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My husband and I found out that we were going to be in the Halloween parade, and we wanted to have costumes that related to each other, so we decided to be two crewmembers from Planet Express (from the show Futurama.) In order to make his mask I had to paper machéd the basic skeleton … Read more
I dressed up as Shera when I was little. One Halloween, a long long long time ago, my brother and I dressed up as He-man and Shera (it was perfect since they were brother and sister in the show). I remember it so well because of how sad my costume was. I had a white … Read more
I made this Homemade Mickey and Minnie Mouse Couple Costume using inexpensive black and red fabric. The pants are just simple elastic red pants with two large buttons sowed in front. The dress is a ¾ circle dress with a zipper on the back. I used fabric paint to add the polka dots on the … Read more
We absolutely loved the movie and since my husband is 6’6″ tall and looks almost exactly like Mr. Incredible, I thought it would be a great idea to dress up as “The Incredibles” on my favorite holiday. I ordered the body suits from a dance company in New York (they were very comfortable, considering the … Read more
I wanted to dress up as Hello Kitty for a Childhood memories Halloween party. I found lots of examples of makeup and massive heads, but it didn’t look enough like Hello Kitty for me. So I created this very easy mask for this Homemade Hello Kitty Costume. It’s just a big high quality pic of … Read more
People were always saying that our son, Reef, looks just like Charlie Brown because of how round his head is and because for a long time the only hair he had was a couple little curls on top. So, when we started thinking about what he should be for his first Halloween, Charlie Brown was … Read more
I created a scene from my favorite movie Pinocchio. Pinocchio looks like he’s locked in the cage by Stromboli. I dressed him as the bad Pinocchio with donkey ears and tail. I added his friends Cleo and Figaro. I made some fake stuffed legs and shoes and a matching pair of puppet gloved hands. The … Read more
We came up with being Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket because we wanted something that was funny for one tall and one short friend. We bought: 1 yellow shirt, 2 red shirts, yellow felt, light blue felt, yellow fabric scrap, vest, hat, shorts from thrift store, Jiminy’s hat and face paint from party store, and a … Read more
This is the Homemade Iron Man Child’s Costume I created for my 2 year old son. It was a good thing he was still in diapers at the time because it took forever to get him in and out of the costume. The mask was store bought but the rest of the costume was made … Read more
My twin boys look so different that I decided they would make a great Popeye and Bluto. I copied the original cartoon outfits almost identically, it was really easy. Popeye had a costume sailor hat I purchased and stitched at the back to downsize, I used knee high panty hose for the arms with batting … Read more
The initial idea for my Incredible Hulk costume came on a cold December night as a bunch of my friends and I were out for dinner and drinks. It’s been a standing joke for some time for my friends to say “Don’t make him angry, you won’t like him when he’s angry,” or any other … Read more
This Homemade Baby Popeye Costume was such an easy and cute costume to put together for my little Popeye. The pants were made with some blue fabric I had on hand….initially cost 1.99/yard. I added a yellow belt using yellow binding that I had. The shirt was a black t-shirt that my son already had … Read more