted a Robin Hood type brown. And there you have it, a Pinocchio costume.
I got the idea for this Pinocchio costume from the one that appears on this site – this is the one… The total was about 60 dollars.
Although the Pikachu costume was purchased, we made the Ash costume by hand. My older son is a huge Pokemon fan and so we decided to make his little brother his Pikachu. They were so cute in their Pokemon, Pikachu and Ash Group Costume and everyone knew who they were! We made the vest with … Read more
My brother asked me to make him a Homemade Popeye Halloween Costume! So I brainstormed and came up with some really good ideas! We bought blue scrubs pants and I added a black trim to the bottom with hot glue. We bought a black polo shirt to which I added a red felt collar with … Read more
This Pikachu Costume was made from a one-piece yellow swimsuit and a yellow headband. I sewed on brown stripes to the swimsuit. I then sewed and stuffed my own tail and safety pinned it to the inside of the shorts. Then I sewed and stuffed the ears and sewed them to the head band. Added … Read more
Sully and Mike are at it again. The Homemade Sully Costume was created by faux fur and paper mache. His horns, nails, and teeth were baked clay and painted and hot glued into place. Mike was a complete paper mache with wire and duct tape and plenty of paint the scream capacity bottle is two … Read more
I decided to make Ross his favorite character out of Monsters inc. It is also Ross’s birthday on Halloween so we like to do something special for him. He will be entering the Halloween procession at his school. I made the Homemade Mike Wazowski Costume using a gym ball and papermache. I covered the ball … Read more
This is our Homemade Bender and Leela from FUTURAMA Costumes. I am an artist and constructed the Bender out of foam and shiny fabric. Eyes are hard Styrofoam painted yellow and teeth (where I see through) is a plastic grid used for weaving that works well for seeing through. It took me about a month, … Read more
I saw the other costume and wanted to try it. FYI: this website is the best. I got most of my idea for this Pinocchio Costume from here. I just followed the same thing the other guy did. The mask was Bill Clinton and just added a mustache.