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My children came home from school and announced they wanted to enter the fancy dress competition at the summer fare the next morning! I was at a complete loss! Until I found this site! I quickly came up with three ideas stolen, as you will see directly from other people! As we had no time … Read more
I started this Homemade Spongebob Squarepants Halloween Costume with a cardboard box that fitted my 2 ½ year old son. I cut out arm and neck holes. Then I opened the box and used it as a template and cut ½’ foam to match each side. I laid out all the foam pieces and cut … Read more
My daughter wanted to be the BLUE sleeping beauty for Halloween last year. Needless to say, all the sleeping beauty costumes on the market are pink. So I decided to make her own Homemade Sleeping Beauty Costume. I made a tutu out of light blue tulle and an elastic out of an old pair of … Read more
Princess Fiona and Shrek are our favorite cartoon characters, so this year we decided to dress like them. Everyone loved our homemade Shrek and Princess Fiona couple costume and we received so many compliments. We had to do a lot of searching around to find material for our costumes. Most pieces are from second-hand stores … Read more
For this easy Homemade Shrek Costume and His Donkey my husband wore flannel pajama bottoms, a off-white Henley, and a vest I made from a yard of cheap brown fabric from a craft store. We found green gloves for $1. Add work boots and a belt and a mask, and you have Shrek. My husband … Read more
We decided to dress in a Smurfs costume for this summer for our yearly trip our closest festival. It took a bit of hunting for my red jeans but I got there. The hats are widely available on eBay then I covered it in a old red t-shirt for papa’s hat. Blue body paint is … Read more
I made this Homemade Rainbow Brite Costume for a Saturday morning cartoon theme party I attended and wore it again for Halloween last year. I made it from scraps of fabric and sewing together in to tubes and stuffing them with a light stuffing. I sewed the dress and made the belt with fabric and … Read more
This year we dressed up as characters from Toy Story 2. Jessie and Woody had pull strings on their back. This Homemade Toy Story 2 Family Costume was a blast!
This Homemade Mini Wonder Woman Costume was made with fabric purchased from Joann’s. It consists of a gold belt and headband with a red satin shirt and cotton stars shorts. I made it because it seemed like all of the store bought Wonder Woman costumes were too revealing for a 1 year old.
These costumes were for our senior dress-up week, the theme of the day was Twin Day. We chose to go as matching partners instead of dressing identically. Woody’s costume: – Blue jeans – Yellow plaid shirt – Cowboy hat – Cowboy boots – Sheriff’s badge – Vest – Red bandanna We made the vest out … Read more
Our family had a Toy Story theme for Halloween 2007. Our sons were Woody and Buzz (store-bought costumes I’m sad to say) my husband was Zurg and I was Mr. Potato Head. His costume was time intensive but well worth it. I made the gown with dark purple satin fabric, cut and sewn into a … Read more
I found the Woody shirt and hat at a thrift store. I bought a red fabric marker and created the grid pattern on the yellow shirt. I made the vest out of cow fabric from a craft store, and hot-glued the same fabric on my jeans for Jessie’s chaps. I found a plain white button-up … Read more