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My daughter and her best friends wanted a Rainbow and Pot of Gold Group Costume. We searched for bright colors and found these neon tanks, leggings and tutus. We used old gym socks with batting hot glue to them for the clouds. The girls also had rainbow bow ties and funky rainbow colored hair pieces. … Read more
My two boys love spooky and scary! Halloween is their favorite holiday second only to Christmas. We usually decide on a costume and when we are done making it we start thinking of ideas for next year’s costume. I hate spiders so I do not know how I got talked into this Homemade Spider Snack … Read more
My 4 year old wanted to be a flower for Halloween. My imagination took over and I wanted to take it a step further and make her a flower pot costume. Only problem…I have no sewing skills whatsoever so I had to get creative. I purchased a large flower pot and then cut the entire … Read more
I love Halloween and always make my own costumes. After man different ideas I decided to go as a golfer who was struck by lightning! It was so easy to make and I think my shoes are what cost the most ($20). I went to the thrift store and found a white polo, pink vest … Read more
“The bush” is a double meaning costume. Let’s begin with how this concept came about. It started that I wanted to be poison ivy because she has red hair as do I. So I decided I would make it myself because all the poison ivy costumes I saw were too cheesy for my taste. So … Read more
This bush man costume is an original costume made by fake leaves I bought at a craft store and old clothes I found around my house. I either hot glued or sewed all of the leaves onto my sweatshirt, sweatpants, or the toboggan I cut eyes and a mouth into. I strongly recommend that though … Read more
I made this Venus Flytrap costume for my 7 year old son. He has his own live Venus fly trap plant and that gave him the idea for his Halloween costume. I started with 2 rectangles of 2″ thick foam and cut them into the shape of a Venus flytrap with a neck slot on … Read more
My daughter decided last year that she wanted to make her own costume. We decided on a Homemade Centaur Girl Costume. This was very time consuming because we were trying to make it out of items we had at home and also because of the paper mache. I began the “costume” by forming chicken wire … Read more
I love making costumes and always try to out do myself each year. I picked a Kali Costume Idea, Kali the Hindu goddess of death and destruction as an appropriate pick for Halloween. The main body cover was made from a leotard from the thrift store, tights and that foam sheet stuff from hobby lobby … Read more
I wore a homemade Christmas tree costume. I bought a tutu on and sewed on ornaments throughout the skirt. I then strung battery operated lighters that actually lit up throughout the night. There was also garland along the waist band. The head band was just a basic head band that I then used wire to … Read more
My 5-year-old is quite the free thinker and she insisted on a Homemade Rainbow Costume. Not being very crafty, I scoured the internet looking for ideas and couldn’t find much of anything. I was at a thrift store one day where I found a rainbow-striped sundress and that started the ideas rolling. After finding the … Read more
For this Four Seasons Group costume, we each picked what season we wanted to be. For Winter we bought a white t-shirt from Michael’s and directed it in Christmas decorations and snow flakes. Spring made a dress out of flowers and glued them to an existing old dress paired with rain boots. Summer used a … Read more